MOSCOW, may 4 — RIA Novosti. Honorary rector of the Church of the exaltation of the Holy cross in Altufyevo Metropolitan peace Jonah (Karpukhin) died in the night of may 4, according to the website of the ROC.
According to preliminary information, the cause of death was pneumonia coronavirus.
the website notes that he was elevated to the rank of Metropolitan in March 2013. From 2013 to 2016, Metropolitan Jonah led the Metropolitan of Astrakhan.
For health reasons in July 2016, the Metropolitan was pachislo to rest by the decision of the Holy Synod.
According to the working group at the Patriarch for the coordination of the activities of Church institutions in terms of the spread of coronavirus infection, from COVID-19 died Bishop of Zheleznogorsk and Lgov Benjamin, Ministers of the Epiphany Yelokhovo Cathedral Archpriest Alexander Ageikin and archdeacon Eugene Trofimov, and Archpriest Vladimir Veriga. Earlier it was reported about death of the cleric Khotkovo Pokrovsky Stavropigialny women’s monastery Archpriest Eugene Korchukov.
In Russia, COVID-19 diagnosed 145 268 people, of whom 1356 died 18 095 recovered.
Current data on the situation of COVID-19 in Russia and the world presented on the portal stopmanager.of the Russian Federation.
