Dear Brothers in Christ, family of the Lord’s Exarchal Metropolis, and people of God united in the mystical body of his presence – the Church,
Blessed are those who fall asleep in the Lord and awaken in the glory of his Communion of Saints!
The unforeseen health of the Secretary of the Holy Synod Bishop (Vladika) BASILE of Lodev France (Consecrated Bishop: 2023AD in Milan – serving the Church in France as Exarch) rapidly declined due to a cancerous tumour – leading him into a state of coma.
Thus, on this 8th day in commemoration of St. Demetrius the Centurion of Thessalonica in this month of November, Jesus our Lord called our Father Bishop Basile home!
Bishop Basile was a missionary and an advocate for sending aid to war torn countries. His Missionary efforts for Ukraine was well noted and much appreciated by the people. Although his mission came to a close on earth, yet his mission continues via his intercessions for the great work of our Church.
The greatest gift we can give to another human person is the gift of presence – the gift of our time. It is a wholehearted act of kindness when we pray for others, especially for those who have no one to consider them via prayer.
May I invite you to pray for the soul of our reposed Bishop Basile of France – may his memory be eternal!
In Christ and his apostles who witnessed Divine Love amongst us.
+Raffaele
Vice President of the Holy Synod
Metropolitan Archbishop and Exarch.
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