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Patriarch of Serbia reposed in the Lord





Today, on November 15, 2009, at 10.45 at the Military Medical Academy in Belgrade, after receiving the Sacrament, Archbishop of Pec, Metropolitan of Belgrade and Karlovac , Patriarch Pavle of Serbia reposed in the Lord.


Eternal memory.

[limpoporanique]

Vechnaya Emy Pamyat'!

[Impariclainna]

BELGRADE -- Patriarch Pavle, who headed the Serbian Orthodox Church during the breakup of Yugoslavia in the 1990s as Serbs warred with neighbours of other faiths, died on Sunday, a top church official said.

Pavle, 95, died at a special apartment in Belgrade's Military Hospital where he had been treated since 2007 for various ailments, Bishop Amfilohije, the acting head of the church's Holy Synod, said in a statement.

"The death of Patriarch Pavle is a huge loss for Serbia," President Boris Tadic said in a statement. "There are people who bond entire nations and Pavle was such a person."

Thousands of mourners flocked to churches throughout the country after Pavle's death was announced. The government ordered three days of national mourning until Wednesday.

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:*( Memory Eternal!

[Pasy]

95 years old, RIP. Interesting life.

[BenBoobmers]

Upokoi Gospodi dushu usopshego raba tvoego Svyateishego Patriarcha Serbskogo Pavla i sotvori emu vecnuyu pamyat...

[wepoiyub]

Well, it seems to me that his departure completed the circle of the lately reposed patriarchs (Teoctist of Romania, Christodoulos of Greece, Alexei of Russia)...all of them had hard times, may God rest them now in peace.

About Patriarch Pavle, I'd like to share some 'funny' stories I've heard,though very deep in spiritual meaning

He would rather use public transport instead of a private car; once, it was a hot summer, he had to go to a church and, of course, he chose to go by bus; however, his deacon was not so happy for this decision 'Father, let us go with the car, not by bus', but Patriarch Pavle responded firmly 'no, by bus'; but the deacon insisted 'Father, it is hot, people are dressed indecently, I wonder what we'll see?'; then the Patriarch responded 'well, father, everyone sees what he want!'

Once, seeing a wonderful black car in front of the Cathedral, he asked 'whose this car?' 'Father, it belongs to one of your bishops!' 'hmm! I wonder what kind o cars would they have if they would not have given the poverty vow?'

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Pictures from Belgrade's Cathedral Church of St. Archangel Michael:









Christians laity waited for hours to be able to pay tribute to Patriarch Pavle at Belgrade's Cathedral Church of St. Archangel Michael:

[CHEAPPoem]

Memory Eternal. There is another thread here.

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Funeral service of Patriarch of Serbia Pavle
Belgrade, 19. November 2009.

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Funeral service of Patriarch of Serbia Pavle
Belgrade, 19. November 2009.

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Funeral service of Patriarch of Serbia Pavle

Belgrade, 19. November 2009.


His All Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Aas3S...layer_embedded

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Thursday, 19 November 2009

Serbian Orthodox patriarch buried

Thousands attend the memorial service for the late Patriarch Pavle in front of St Sava cathedral, in Belgrade, 19 November 2009

Thousands followed the patriarch's coffin through Belgrade's streets

Half a million people have lined the streets to pay respects to the head of the Serbian Orthodox Church, Patriarch Pavle, who has been buried in Belgrade.

Patriarch Pavle's body was buried at Rakovica monastery in a suburb of the Serb capital, as he had requested.

His open coffin was earlier taken in silence from Saborna church to the main Orthodox St Sava cathedral.

The patriarch, who became leader of the Church in 1990, died on Sunday at the age of 95 after two years in hospital.

He had been admitted to the city's military hospital, reportedly with heart and lung conditions.

Some 500,000 people were estimated to have taken part in a funeral procession that followed his coffin, which was draped in a white, green and golden embroidered shroud, through the streets.

Church influence

Most of Serbia's population of seven million people are Orthodox Christians.
A mourner at the main cathedral in Belgrade
Mourners have been paying their respects since Sunday

Patriarch Pavle, a respected theologian and linguist, was known for personal humility and modesty.

His 19 years as Serbian Orthodox leader saw the demise of communism and an increase in Serb nationalism, during which the Church became more influential.

At the beginning of the Balkan wars that followed the dissolution of Yugoslavia in the early 1990s, Patriarch Pavle said - according to Serbian state television: "It is our oath not to make a single child cry or sadden a single old woman because they are of another religion or nation."

But he was criticised by some for failing to contain hardline bishops and priests who supported Serb paramilitaries against Catholic Croats and Bosnian Muslims.

However, he later openly criticised Serbian President Slobodan Milosevic after he lost control of Kosovo following Nato's intervention.

Since then, the Serbian Orthodox Church has strongly supported the Serbian government in its efforts to stop Kosovo's independence drive.


http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/8368234.stm

[arcaniagainee]

The biggest testimony to Patriarch Pavle will be his quiet simplicity.
I love the photos of him walking the streets of Belgrade or sitting on a public bus

[CHEAPPoem]

Photos of Patriarch Pavle and beautiful prayers and chanting in this link.