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MACEDONIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH

- OHRID ARCHBISHOPRIC

ARCHBISHOP OF OHRID AND MACEDONIA

No. 57

Skopje 11.11.2024

To His Eminence, Mr. Nicholas,

Metropolitan of Eastern America and New York,

First Hierarch of the Russian Orthodox Church Abroad

Your Eminence, Our dear brother and concelebrant,

We were deeply saddened by the news of the repose of His Eminence Peter, the Archbishop of Chicago and Mid-America. The Archbishop of blessed memory and I have known each-other since our student days at the Theological Faculty in Belgrade. Even then, it was evident that the young student was distinguished by exceptional love towards God, as well as towards God’s Church and all people.

Later on, after both of us became Hierarchs, we had several opportunities to meet, and during those meetings, it was a great joy to notice his utter devotion to the Church and his flock, as well as his natural kindness and the spiritual joy of a person who lives in the Holy Spirit.

We pray to the All-Merciful Lord, Whom the reposed Archbishop Peter

loved so much, and to Whom he so faithfully served, to receive his soul in the place of the righteous.

Your brother and concelebrant,

Stefan

Archbishop of Ohrid and Macedonia.

Letter of Condolence by His Beatitude Stefan, Archbishop of Ohrid and Macedonia. pdf

Его Вы�окопрео�вящен�тв�,

Николаю Митрополит� Во�точно-�мерикан�кий и Нью-Йорк�кий,

Первоиерарх Р���кой Право�лавной Церкви Заграницей Ва�е Вы�окопрео�вящен�тво, на� дорогой брат и �о�л�житель.

Мы были гл�боко опечалены изве�тием о кончине Его Вы�окопрео�вящен�тва Петра, архиепи�копа Чикаг�кого и Средне-�мерикан�кого. При�нопамятный архиепи�коп и я знаем др�г др�га еще �о �т�денче�ких лет на бого�лов�ком фак�льтете в Белграде. Уже тогда было видно, что юного �т�дента отличает и�ключительная любовь к Бог�, а также к Церкви Божией и в�ем людям.

Впо�лед�твии, по�ле того как мы оба �тали архиереями, � на� было не�колько возможно�тей в�третить�я, и во время этих в�треч было боль�ой радо�тью отмечать его гл�бок�ю преданно�ть Церкви и �воей па�тве, а также его природн�ю доброт� и д�ховн�ю радо�ть человека, жив�щего во Святом Д�хе. Мы молим�я В�емило�тивом� Го�под�, Которого почил архиепи�коп Петр так любил и Ком� так верно �л�жил, чтобы принять д��� �вою вме�то праведных.

Ва� брат и �о�л�живец,

Стефан

�рхиепи�коп Охрид�кий и Македон�кий .