In Kazan bade farewell to the Governor, Raifa male monastery Archimandrite Vsevolod. He died suddenly at 58 year of life and at the office. Cause of death - thrombosis of pulmonary artery.

Farewell to the Abbot of the monastery of Raifa began at 9 am. The temple where the funeral of Archimandrite Vsevolod was full. Accompany him on his last journey came not only friends and relatives but those who didn't know the Abbot personally.

with father Vsevolod is the resurgence of the monastery of Raifa. In 1991 he first visited the destroyed Raifa monastery and began the restoration of the monastery. People who side by side worked with my father Vsevolod always admired his kind heart and ability to bring the case to the end.

The funeral service was held by Metropolitan of Kazan and Tatarstan Theophanes.The farewell was held in the Cathedral of the Georgian icon of the mother of God. But just a month ago, it was here that father Vsevolod met with Patriarch Kirill. About the works of the abbots, and the dedication of the Bishop watched for 25 years.

Father Vsevolod was buried in the monastery cemetery on the territory of the monastery of Raifa.
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