{"id":280748,"date":"2020-05-25T12:02:51","date_gmt":"2020-05-25T09:02:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/?p=280748"},"modified":"2020-05-25T12:02:51","modified_gmt":"2020-05-25T09:02:51","slug":"funeral-service-for-archbishop-pimen-officiated-at-st-john-the-new-monastery-in-suceava-video-photos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/en\/funeral-service-for-archbishop-pimen-officiated-at-st-john-the-new-monastery-in-suceava-video-photos\/","title":{"rendered":"Funeral service for Archbishop Pimen officiated at St John the New Monastery in Suceava: VIDEO & PHOTOS"},"content":{"rendered":"

A memorial Divine Liturgy and a funeral service were held last Friday for the Archbishop of Suceava and Radauti at St John the New Monastery.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Archbishop Pimen of Suceava and R\u0103d\u0103u\u021bi\u00a0<\/span>reposed<\/span><\/a>\u00a0in the Lord on Wednesday, May 20, 2020, at the Matei Bal\u0219 Infectious Diseases Institute in Bucharest following a second heart attack. He was transported to Bucharest after testing positive for Covid-19.<\/span><\/p>\n

The services were presided over by Metropolitan Teofan of Moldavia and Bukovina who will also be locum tenens for the Suceava Archdiocese until the Holy Synod elects a new Archbishop.<\/span><\/p>\n

Concelebrants included His Eminence Archbishop Teodosie of Tomis and His Grace Bishop Damaschin of Dorna, the assistant bishop of the Suceava Archdiocese.<\/span><\/p>\n

After the funeral messages of Patriarch Daniel and President Klaus Iohannis were read out, Metropolitan Teofan spoke about Archbishop Pimen’s ascetical figure related to the Holy Fathers of the Desert.<\/span><\/p>\n

‘His direct, brief speech without any lukewarm mincing words created the feeling of a man who has no time to waste in unnecessary explanations and justifications. Its external appearance – an extension of the inner one – was similar to the icons at Vorone\u021b. It was, in fact, an extension of them.’<\/span><\/p>\n

“He suffered deeply for alienated Bessarabia and Northern Bukovina. The tomb of His Highness Saint Stephen the Great was the altar of Moldova, which he wanted complete in the body of Romania,” added His Eminence Metropolitan Teofan.<\/span><\/p>\n