Dam Tien Dinh

The World Vietnamese Buddhist Sangha Church

and

Giac Hoang Washington Area Vietnamese Buddhist Temple

together with Our Followers in the Faith

HEREBY WOULD LIKE TO INFORM

ALL VENERABLE LEADERS OF VARIOUS BUDDHIST CHURCHES, TEMPLES, ASSOCIATIONS AND ORGANIZATIONS

IN THE WORLD AND THEIR HONORABLE MEMBERS

THAT THE MOST VENERABLE THICH THANH DAM,

NÉ TAM DUC,

Second Deputy Patriarch of the World Vietnamese Buddhist Sangha Church

Deputy Sangha Leader of the Intersect Buddhist Church of America

Co-founder and Abbot of Giac Hoang Temple, Washington DC

Advisor to the Board of Directors, World Vietnamese Buddhist Family

Advisor to the Leadership Council, Vietnamese Buddhist Family in the U.S.

Advisor to the Friends of Overseas Vinh Nghiem Buddhist Family

Advisor to the Thien Sinh Buddhist Family of Giac Hoang Temple

Has peacefully passed away at 2 a.m., Sunday, 4 December 2011

(corresponding to the 10th of the eleventh month, Year of the Cat)

at Giac Hoang Temple in Washington DC, at age 84

after 62 years of monkhood.

Followers and the public can view His remains in the Main Hall of Giac Hoang Temple from the morning of Wednesday, 7 December 2011, to Saturday, 10 December 2011. The following services held on 7, 8, 9 and 10 December 2011 will include: the Beginning of Mourning Ceremony and Mass in His Honor will be followed by prayer services asking for His Final Liberation and visits going from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. every day.

The funeral program on Saturday, 10 December 2011, will be a special one involving: A ceremony of presentation to Buddha will be followed by a ceremony to send off the Deceased Remains to the Funeral Pyre. This last ceremony will be held at the National Memorial Park, 7482 Lee Highway, Falls Church, Virginia 22042. Telephone number: (703) 560-0019.

Giac Hoang Washington Area Vietnamese Buddhist Temple

5 December 2011

World Vietnamese Buddhist Sangha Church

Giac Hoang Temple

The Funeral Organizing Committee

and

Followers and Family in the Faith