HH Purnacandra Goswami passes away

[Vijaya Baladeva das]

Dear Maharajas and Prabhus,

Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada.

With great sadness in the heart we inform you that on auspicious
Karttika
Amavasya tithi, 4th of October, 22:25 PM Moscow time Sripad
Purnacandra
Goswami entered samadhi.

On September 15th he was hostitalized with internal bleeding, and from
September 19th he was in coma. Despite deep coma he manifested some
signs of
consciousness every time when devotees would come to him to chant the
holy
name.

Sripad Purnacandra Maharaja joined Srila Prabhupada's movement when he
was
17 years old. For more than 38 years he served the movement with great
dedication. His knowledge of sastra was vast and profound. For many
years he
was teaching Bhakti-sastri course and many other courses to the
devotees. He
had very deep attachment to Sri Vrindavana-dhama. He divided his
preaching
time between Russia and Balkans, but Karttik he would always spend in
Vrindavan. Over the last few years he was writing a book dedicated to
Lord
Krishna's pastimes in Vrindavana. He was always deeply absorbed in the
holy
names. The concentration and intensity with which he would chant the
holy
name every day was incomparable.

It is a great loss for our society.

Please offer your prayers, hold the kirtans in his honour, and help
his
dedicated disciples in this difficult time.


Your servant,
Bhakti Vijnana Goswami