“Now it has become known about the death of father Dimitri Smirnov.
Kingdom of heaven to dear father.
Vladyka in Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk performed a requiem for the newly reposed Father Dimitri, ”he wrote in Telegram.
In August, Smirnov was relieved of his post as head of the patriarchal commission on family issues, protection of motherhood and childhood for health reasons.