On
November
25,
2004,
Thanksgiving
Day,
His
Grace,
Bishop
IRINEU
learned
of
the
sudden
falling
asleep
in
the
Lord
of
his
beloved
mother
and
grandmother
that
day
in
Romania.
His
Grace
traveled
to
his
hometown
in
Romania
for
the
funeral
services.
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| The
Wake
Service
(Sărăcustă)
was
served
on
Saturday
and
Sunday
evenings,
November
27
and
28,
in
the
family
home
where
the
deceased
laid
in
state
as
family
and
friends
came
to
pay
their
respects. |
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| On
Monday
morning,
November
29,
2004,
the
Funeral
Service
was
held
in
the
courtyard
of
the
family
home.
Here,
Bishop
IRINEU
and
his
family
greet
the
hierarchs
as
they
arrive. |
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| Hierarchs
present
and
participating
in
the
services
were
(L-R)
His
Grace
PETRONIU,
Auxiliary
Bishop
of
Oradea;
His
Grace
LAURENŢIU,
Bishop
of
Caransebeş;
His
Eminence
ANDREI,
Archbishop
of
Alba
Iulia;
His
Grace
DANIIL,
Auxiliary
Bishop
of
Timişoara;
and
His
Grace
VASILE,
Auxiliary
Bishop
of
Cluj. |
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| The
family
stands
alongside
the
coffins. |
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| His
Grace,
Bishop
LAURENŢIU
delivers
a
sermon.
Also
delivering
a
sermon
was
His
Eminence,
Archbishop
ANDREI.
Letters
were
then
read
from
His
Eminence,
Archbishop
NATHANIEL
and
other
hierarchs
unable
to
attend
the
funeral. |
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| A
choir
of
students
from
the
Theological
Institute
in
Alba
Iulia
led
the
responses. |
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| More
than
500
people
attended
the
funeral
in
the
small
country
village. |
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| "Memory
Eternal!" |
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| "Veşnica
Pomenire!" |
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| The
clergy
and
faithful
went
in
procession
to
the
cemetery
which
is
located
next
to
the
village
church. |
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| On
the
way,
they
stopped
in
front
of
the
gate
of
the
church
for
a
Litany
for
the
departed. |
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| They
then
stopped
at
the
front
gate
of
the
cemetery. |
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| Amalia
and
Aurelia
were
then
laid
to
rest
in
the
family
graves. |
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| More
than
350
people
attended
the
memorial
luncheon
(pomană)
at
a
banquet
hall
in
Alba
Iulia.
Many
of
the
arrangements
were
made
with
the
help
of
Rev
Fr
Liviu
Alexandrescu
of
The
Nativity
of
the
Ever
Virgin
Mary
Mission
in
Cambridge,
Massachusetts,
and
Seminarian
Dan
Hoarşte,
who
traveled
to
Romania
to
assist
His
Grace. |
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| More
than
ten
dozen
floral
arrangements
sent
by
friends
cover
the
graves. |
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| His
Grace
IRINEU
saying
a
prayer. |
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