Yelokhovsk Cathedral of the Epiphany in Moscow, the burial site of Patriarch Aleksei Rediger of Moscow and all Russia (1929-2008).
Moscow, 13 January 2009 (Interfax):
On Tuesday morning, memorial services for Patriarch Aleksei were held at the Yelokhovsk Epiphany Cathedral in Moscow, on the 40th day after his repose. Metropolitan Kirill of Smolensk and Kaliningrad, the Patriarchal Locum Tenens, served the Divine Liturgy together with the Patriarchal Vicar, other bishops of the MP, and clergy from the Moscow area.
Today, many clergy from the capital came to the Yelokhovsk cathedral to pray for the repose of the soul of the late Patriarch Aleksei II. Together with ordinary believers, they queued up to pray in front of the crypt of the deceased patriarch on the right side of the church. The majority of those coming into the cathedral held bouquets of white roses, white being the favourite colour of the late First Hierarch. In fact, believers threw white roses on the road in front of the hearse carrying the coffin of Patriarch on the day of his funeral at the Cathedral of Christ the Saviour.
After the Divine Liturgy was completed, Metropolitan Kirill served a Pannikhida at the crypt of Patriarch Aleksei II. Now, the next major event shall be the election of the new Patriarch of Moscow and all Russia, to be held at the Local Council of the MP, which will be held in Moscow on 27-29 January.
Interfax-Religion
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