Metropolitan Vladimir of Kiev and All Ukraine dies

Moscow, July 6, 2014   

Metropolitan of All Ukraine has died in Kiev, the Moscow Patriarchate reported on its website.

"His Beatitude Metropolitan Vladimir of Kiev and All Ukraine, the primate of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church, was taken by the Lord on July 5, 2014," it said.

It was reported earlier that the 78-year-old metropolitan suffered from internal bleeding while receiving treatment at a Kiev clinic.

Interfax-Religion

7/7/2014

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An interview with Vladimir Legoida, Chairman of the Synodal Informational department of the Russian Orthodox Church “His Beatitude’s funeral should not turn into an affront against his memory” “His Beatitude’s funeral should not turn into an affront against his memory”
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Vladimir Legoida, Chairman of the Synodal Informational department of the Russian Orthodox Church, gave an interview to the news agency Interfax-Religion discussing His Holiness Patriarch Kirill’s decision not to go to Kiev for the funeral service despite his long friendship and deep respect for Metropolitan Vladimir. Patriarchal condolences over demise of His Beatitude Metropolitan Vladimir of Kiev and All Ukraine Patriarchal condolences over demise of His Beatitude Metropolitan Vladimir of Kiev and All Ukraine Patriarchal condolences over demise of His Beatitude Metropolitan Vladimir of Kiev and All Ukraine Patriarchal condolences over demise of His Beatitude Metropolitan Vladimir of Kiev and All Ukraine
The demise of His Beatitude Metropolitan Vladimir of Kiev and All Ukraine is a bitter loss for the whole Orthodoxy and, of course, particularly for the Church of the Holy Rus’. I call all her faithful children to pray ardently and zealously for the repose of the soul of the deceased archpastor with saints in the heavenly dwellings, for the orphaned Ukrainian Orthodox Church, for the peace in Ukraine, and for the Ukrainian people undergoing hard times.
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