25.04.2007, [14:53] // UOC-KP //RISU.ORG.UA
Kyiv – Patriarch Filaret (Denysenko), head of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church-Kyivan Patriarchate (UOC-KP), gave his blessing for panakhydas [memorial services] to be held at St. Volodymyr Patriarchal Cathedral, St. Michael’s Golden-domed Monastery in Kyiv, and other church buildings of the UOC-KP for the repose of the soul of first Russian President Boris Yeltsin. cerkva.info posted the news on 24 April 2007.
“He was good to Ukraine and, because of his position, Ukraine was able to gain independence peacefully, without any armed opposition among the former Soviet republics. May the Lord let his soul rest in peace!” said Patriarch Filaret.
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