Patriarch Kirill will lead the funeral service and burial of Archimandrite Elijah

His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia will lead the funeral service and burial of his confessor, Archimandrite Ilia (Nozdrin), which will take place on March 18. This was announced on March 17 in the press service of the Optina Monastery of the deserts.

"12:00 p.m. — the funeral service and burial of Archimandrite Elijah will be led by His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia," reads an announcement posted by the press service on the Telegram channel.

The funeral service will be held in the Vvedenskoe Stavropol monastery of Optina Pustyn. Confessor of Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia, Archimandrite Ili (Nozdrin) He died at the age of 94 late at night, on March 15. The monk was the confessor not only of the patriarch, but also of the brethren of Optina Pustyn.