Archbishop Miron (Khodakovskii) buried in Suprasliensis Annunciation Monastery

Archbishop Miron (Khodakovskii), Orthodox ordinary Polish Army, was buried in Suprasliensis Annunciation Monastery

On April 19, 2010 in Warsaw at the cathedral in the name of St. Mary Magdalene held a farewell to the Ordinary of the Orthodox archbishop of the Polish Army Gaynovskim Miron, tragically killed April 10, 2010 in a plane crash near Smolensk , DECR Communication Service reports with reference to the official website of the Polish Orthodox Church.

Divine Liturgy at the Cathedral concelebrated archpastors and in the presence of numerous believers gathered in the temple and around the head of His Beatitude Metropolitan of Warsaw and all Poland Sawa . At the conclusion of the liturgy took farewell pochivshim hierarch. In parting, took part arrived from all over Poland, the clergy and believers, as well as representatives of state leadership, the diplomatic corps, including Russia’s ambassador to Poland, the European Parliament, the armed forces, border guards, police, fire and prison services, other departments and agencies. Among those present were Vice-Chairman of the Council of Ministers of Poland Waldemar Pawlak, Vice-Chairman of the Polish Sejm Jaroslaw Kalinowski and others. Tribute to the Archbishop Miron arrived as Catholic prelates, representatives of a number of Protestant communities.

In the eulogy Beatitude Metropolitan Sawa stressed the importance of service, which commits her deceased husband, Archbishop Gaynovsky Miron, recalled his work at the office of the Orthodox Ordinary of the Polish Army.

With the words of farewell were also made by the Minister of National Defence Bogdan Klich, Minister of Science and Higher Education Barbara Kudrycka, Deputy Chief of General Staff Lt. Gen. Mieczyslaw Stahovyak, MEP Michal Kaminski and others.

After the service the procession proceeded around the temple, and then the funeral procession with the coffin of the deceased hierarch, accompanied by police escort, went to Suprasliensis monastery, which the lord deputy Miron was for many years.

Due to a big gathering of the faithful many of them are not able to enter the monastery church, and specifically, they were given TV monitor on which was broadcast Burial service.

On behalf of the Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk at parting with the deceased archpastors attended by Minister of Science and Higher Education Barbara Kudrycka.

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