Many of you will have heard or read in the news, but for information; Greek Orthodox Patriarch Petros VII of Alexandria was killed in a crash along with 16 other people (clergy and laymen from the patriarchate) on board a helicopter headed towards the monasteries on Mount Athos on Saturday.
news.independent.co.uk wrote:
Petros Papapetrou, priest: born Sichari, Cyprus 3 September 1949: ordained priest 1978; Bishop of Babylon 1983-90; Metropolitan of Accra 1990-91; Exarch of Irinoupolis 1991-94; Metropolitan of Cameroon and West Africa 1994-97; Pope and Patriarch of Alexandria and All Africa 1997-2004; died 11 September 2004.
Obituary, Patriarch Petros VII, with some information about the patriarchate of Alexandria.
Let us pray for the patriarch and for his church in the election of his successor.