Out of the blue? I wonder if they wil revise his views on ecumenism as HERESY?! And, oh, WHY HASN"T HE BEEN GLORIFIED YET?! Past animus still a factor, +Metropolitan Laurus? Blessed +Metropolitan Philaret WAS SUPPOSED TO BE BURIED WITH THE BROTHERHOOD, WASN'T HE? +Achbishop Averky made plans for it, but...
http://www.russianorthodoxchurch.ws/01n ... ret20.html
The Feast Day of Archangel Michael and the Bodiless Powers Marks the 20th Anniversary of the Death of His Eminence Metropolitan Philaret
On the feast day of Archangel Michael, Divine Liturgy will be performed at the Synodal Cathedral, along with a pannikhida, by Bishop Gabriel of Manhattan and the Cathedral clergy, and a pannikhida will be performed in Jordanville at the entranceway to the crypt of Metropolitan Philaret of blessed memory, which is located under the altar of the monastery cathedral.