Eternal memory and blessed repose

Quoting from the Grieboski Report:

The Holy Synod of the Greek Orthodox Church announced the death of Archbishop Christodoulos of Athens and All Greece.

The Holy Synod will convene at 2 p.m. Monday to discuss the election of a successor. Church law requires that the Holy Synod should set a date for the election of an archbishop within 20 days of a leader's death.

Christodoulos died about 5:15 a.m. Monday (10:15 p.m. Sunday ET) at his home in an Athens suburb. He had battled liver cancer for several months and traveled to the United States in an unsuccessful attempt to get a transplant. He declined hospital treatment in the last several days.

The church declared three days of mourning and said that the archbishop's body will be placed on public display before his burial in a few days.

The Interior Ministry announced that all public service buildings would fly flags at half-mast, while public services and schools would remain closed on the day of the late Archbishop's funeral.

The ministry further announced that the funeral would be held with full honors of Head of State at Athens' First Cemetery, and at State expenditure...
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