Metropolitan Kallistos
Dear Friends,
Yesterday there were many rumours circulating regarding the death of Metropolitan Kallistos. I am writing to let you know that he is indeed seriously ill, but he remains alive and conscious and under the care of professionals as well as of members of the Canterbury Road and Ferry Road Orthodox communities. The Metropolitan is unable to receive visitors and cannot answer phone calls, so the best that we can do for him is to continue to keep him in our prayers. It may be that he is reaching the end of his life, but none of us knows when the end will come, either for ourselves or for another. In our services we pray regularly for “a Christian end to our life, painless, unashamed and peaceful,” and even if this illness is one from which it may seem unlikely that our beloved Metropolitan will recover, this petition can still be part of our prayer for him, as it is for each one of us when we pray it in the Liturgy and other services. If and when there is more news about Metropolitan Kallistos’ health we will be circulating it. Meanwhile we pray that God will comfort and strengthen him and also all those who are caring for him and working to make his life as comfortable as is possible.
With my love to you all,
Fr Ian
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