His Eminence, Archbishop Demetrios of America, as soon as he was informed of the passing of the late Archbishop Christodoulos, issued this statement:
"The passing of the late Archbishop of Athens and all Greece, Christodoulos of blessed memory, saddens us deeply, for with his departure from this world the Church has lost an exceptional and highly esteemed Hierarch, as well as a brilliant champion of Orthodoxy and of the universal values of the Hellenic cultural tradition. I had the special honor to know him from the time he attended high school, and afterwards, to appreciate his dynamism, his kindness, his intellect and his great offering to the Church in important areas such as the divine worship, pastoral and social care, as well as inter-Orthodox and inter-Christian relations. I pray fervently to the Lord for the repose of the soul of the distinguished and ever-memorable brother and concelebrant, the late Archbishop Christodoulos, in the tabernacles of the saints and of the righteous."
(From GOARCH)
Church officials take part in a funeral procession for Greek church leader Archbishop Christodoulos, in front of the ancient Temple of Olympian Zeus and Hadrian's Gate in Athens, Greece.
The Greek flag flies at half-mast in front of the 2,500-year-old Parthenon temple on the Acropilis hill, in Athens, Greece, Thursday, Jan. 31, 2008.
(Source San Jose Mercury)
Faleceu o Primaz Ortodoxo da Grécia Christodoulos: funeral na Quinta feira dia 31 de Janeiro.
(Read the story from Radio Vaticano)
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