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NOTIFICATION TO THE CLERGY
REGARDING THE TRAGIC EVENT OF 11TH SEPTEMBER 2004
Dear Fathers,
It is with profound sorrow that we announce the falling asleep in the Lord of our Venerable Head of our Patriarchate, His Beatitude Petrol VII, Pope and Patriarch of Alexandria and All Africa. Together with in the tragic accident were Metropolitan Irenaios of Pilousion, Metropolitan Chrysostomos of Carthage, Bishop Nektarios of Madagascar, Hegoumen Arsenios of Mahairas Monastery, Archimandrite Kallistratos, Deacon Nektarios and other esteemed members of our Church as well as close collaborators of His Beatitude.
You are asked please to:
Place all flags at the Holy Churches at half mast Place a condolences book at the entrance to the Church Read the Notification by His Eminence Seraphim of Johannesburg and Pretoria After the Divine Liturgy sing the memorial service for the repose of their souls.
Johannesburg 11–09–2004
By order of the Archbishop
Protopresbyter Dimitrios Vergitsis
Director of the Archbishop’s Private Office
NOTIFICATION TO THE COMMUNITY BY HIS EMINENCE
ARCHBSIHOP SERAPHIM OF JOHANNESBURG AND PRETORIA
Dear Children of the Lord,
It is with profound sorrow that we announce the falling asleep in the Lord of our Venerable Head of our Patriarchate, His Beatitude Petrol VII, Pope and Patriarch of Alexandria and All Africa. Together with in the tragic accident were Metropolitan Irenaios of Pilousion, Metropolitan Chrysostomos of Carthage, Bishop Nektarios of Madagascar, Hegoumen Arsenios of Mahairas Monastery, Archimandrite Kallistratos, Deacon Nektarios and other esteemed members of our Church as well as close collaborators of His Beatitude.
Our Patriarch Petros of blessed memory, the youngest of all the primates, has gone to the Church triumphant leaving behind a great and multifaceted work. His activities for the promotion of our Patriarchate and his love for his flock showed him to be a worthy continuer of his predecessors and an able pilot and helmsman of the Alexandrian Throne.
However, the greatest inheritance that he left us during his seven-year tenure as Patriarch, are the worthy staff, Archbishops, priests, hieromonks, deacons, monks and laity who will serve the Patriarchate of Alexandria and by extension our Church militant from their various positions. Through their work our father and Patriarch Petrol of blessed memory will live with us.
PETROS
the Most Blessed, Most Divine, and our All Holy Father and Prelate, Pope and Patriarch of the Great City of Alexandria, all Egypt and all Africa, Father of Fathers, Shepherd of Shepherds, Hierarch of Hierarchs, one hundred and thirteenth of the Apostles and Judge of the Universe, MEMORY ETERNAL!
ARCHBISHOP SERAPHIM OF JOHANNESBURG AND PRETORIA
Protopresbyter Dimitrios Vergitsis
Director of the Archbsihop’s Private Office
LETTER TO THE CLERGY AND FAITHFUL
REGARDING THE MEMORIAL SERVICE
To the Clergy and Faithful Christians of our Holy Archdiocese of Johannesburg and Pretoria
Reverend Fathers and dear brothers in Christ,
We would like to inform you that on Thursday 16th September at 19h00 a memorial service for the repose of the souls of our Patriarch of blessed memory, His Eminence Metropolitan Irenaios of Pilousion, His Eminence Metropolitan Chrysostomos of Carthage, Bishop Nektarios of Madagascar, Hegoumen Arsenios of Mahairas Monastery, Archimandrite Kallistratos, Hierodeacon Nektarios and the rest of the victims of the air tragedy of 11th September 2004 will be held at the Church of Pantanassa.
We need to remember that memorial services are prayers for our deceased brothers in which we pray to the Lord to give rest to all those who have fallen asleep in he hope of the Resurrection and eternal life. They are not emotional remembrances but a communion between the living and the dead and a way of expressing the genuine love of the living for their beloved dead. Besides, both the living and the dead belong to the body of the Church and they do not cease to maintain their communion in Christ.
Your presence, participation and prayers will benefit not only those who have fallen asleep but also us the living. Our faith in the life and Resurrection after the tomb will be strengthened, our love and respect towards the dead will be developed, our hope in God’s mercy will served, brotherly love and kindness will grow and it will be for us the best consolation.
Johannesburg 12-09-2004
By Order of the Archbishop
Protopresbyter Dimitrios Vergitsis
Director of the Archbishop’s Private Office
Present at the Memorial Service at Pantanassa were:
Protopresbyter Dimitrios Vergitsis
(Archbishop’s Representative, Krugersdorp, Klerksdorp, Rustenburg, Carletonville)
Archimandrite Chrysostomos Efstratiou (Brakpan)
Archimandrite Michael Visvinis (Pretoria)
Archimandrite Nicodemos Boulaxis (Pantanassa)
Archimandrite Chrysostomos Barberis (Johannesburg)
Archimandrite Petros Parginos (Old Age Home)
Protopresbyter George Koyios (Benoni)
Hiermonk Athanasios (Mission)
Presbyter Mihai (Romanian Community)
Presbyter Evangelos (Vereeniging)
Presbyter George Giannakopoulos (traveling)
The Ambassador of Greece Mr John Economides, the Consul General Mrs Chrysoula Aleferis, Diplomatic Staff from all the Orthodox Embassies, Bishop Antonios of the Coptic Church, Representatives of the Church of Ethiopia, the Chairman of the Federation Mr Panayiotis Manikas, the Chairmen and Members of the Executive Committees of all the Communities, Societies and Associations, family and personal friends of His Beatitude, faithful from all parishes.
Ποιος
ήταν ο Πατριάρχης Πέτρος
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