Posted on 03/16/2008 3:00:26 PM PDT by kawaii
Metropolitan Laurus deceased http://www.interfax-religion.com/?act=dujour&div=163
New York, March 16, Interfax – First hierarch of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia Metropolitan Laurus of Eastern America and New York Diocese deceased on Sunday at the age of 80, the ROCOR website has reported.
Metropolitan Laurus passed away on the Feast of Orthodoxy.
He was born Vassily Mikhailovich Skurla on January 1, 1928, in the village of Ladomirova, present day Slovakia.
He was ordained to the diaconate in 1950, and became a hieromonk in 1954.
Fr. Laurus graduated from the Holy Trinity Theological Seminary in 1954 and was appointed its inspector in 1960.
He was elevated to archimandrite on April 17, 1966.
Archimandrite Laurus was consecrated bishop of Manhattan on August 12, 1967, and appointed archbishop of Syracuse and Holy Trinity on October 20, 1981.
The same year Laurus was elected First hierarch and Metropolitan of Eastern America and New York.
Metropolitan Laurus was actively involved in restoring canonical unity of the Russian Orthodox Church in Russia and abroad broken after the civil war.
Metropolitan Laurus will be buried at the Holy Trinity Monastery in Jordanville, New York, where the ROCOR administrative center is situated and where previous ROCOR first hierarchs were buried.
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Heartfelt prayers for those who loved him and mourn his passing, and joyous cheers to the Metropolitan on his successful journey to the presence of his Loving Father in Heaven. God Bless and Keep You.
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May his memory be eternal and The Lord’s blessings on his family.
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May he rest in peace.
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