Following the death of Bishop Gurie of Deva and Hunedoara on Thursday, Patriarch Daniel of Romania extended his condolences to Assistant Bishop Nestor of Hunedoara and the members of the Diocesan Council and Assembly.
The Patriarch of Romania expressed his grief over the repose of Bishop Gurie of Deva and Hunedoara, highlighting “his vocation for dialogue and communion” and the “paternal kindness and generosity” that the hierarch manifested in his life.
Read below the message of Patriarch Daniel of Romania:
With deep heartfelt sorrow, we learned of the unexpected passing from this life of Bishop Gurie, the first Bishop of the newly established Diocese of Deva and Hunedoara (2009), a missionary and hardworking archpastor, who distinguished himself by his vocation for dialogue and communion, by paternal kindness and generosity, often expressed towards both clergy and the believers he pastored.
Together with the hierarchs of the Holy Synod, with the priests, monastics, and believers of the grieving Diocese of Deva and Hunedoara, these days, we offer prayers for the rest of his soul in the light, peace, and love of the Most Holy Trinity.
May his memory be eternal from generation to generation!
With fatherly condolences to the grieving diocese,
† DANIEL
Patriarch of the Romanian Orthodox Church