TBT/ BNS Staff
Head of the Estonian Orthodox Church of the Moscow Patriarchate, Metropolitan Cornelius, passed away on April 19 at the age of 93 and until a new metropolitan has been elected, Narva and Peipsiveere bishop Lazarus will perform the duties of metropolitan, the daily Postimees reported.
According to Russian Orthodox customs a new metropolitan will not be elected before 40 days have passed from the death of the previous metropolitan.
Metropolitan Cornelius, whose secular name was Vjatseslav Vassiljevits Jakobs, was born on ...
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