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2020-10-21T08:48:51.963Z
The funeral service for Archpriest Dimitri Smirnov is scheduled for Friday, October 23, at the Cathedral of Christ the Savior. This was reported to RIA Novosti in the synodal department for the relationship of the Church with society and the media.
Metropolitan Dionysius of the Resurrection, the head of the Moscow Patriarchate, is expected to sing the priest.
Archpriest Smirnov, the former chairman of the patriarchal commission on family issues, protection of motherhood and childhood, died at the age of 70 after a chronic illness.
Source: russiart
