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**D6Ri5u13** · 12-07-2008, 12:35 AM

I know I've already commented but...

This is really very shocking. I read a few years ago that His Holiness Patriarch Alexi II had heart problems, so the manner of his passing - sudden and without warning - shouldn't be overly surprising. It's just that I always feel that a Patriarch, Bishop or Abbot, should repose with good warning, dispensing wisdom from his deathbed. Silly, I know. Fr. Raphael's words are comforting; it is all within God's plan.

I hope I am not being disrespectful when I ask, what happens next? When will the election of the next Moscow Patriarch begin?

12-07-2008, 12:35 AM	#15
D6Ri5u13 Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 561 Senior Member	I know I've already commented but... This is really very shocking. I read a few years ago that His Holiness Patriarch Alexi II had heart problems, so the manner of his passing - sudden and without warning - shouldn't be overly surprising. It's just that I always feel that a Patriarch, Bishop or Abbot, should repose with good warning, dispensing wisdom from his deathbed. Silly, I know. Fr. Raphael's words are comforting; it is all within God's plan. I hope I am not being disrespectful when I ask, what happens next? When will the election of the next Moscow Patriarch begin?
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