Oxford, England, September 2, 2022
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His Eminence Metropolitan Kallistos (Ware) of Diokleia of the Patriarchate of Constantinople reposed in the Lord on August 24.
Yesterday, he was laid to rest in Wolvercote Cemetery in Oxford.
The All-Night Vigil and memorial prayers were served at St. Nicholas the Wonderworker Russian Orthodox Church in Oxford on Wednesday, August 31, with visitation throughout the night.
The Divine Liturgy was celebrated the next morning at Holy Trinity and Annunciation Greek Orthodox Church in Oxford (founded by Met. Kallistos himself) by Metropolitan Athenagoras of Belgium. The service was sung by the choir of the Monastery of St. John the Baptist in Essex.
The Liturgy was broadcast by St. Nicholas Orthodox Church.
At noon, his funeral was served by Archbishop Nikitas of Thyateira and Great Britain at the Oxford Oratory Church of St. Aloysius Gonzaga and sung by the same monastery choir.
The Metropolitan was then interred at Wolvercote Cemetery at 2:00 PM.
May his memory be eternal!
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