Patriarch Kirill expresses condolences over the passing of Archpriest Chaplin

Patriarch of Moscow and all Russia Kirill expresses condolences since the sudden death of Archpriest Vsevolod Chaplin. The Patriarch addressed to the clergy, relatives and friends of the deceased and also to the abbots of the temple of St. Theodore the Studite Nikitsky gate, where his father Vsevolod was the Abbot.

Archpriest Vsevolod Chaplin died at the 52 year of his life on Sunday, January 26. The preliminary cause of his death will be announced on Monday, January 27, after opening.