In Memoriam. Dometian, the Metropolitan of Vidin, has passed away to the Lord

With deep sorrow the Press Office of the Holy Synod informs that on September 18 in the early afternoon and after a prolonged illness passed away to the Lord His Eminence Dometian, Metropolitan of Vidin.

The Synodal Office asks all orthodox christians and faithful Bulgarians to point their prayerful gaze in sincere appeal to God so that He rests the soul of the departed from us Metropolitan of Vidin in the dwellings of the righteous. Metropolitan Dometian will remain in church memory as impeccable in his monastic profession, wise in God spiritual director and archpastor of his God-given clergy and people, as a dear and inforgettable hierarch – member of the Holy Synod.

The Synodal Hierarchs have decided on the date for the services and internment of their brother in rank. They are scheduled to begin on September 20 at noon.

Gregory the Metropolitan of Vratsa has been appointed as temporary head of the widowed Vidin Eparchy cathedra, charged with canonical direction of the eparchy until the election of a successor of the deceased metropolitan Dometian.

We again turn our hearts in sincere condolences to the family, honorable clergy and god-fearing people of the widowed Vidin eparchy and reiterrate our appeal for heart-felt prayer before God for the departed and inconsolingly unforgettable diocesian metropolitan and synodal hierarch Dometian.

Blessed and eternal be the memory of the departed to the Lord Metropolitan of Vidin Dometian.

May God have mercy on his soul.

From the Synodal Press Office

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