Соболезнование от брата Лучиано Маникарди, настоятеля Спасо-Преображенского монастыря в Бозе, Италия

Your Eminence,

The brothers and sisters of the Bose monastery have learned with sadness about the death of His Eminence Metropolitan Filaret. We wish to express our sincere condolences to Your Eminence, to the Synod of Bishops and to all the Belarusian Orthodox Church at the loss of such an outstanding hierarch, esteemed far beyond the boundaries of the Orthodox Church, and to add our prayers for the repose of his soul.

Our ecumenical monastic community has had many contacts with the Belarusian Orthodox Church, especially on the occasion of our international conferences on Orthodox spirituality, to which delegates from Your Church are regularly sent.

In particular, we had the great joy of welcoming Metropolitan Filaret himself to one of these conferences. We were able to appreciate his great humanity, deep love for the Lord, and generous dedication to the Church. May his soul rest in peace.

br. Luciano Manicardi, prior with the brothers and sisters of Bose