New First Hierarch of Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia to be elected on May 12

25 March 2008, 11:55

Moscow, March 25, Interfax - The new supreme pontiff of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia will be elected in New York on May 12, the day following the meeting of the Archbishop Council, the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia has reported on its official website.

Metropolitan Laurus of Eastern America and New York was buried on Friday.

For the last seven years of his life, Metropolitan Laurus was Father Superior of the Holy Trinity Monastery in New York. According to his will, he was buried in a crypt next to the grave of his spiritual teacher Metropolitan Filaret.

Metropolitan Laurus died in his residence in the Holy Trinity Monastery in Jordanville, U.S., on March 16. He was 80.

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