The Head of the Imperial House of Russia, H.I.H. The Grand Duchess Maria of Russia, and her heir, H.I.H. The Tsesarevich and Grand Duke George of Russia, were deeply saddened to learn of the death of Archpriest Georgii Breev (1937-2010), the rector of the Church of the Nativity of the Mother of God in Krylatskoye in Moscow.  Fr. Georgii was the confessor for the Eparchy of the city of Moscow and its Western Vicariate.  He was 84 years old.  (See the official news release, in Russian only, from the Moscow Patriarchate here:  http://www.patriarchia.ru/db/text/5629910.html.)

Their Imperial Highnesses pray for the repose of the soul of the newly departed shepherd, whom they loved and respected enormously, and extend their deepest condolences to his family, to His Holiness Patriarch Kirill I of Moscow and All Russia, to all those who served together with Fr. Georgii, and to all his spiritual children.

May the Lord grant eternal rest to his newly reposed servant, Archpriest Georgii, and may his memory be eternal!