webfact Posted August 10, 2013 Share Posted August 10, 2013 Somdej Kiew passed awaySomdej Phra Puttajarn (Kiew), abbot of Wat Saket, passed away today from blood infection. He was 85. The senior monk had worked behalf of the ailing Supreme Patriach for years.-- The Nation 2013-08-10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
webfact Posted August 10, 2013 Author Share Posted August 10, 2013 OBITUARYSomdej Kiew dies at 85The NationA file photo of Somdej Kiew in 2010BANGKOK: -- Somdej Phra Puttajarn, the abbot of Wat Saket Ratcha Wora Maha Wihan who has been commonly known as Somdet Kiew, passed away today morning due to blood stream infection.A report from Samitivej Hospital went that the monk, one of the country’s most revered, passed away at 8.41am. The preparation is underway to move his body to Wat Saket for the funeral rite.Since 2005, he has been the chairperson of the Supreme of Patriarch’s Representative Committee, being the Acting Supreme Patriarch since then due to the failing health of the incumbent Supreme Patriarch Nyanasamvara Suvaddhana.He was born on March 3, 1928 in Koh Samui, Surat Thani, as Kiew Chokchai, the fifth of seven children of a Chinese family which earned a living through coconut plantation.According to wikipedia, he was ordained as a novice monk in his hometown in 1941, after recovering from serious illness.With determination to leave the world, he was ordained as a monk at Wat Saket in 1949, when he was 21.Leading the monastic region 9, he was appointed the secretary of the Supreme Patriarch in 1965. "Somdej" is the highest title in the Thai monastic circle.-- The Nation 2013-08-10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MILT Posted August 10, 2013 Share Posted August 10, 2013 RIP Sacred Soul, We hardly knew yea! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
khaowong1 Posted August 11, 2013 Share Posted August 11, 2013 Rest in peace Somdej, you will be missed by many, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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