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then president of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, to resign, after NATO air raids put an end to his crackdown on Kosovo Albanians.Metropolitan Amfilohije of Montenegro and the Littoral, who earlier performed Pavle"s duties during the patriarch"s illness, will be acting patriarch until a new leader is elected. The election will take place not earlier than 40 days after Pavle"s death.
President Tadic on Sunday called the death of the patriarch "a huge loss" and said Pavle "united the nation."
A deputy head of the Russian Orthodox Church external church relations department called Patriarch Pavle "a righteous man of our time."
"The entire Serb nation honored him as a living saint," Archpriest Nikolai Balashov said.
Balashov said Pavle symbolized "the spiritual unity of the Serb nation" and was "a big friend of the Russian Orthodox Church."
Patriarch Pavle"s body will lie in state in Belgrade"s Archangel Michael Cathedral until
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