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President Klaus Iohannis on Wednesday sent a letter to the Patriarch of the Romanian Orthodox Church (BOR) Daniel saying that the demise of Archbishop Pimen of Suceava and Radauti brings great sadness upon the entire BOR and that he was "a gifted priest" who "dedicated his efforts to preserve the Romanian identity."
President Iohaniss remarked the fact that the Romanian Orthodox Church substantially participated in the national efforts to combat coronavirus pandemic.
"By evoking his great personality, I want to remark the fact that, through prayer and support for the ones in need, through the help he offered to the ones fighting the pandemic in the first line, the Romanian Orthodox Church substantially participated in the national effort to combat the pandemic. I am certain that, in the next period, under Your Beatitude's wise guidance, the Romanian Orthodox Church will be a support for our society, combining its pastoral mission with the concern for protecting the faithful and its hierarchs, for a fast return to normality of our country," said the President
The Archbishop Pimen of Suceava and Radauti died on Tuesday night at the "Matei Bals" Institute in the Capital City.
