Thursday 30 May 2013

The Repose of His Eminence, Metropolitan Cyprian of Oropos and Phyle

We wish to announce that, after a long illness, His Eminence, Metropolitan Cyprian of Oropos and Phyle, President of the Holy Synod in Resistance of the Old Calendar Orthodox Church of Greece and Abbot of the Holy Monastery of Sts. Cyprian and Justina, reposed peacefully in the Lord today, Thursday, May 17/30, 2013, at 78 years of age and at rest in his monastic cell.
 
May the Lord God give him rest among the Righteous in the Land of the Living.
 
The funeral Service will take place at the headquarters of the Metropolis of Oropos and Phyle, in the Cathedral Church of the Holy Monastery of Sts. Cyprian and Justina, Phyle, Attica, Greece, on Saturday, May 19 (Old Style)/June 1(New Style), 2013, 10:00 a.m., at the conclusion of the Divine Liturgy.
 
On behalf of the Holy Syenod

† His Grace, Bishop Cyprian of Oreoi,
Acting President of the Holy Synod

† His Grace, Bishop Klemes of Gardikion
Secretary of the Holy Synod

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