arghton 6,737 Posted August 26, 2022 Small list of the oldest religious leaders with Wikipedia pages - born 1922 and before. Incomplete, and I might add 1923 and 1924 later. Bishops Manuel Edmilson da Cruz (1924), Serafín Luis Alberto Cartagena Ocaña (1924) and Gaetano Bonicelli (1924) not included, no English wiki page. Saifur Rahman Nizami not included - age fraud. Ramadan Dib (1920) and Non Nget (1922) also not included due to lack of wiki page. Paul Mwazha (25 October 1918?) Zimbabwe Leader of the African Apostolic Church since he founded it in 1959. I've started to doubt his age, he doesn't look 103 at all and according to atleast one source he's 10 years younger, born 1928. Osman Nuhu Sharubutu (23 April 1919) Ghana Ancient Chief Imam of Ghana. Not completely sure if he's 103 either, but he sure looks like it and nothing points otherwise. Addold Mossin (12 December 1919 - 16 March 2024) Estonia Neopaganist priest. As far as I know hasn't been seen since he was in his 90s, but seems to be alive. Picture from 2016. Erwin Schild (9 March 1920 - 6 January 2024) Canada German-born Canadian rabbi, Chief Rabbi of Adath Israel Congregation until 1989. See the Rabbi Thread for more. Pravrajika Bhaktiprana (October 1920 - 11 December 2022) India Hindu nun, fourth president of the Sri Sarada Math and Ramakrishna Sarada Mission in Kolkata. Frail for years. Zuriel Shaked (1920 - 23 September 2023) Libya-Israel Rabbi, ancient leader of a Libyan-Israeli Jewish community. Hossein Wahid Khorasani (1 January 1921) Iran Iranian author and Grand Ayatollah, considered to be the most learned Shia authority alive. Current head of the Qom Seminary. Elyakim Schlesinger (September 1921) United Kingdom London rabbi and rosh yeshiva. José de Jesús Sahagún de la Parra (1 January 1922) Mexico Bishop Emeritus of the Diocese of Ciudad Lázaro Cárdenas, only current centenarian bishop in the Roman Catholic Church. Gershon Edelstein (18 April 1923 - 30 May 2023) Israel Israeli Haredi rabbi, rosh yeshiva of the Ponevezh Yeshiva and the spiritual leader of the Degel HaTorah party in Israel. See the Rabbi Thread for more. Ezekiel Guti (5 May 1923 - 5 July 2023) Zimbabwe Zimbabwean televangelist, leader-founder of the massive Zimbabwe Assemblies of God Africa (ZAOGA) and Forward in Faith Ministries International. René Henry Gracida (9 June 1923) United States Bishop Emeritus of Corpus Christi, second-oldest bishop in the Roman Catholic Church. Giuseppe Casale (28 September 1923 - 18 May 2023) Italy Archbishop Emeritus of the Archdiocese of Foggia-Bovino. Shubert Spero (29 September 1923) United States US Rabbi: See the Rabbi Thread for more. Henry Wylie Moore (2 November 1923) United Kingdom/Cyprus Bishop of the Anglican Diocese of Cyprus and the Gulf 1981-1986. Peter Gumpel (15 November 1923 - 12 October 2022) Germany German Jesuit priest. Luigi Bettazzi (26 November 1923 - 16 July 2023) Italy Catholic Church, Bishop Emeritus of Ivrea, former Pax Christi International President. Last European participant of the Second Vatican Council. Old friend of Benedict XVI. Augusto Lauro (29 November 1923 - 9 March 2023) Italy Catholic Church, Bishop Emeritus of the Diocese of San Marco Argentano-Scalea Georg Hille (28 December 1923 - 14 July 2023) Norway Lutheran, Bishop Emeritus of the Diocese of Hamar. His father Henrik Greve Hille (1881-1946) and grandfather Arnoldus Hille (1829-1919) were also Bishops of Hamar. Stanisław Szymecki (26 January 1924 - 26 September 2023) Poland Oldest Polish prelate of the Roman Catholic Church, Archbishop Emeritus of Białystok. Hospitalised in 2018, but the prayers worked. Colin Stannard (8 February 1924 - 4 August 2023) United Kingdom Church of England Archdeacon of Carlisle 1984-1993. Peter Takaaki Hirayama (31 March 1924 - 15 July 2023) Japan Korean-born Japanese Bishop Emeritus of Oita. Settimio Todisco (10 May 1924) Italy Catholic Archbishop Emeritus of the Archdiocese of Brindisi-Ostuni. Thích Thanh Từ (24 July 1924) Vietnam Major Zen Buddhist monk. Frail for decades. Daniel Verstraete (31 July 1924) South Africa Belgian-born South African catholic prelate, Bishop-emeritus of the Diocese of Klerksdorp Swaroopanand Saraswati (2 September 1924 - 11 September 2022) India Hindu leader, Shankaracharya of Dwarka Sharada Peetham in Dwaraka, Gujarat and the Jyotir Math in Badrinath. Seems to be in war with Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh, ISKCON, Shirdi Sai Baba's followers and seemingly very controversial. Also apparently defended pedophile Prakashanand Saraswati, so quite a cunt. Has been hospitalised a few times for heart issues. Russell M. Nelson (9 September 1924) United States President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints since 2018. Albert Houssiau (2 November 1924) Belgium Catholic prelate, Bishop Emeritus of Liège. Victorinus Youn Kong-hi (8 November 1924) South Korea Archbishop Emeritus of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Kwangju. Shmuel Kamenetsky (12 November 1924) United States See the Rabbi Thread. Du Shuzhen / Aminah (1924-?) China Imam from Henan, alive? Thomas Zhao Duomo (1924-2018 Off radar) China Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Xuanhua. Apparently incumbent, so probably alive. Karuna Mary Braganza (1924-2019 Off radar) India Nun leader, principal, Society of the Sacred Heart 1925: 10 Spoiler Bishops James Hector MacDonald, Ignatius Paul Pinto 1925 - 2023 and Jacques Marie Sébastien de Saint-Blanquat not included, no English wiki page, Anna Hannevik of Salvation Army (not a religious leader?) Alexandre do Nascimento (1 March 1925) Angola Archbishop Emeritus of Luanda, Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church since 1983, oldest Cardinal. Frail for ages, history of hospitalisations. Hossein Noori Hamedani (21 March 1925) Iran Grand Ayatollah, Society of Seminary Teachers of Qom member, member in the First Term of the Council of Experts. Asshole. Ernest Bertrand Boland (10 July 1925 - 28 May 2023) United States Bishop Emeritus of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Providence and of Multan, Pakistan. Joseph Gabriel Fernandez (16 September 1925 - 4 March 2023) India Bishop Emeritus of Quilon. Dick Lucas (10 September 1925) United Kingdom Anglican evangelical cleric. Angelo Acerbi (23 September 1925) Italy Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus of the Netherlands, Titular Archbishop of Zella Robert Hitchcock Spain (26 October 1925 - 9 September 2022) United States Bishop Emeritus of the United Methodist Church. Gyanashree Mahathero/Mahathir (18 November 1925) Bangladesh Buddhist leader, "highest religious guru of the native Buddhists" John Robert Gorman (11 December 1925) United States Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Chicago, Titular Bishop of Catula Swami Shilananda / Father Peter Julia (1925 - December 2022) India Spanish-born Indian priest, founder of Sanjivan Ashram in Sinnar, Maharashtra. 1926: 18 Spoiler Not included: Doris Brougham 1926 - 2024 (missionary), Jan Lambrecht 1926 - 2023 (scholar? priest?), Bishops John Huo Cheng 1926 - 2023, Walter Ivan de Azevedo 1926 - 2024, Hildebrando Mendes Costa, Emanuele Catarinicchia 1926 - 2024, Heitor de Araújo Sales, Pedro Antônio Marchetti Fedalto, Raúl Holguer López Mayorga, Ernesto Togni 1926 - 2022, Domenico Crescentino Marinozzi 1926 - 2024 and Michael Pak Jeong-il (No wikipedia page) Helio R. Camargo (1 February 1926 - 19 July 2024) Brazil LDS official, former First Quorum of the Seventy Estanislao Esteban Karlic (7 February 1926) Argentina Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church, Archbishop Emeritus of Paraná Moshe Sternbuch (8 February 1926) Israel UK-born rabbi. See the Rabbi Thread for more. Simeon (Jakovlevič) (12 February 1926 - 19 March 2024) Czech Republic Archbishop of Brno and Olomouc, Locum Tenens (ad interim administrator) of the Czech and Slovak Orthodox Church 2013. Ali Tehrani (22 April 1926 - 19 October 2022) Iran Shia theologian, critic of the govt and Khamenei's brother-in-law. Maurice Taylor (5 May 1926 - 14 June 2023) United Kingdom Catholic Church, Emeritus Bishop of the Diocese of Galloway, Scotland Mohammad Sadeq Rouhani (16 July 1926 - 16 December 2022) Iran Grand Ayatollah, critic of Iran's government. James Chan Soon Cheong (26 July 1926 - 22 April 2023) Malaysia Catholic Bishop Emeritus of Malacca-Johor Ali Yafie (1 September 1926 - 25 February 2023) Indonesia Muslim cleric, Chairman Emeritus of the Indonesian Ulema Council. Yusuf Qaradawi (9 September 1926 - 26 September 2022) Probably the most influential Sunni scholar in the world. Donald Owens (12 September 1926) United States Church of the Nazarene General Superintendent Emeritus. Gilbert Sheldon (20 September 1926 - 24 April 2023) United States Catholic Church Bishop Emeritus of Steubenville Quinn G. McKay (30 October 1926) United States LDS official. Donald Cameron (7 November 1926) Australia Anglican Emeritus Bishop of North Sydney. Emmanuel Wamala (15 December 1926) Uganda Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church, Archbishop Emeritus of Kampala. Timothy Dudley-Smith (26 December 1926 - 12 August 2024) United Kingdom Church of England Bishop Emeritus of Thetford. Has written around 400 hymns. Paolo Magnani (31 December 1926 - 5 November 2023) Italy Catholic Church Bishop Emeritus of the Diocese of Treviso Mohammad-Bagher Bagheri (1926) Iran Mujtahid/Ayatollah, one of 82-86 Mujtahids to be elected in the First, Second, and Fourth terms in the Assembly of Experts Ahmad Mohseni Garakani (1926) Iran Grand Ayatollah, Friday Prayer Leader of Tuyserkan. 5 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
arghton 6,737 Posted August 28, 2022 Stumbled upon this accidentally, former Archbishop of Malta (2006-2014) Paul Cremona met the President of Malta this month: He looked pretty frail, but only 76. Seems to have a history of ill health, he resigned in 2014 due to health reasons and has been hospitalised atleast twice since (fainted in September 2019, heart operation in April 2021) 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ulitzer95 12,615 Posted August 28, 2022 @arghton, Henry Wylie Moore is listed in WHO’s WHO 2022 and he appears in the residency records on 192, so unless he’s died fairly recently, then he’s still alive. 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ulitzer95 12,615 Posted August 29, 2022 On 26/08/2022 at 01:31, arghton said: René Henry Gracida (9 June 1923) United States Bishop Emeritus of Corpus Christi, second-oldest bishop in the Roman Catholic Church. If I had kids, they wouldn’t be going anywhere near his confession box. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
arghton 6,737 Posted September 2, 2022 On 26/08/2022 at 03:31, arghton said: Swaroopanand Saraswati (2 September 1924) India Hindu leader, Shankaracharya of Dwarka Sharada Peetham in Dwaraka, Gujarat and the Jyotir Math in Badrinath. Seems to be in war with Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh, ISKCON, Shirdi Sai Baba's followers and seemingly very controversial. Has been hospitalised a few times for heart issues. His holiness jagadguru Shankaracharya Swami shri Swaroopanand Saraswati Ji maharaj not dead, but he's 98 today. Picture (probably) taken a few days ago. Looks much worse than I thought he'd look like. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ulitzer95 12,615 Posted September 5, 2022 On 26/08/2022 at 01:31, arghton said: Small list of the oldest religious leaders with Wikipedia pages - born 1922 and before. Incomplete, and I might add 1923 and 1924 later. Bishops Manuel Edmilson da Cruz, Serafín Luis Alberto Cartagena Ocaña and Gaetano Bonnicelli not included, no English wiki page. *snip* 1926: 19 Reveal hidden contents Not included: Doris Broughman (missionary), Jan Lambrecht (scholar? priest?), Bishops John Huo Cheng, Walter Ivan de Azevedo, Hildebrando Mendes Costa, Emanuele Catarinicchia, Heitor de Araújo Sales, Pedro Antônio Marchetti Fedalto, Raúl Holguer López Mayorga, Ernesto Togni, Domenico Crescentino Marinozzi and Michael Pak Jeong-il (No wikipedia page) Helio R. Camargo (1 February 1926) Brazil LDS official, former First Quorum of the Seventy Estanislao Esteban Karlic (7 February 1926) Argentina Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church, Archbishop Emeritus of Paraná Moshe Sternbuch (8 February 1926) Israel UK-born rabbi. See the Rabbi Thread for more. Simeon (Jakovlevič) (12 February 1926) Czech Republic Archbishop of Brno and Olomouc, Locum Tenens (ad interim administrator) of the Czech and Slovak Orthodox Church 2013. Ali Tehrani (22 April 1926) Iran Shia theologian, critic of the govt and Khamenei's brother-in-law. Maurice Taylor (5 May 1926) United Kingdom Catholic Church, Emeritus Bishop of the Diocese of Galloway, Scotland Mohammad Sadeq Rouhani (16 July 1926) Iran Grand Ayatollah, critic of Iran's government. James Chan Soon Cheong (26 July 1926) Malaysia Catholic Bishop Emeritus of Malacca-Johor Ali Yafie (1 September 1926) Indonesia Muslim cleric, Chairman Emeritus of the Indonesian Ulema Council. Donald Owens (12 September 1926) United States Church of the Nazarene General Superintendent Emeritus. Gilbert Sheldon (20 September 1926) United States Catholic Church Bishop Emeritus of Steubenville Quinn G. McKay (30 October 1926) United States LDS official. Donald Cameron (7 November 1926) Australia Anglican Emeritus Bishop of North Sydney. Emmanuel Wamala (15 December 1926) Uganda Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church, Archbishop Emeritus of Kampala. Timothy Dudley-Smith (26 December 1926) United Kingdom Church of England Bishop Emeritus of Thetford. Has written around 400 hymns. Paolo Magnani (31 December 1926) Italy Catholic Church Bishop Emeritus of the Diocese of Treviso Mohammad-Bagher Bagheri (1926) Iran Mujtahid/Ayatollah, one of 82-86 Mujtahids to be elected in the First, Second, and Fourth terms in the Assembly of Experts Clive Abdulah (1926) Trinidad and Tobago Anglican Bishop Emeritus of Trinidad. Ahmad Mohseni Garakani (1926) Iran Grand Ayatollah, Friday Prayer Leader of Tuyserkan. Clive Abdulah was born on 5 June 1927. His Wiki page was vandalised by a (now blocked) IP. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
arghton 6,737 Posted September 5, 2022 On 22/08/2022 at 23:05, arghton said: 3. Orthodox leaders: Kallistos Ware will obviously be the next to go, Ilia II of Georgia is in very poor health battling advanced parkinson's and serious heart diseases and other health problems, Chrysostomos II of Cyprus is rumored to be ill. Neophyte of Bulgaria was hospitalised in May after breaking his femur and Bartholomew I the ecumenical patriarch of Constantinople was been hospitalised a few times months ago, mentioned here. Simeon Jakovlevič is wheelchairbound. Neophyte of Bulgaria (wiki) hospitalised. Apparently he's been suffering from multiple chronic diseases for years, and translating the Bulgarian articles, seems like he has aspiration pneumonia. Also mentioning Irenaios: Controversial Patriarch of the Greek Orthodox Church of Jerusalem 2001-2005. Rare example that a Orthodox Patriarch can leave his position without having to die, he sold his church's property away. Also the only living former Patriarch of one of the Four Ancient Patriarchates. Was on oxygen with pulmonary edema + arrhythmia in 2019, suffering from a "serious pulmonary disease" and Damianos II (greek wiki) Archbishop of Mount Sinai since 1973 who seems to have been in a serious car accident recently. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Superstar 295 Posted September 5, 2022 Quote René Henry Gracida (9 June 1923) United States Bishop Emeritus of Corpus Christi, second-oldest bishop in the Roman Catholic Church. There is no way that guy is 99 years old. That is the youngest looking 99 year old I have ever seen in my entire life. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Undead In Ohio 156 Posted September 5, 2022 Just now, When The said: There is no way that guy is 99 years old. That is the youngest looking 99 year old I have ever seen in my entire life. Probably just an non-recent picture. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MortalCaso 1,627 Posted September 6, 2022 On 15/08/2022 at 05:22, arghton said: --snip Major Eastern Orthodox Church leaders really aren't doing well compared to Ayatollahs, major Hindu, Buddhist, Christian leaders. Oldest with a wiki page as far as I know is Simeon (Jakovlevič), 96. Then there's Archbishop Demetrios of America, 94, a major name. Two from 1929, Ukraine's Filaret and Albania's Anastasios, both who survived the covid purge of late 2020. None from 1930 as far as I know, 1931 has John Zizioulas and 1932 Herman (Swaiko) who retired in 2008, only 6 nonagenarians in total. 1933 has the walking corpse that is Ilia II of Georgia, 1934 as far as I know only has Kallistos, 1935 only has a couple of relatively minor names. Herman dead age 90 https://www.oca.org/in-memoriam/his-beatitude-metropolitan-herman 4 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Creep 7,070 Posted September 8, 2022 Over his long career as a priest, including 19 years teaching at Erie's Cathedral Preparatory School, the Rev. Michael G. Barletta was accused of sexually abusing as many as 25 minors. The conduct made Barletta one of the 41 "predator priests" from the Catholic Diocese of Erie named in the groundbreaking August 2018 statewide grand jury report on clergy sexual abuse in the Roman Catholic Church in Pennsylvania. Barletta has died at 82, leaving behind a dark legacy that only fully came to light with the grand jury report. The report said he admitted to the abuse. Barletta's behavior, as cited in the grand jury report, was particularly notable because of its scope and how the complaints against him involved a series of bishops. SC 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
arghton 6,737 Posted September 9, 2022 On 25/08/2022 at 00:07, Ulitzer95 said: I don't think Russell M. Nelson will be troubling us for another 5 years or so. In fact, I think he'll outlive the Queen and Dick Van Dyke at this rate. Russell M. Nelson celebrated his 98th today: Could be the youngest-looking 98-year-old I've seen. Another major religious leader, Yusuf al-Qaradawi celebrated his 96th today, but can't find any new pictures of him. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ulitzer95 12,615 Posted September 11, 2022 On 02/09/2022 at 13:29, arghton said: His holiness jagadguru Shankaracharya Swami shri Swaroopanand Saraswati Ji maharaj not dead, but he's 98 today. Picture (probably) taken a few days ago. Looks much worse than I thought he'd look like. But now he is! Swaroopanand Saraswati dead at 98. Edit: cause of death given as a heart attack. 4 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
arghton 6,737 Posted September 13, 2022 Emmanuel Milingo, Zambian excomminicated former archbishop (remember February 2021 when he was hospitalised on oxygen and rumored dead?) appeared in public possibly the first time since his 2021 hospitalisation yesterday: Doesn't look too bad except for the swollen legs. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
chilean way 1,898 Posted September 14, 2022 On 25/08/2022 at 20:31, arghton said: Small list of the oldest religious leaders with Wikipedia pages - born 1922 and before. Incomplete, and I might add 1923 and 1924 later. 1925: 10 Hide contents Robert Hitchcock Spain (26 October 1925) United States Bishop Emeritus of the United Methodist Church. Dead 5 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,044 Posted September 14, 2022 2 hours ago, chilean way said: Dead Who is? Can't tell from your post, unsearchable.... 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
msc 18,463 Posted September 14, 2022 16 minutes ago, YoungWillz said: Who is? Can't tell from your post, unsearchable.... Key points: United Methodist Bishop Robert H. Spain led conferences in Kentucky from 1988 to 1992, when he was already in his 60s. But that was just the beginning. He also served as bishop again from 1995 to 1996 in South Carolina after the untimely death of Bishop Joseph B. Bethea. In retirement, Spain took on a new role as full-time chaplain for the United Methodist Publishing House and faithful worshipper at Brentwood United Methodist Church. Old guy in America. H for Hitchcock, apparently. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,044 Posted September 14, 2022 4 minutes ago, msc said: Key points: United Methodist Bishop Robert H. Spain led conferences in Kentucky from 1988 to 1992, when he was already in his 60s. But that was just the beginning. He also served as bishop again from 1995 to 1996 in South Carolina after the untimely death of Bishop Joseph B. Bethea. In retirement, Spain took on a new role as full-time chaplain for the United Methodist Publishing House and faithful worshipper at Brentwood United Methodist Church. Old guy in America. H for Hitchcock, apparently. So is it Bob Spain then? Dead is only appropriate for named threads. It's a slow grumpy goodbye... 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
arghton 6,737 Posted September 20, 2022 On 15/08/2022 at 13:22, arghton said: Major Eastern Orthodox Church leaders really aren't doing well compared to Ayatollahs, major Hindu, Buddhist, Christian leaders. Oldest with a wiki page as far as I know is Simeon (Jakovlevič), 96. Then there's Archbishop Demetrios of America, 94, a major name. Two from 1929, Ukraine's Filaret and Albania's Anastasios, both who survived the covid purge of late 2020. None from 1930 as far as I know, 1931 has John Zizioulas and 1932 Herman (Swaiko) who retired in 2008, only 6 nonagenarians in total. 1933 has the walking corpse that is Ilia II of Georgia, 1934 as far as I know only has Kallistos, 1935 only has a couple of relatively minor names. John (Stinka), Head of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of Canada dead at 87. Metropolitan Panteleimon of Belgium and Juvenal Poyarkov remain from the "relatively minor names" 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gcreptile 10,972 Posted September 27, 2022 Brother Andrew, dutch missionary who smuggled Bibles into communist countries, has died at 94: https://www.christianitytoday.com/news/2022/september/died-brother-andrew-open-door-smuggled-bibles-into-communis.html 5 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
arghton 6,737 Posted September 30, 2022 On 29/11/2021 at 19:09, drol said: Muhibbullah Babunagari himself appears to be in hospital. Quite suspicious, I'd rather think someone is poisoning them. Muhibbullah Babunagari, Hefazat-e-Islam chief hospitalised again, this time with gallbladder stones, but also suffering from "various diseases related to old age" 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Grimgrass 514 Posted October 1, 2022 On 21/03/2022 at 23:56, DevonDeathTrip said: Russian Orthodox Patriarch Kirill sells his soul to the devil and backs Putin's invasion of Ukraine. Kirill tests positive for COVID: https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/patriarch-kirill-head-russias-orthodox-church-tests-positive-covid-2022-09-30/ 4 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
chel 376 Posted October 2, 2022 "On March 18, 2014, Kirill himself was absent from the events dedicated to the annexation of Crimea to Russia, he did not appear in the Georgievsky Hall of the Kremlin Palace, where the president read out his address, and further avoided commenting on the Crimean issue." Quote from here: https://www.rbc.ru/society/18/08/2014/570420d59a794760d3d40c5f 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DevonDeathTrip 2,358 Posted October 9, 2022 On 02/10/2022 at 21:31, chel said: "On March 18, 2014, Kirill himself was absent from the events dedicated to the annexation of Crimea to Russia, he did not appear in the Georgievsky Hall of the Kremlin Palace, where the president read out his address, and further avoided commenting on the Crimean issue." Quote from here: https://www.rbc.ru/society/18/08/2014/570420d59a794760d3d40c5f Patriarch Kirill's health has 'sharply deteriorated' according to a Ukrainian news blog (who admittedly might not provide the most neutral of commentaries on this) 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
arghton 6,737 Posted October 12, 2022 On 17/11/2021 at 17:35, arghton said: Assembly of Experts member since 1983, longtime parliament member in Iran. First Ayatollah/Maraji to die since September, but there are quite many above 90: 1. Grand Ayatollah Lotfollah Safi Golpaygani (20 Feb 1919-31 Jan 2022) Secretary of the Guardian Council 1980-1985, once issued a fatwa calling for the death of a rapper. 2. Grand Ayatollah Sheikh Hossein Wahid Khorasani (1 Jan 1921-) "Most learned Shia authority alive" and critic of Khamenei. With Noori-Hamedani, the last Ayatollah/Maraji born in Qajar Persia/Qajar Iran/The Sublime State of Iran that stopped existing in 1925. 3. Shamsodin Mujtahidi Najafi (17 April 1923-27 Feb 2022) 4. Grand Ayatollah Hossein Noori-Hamedani (1925-) Hardliner and a total piece of shit. ... Grand Ayatollah Hossein Noori Hamedani, 97-year-old hardline cleric hospitalised. A few weeks ago he (according to PBS NewsHour) urged the Iranian govt to listen to the protestors, possibly one of the first good things he's done in his life 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
