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On December 5, 2008, the Patriarch of the Russian Orthodox Church, His Holiness Alexei II, Patriarch of Moscow and all Russia, reposed in the Lord

On December 5, 2008, the Patriarch of the Russian Orthodox Church, His Holiness Alexei II, Patriarch of Moscow and all Russia, reposed in the Lord On Friday morning, December 5, 2008, His Holiness, Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia, Alexei II, departed to the Lord, after governing the Russian Orthodox Church for eighteen years. The Patriarch was eighty years old when he reposed his Patriarchal residence located in the Moscow suburb of Peredelkino. In accordance with the Rule of the Russian Orthodox Church, there will be an emergency meeting of the Holy Synod of Bishops, at which a Locum Tenens of the Patriarchal Throne will be elected. The Locum Tenens will govern the Russian Church until a new Patriarch is elected, and will head the Funeral Commission.

The Holy Synod has Chosen Metropolitan Kirill of Smolensk and Kaliningrad as Locum Tenens of the Patriarchal Throne

The Holy Synod has Chosen Metropolitan Kirill of Smolensk and Kaliningrad as Locum Tenens of the Patriarchal Throne On December 6, 2008, a meeting of the Holy Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church was opened in the Patriarchal residence in Peredelkino. The meeting was called in connection with the repose of His Holiness Patriarch Alexy II of Moscow and All Russia. The members of the Holy Synod raised a prayer by the coffin of Patriarch Alexy for the repose of his soul, reports the communication service of the Department of Church External Relations.

His Holiness Patriarch Kirill Is Enthroned At Christ the Savior Cathedral

His Holiness Patriarch Kirill Is Enthroned At Christ the Savior Cathedral The enthronement of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia took place at the Cathedral of Christ the Savior on February 1, 2009. He was elected to the Moscow Patriarchal Throne by the Local Council [Pomestny Sobor] of the Russian Orthodox Church on January 27.