His Holiness Patriarch Alexy II is buried in the Yelokhovo Cathedral

On 9 December 2008, His Holiness Patriarch Bartholomew of Constantinople and the Locum Tenens of the Moscow Patriarchal Throne Metropolitan Kirill of Smolensk and Kaliningrad celebrated the funeral service for His Holiness Patriarch Alexy II of Moscow and All Russia at the Cathedral of Christ the Saviour in Moscow. Concelebrating were Primates and representatives of the Local Orthodox Churches. The coffin of the late Primate of the Russian Orthodox Church was carried around the Cathedral after the service.

The coffin of the newly deceased His Holiness Patriarch Alexy was taken to the Cathedral Church of the Epiphany in Yelokhovo. The Cathedral of Christ the Saviour bid its farewell to His Holiness with funeral bell-ringing. The bells were chiming in other churches of Moscow along the route of the funeral procession. Many people were standing in the streets to greet their Patriarch for the last time.

In compliance with the last will and testament of His Holiness Patriarch Alexy of Moscow and All Russia, the Holy Synod resolved to bury the Primate of the Russian Orthodox Church in the Cathedral of the Epiphany in Yelokhovo. The sepulchral vault was constructed at the Annunciation side-altar.

Patriarchal Locum Tenens Metropolitan Kirill celebrated the funeral litiya at the coffin of His Holiness before his burial. Praying at the service were hierarchs of the Russian Orthodox Church, and Primates and representatives of the Local Orthodox Churches.

The coffin of the newly deceased Primate of the Russian Orthodox Church was buried with the singing of the Trisagion.

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