His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel has expressed his deep sorrow over the repose of Archbishop Chrysostomos of Cyprus.
Patriarch Daniel sent “fraternal condolences” to the members of the Holy Synod of the Church of Cyprus and offered prayers to Christ the Lord to give rest to the soul of Abp Chrysostomos “in the light, peace and love of the Most Holy Trinity.”
To the Holy Synod of the Church of Cyprus
It is with deep sorrow that we learned about the passing away, after a long-suffering which he has so bravely endured, of our beloved brother in Christ, the worthy to remember Chrysostomos II, Archbishop of New Justiniana and All Cyprus, a venerable and well-known personality of the contemporary Orthodoxy.
We share the grief caused by this loss, and, on behalf of the hierarchs, clergy and faithful of the Romanian Orthodox Church, we address fraternal condolences to the members of the Holy Synod and to the entire Church of Cyprus.
We pray Christ, our Lord, the One Who is the resurrection and the life (John 11:25), to rest the soul of Archbishop Chrysostomos II with the righteous ones in the light, peace and love of the Most Holy Trinity.
May his eternal memory be from generation to generation!
† Daniel
Patriarch of the Romanian Orthodox Church
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