Guests arrive to pay their respects to the Savapoulos family at St. Sophia's Orthodox Cathedral. pic.twitter.com/EnKvtbu3Z6
— Megan Cloherty (@ClohertyWTOP) June 1, 2015Friends and family carry Philip Savapoulos' casket into the cathedral behind his parents'. https://t.co/9hLwsjOiqE
— Megan Cloherty (@ClohertyWTOP) June 1, 2015Inside the Savopoulos family members' funeral we hear it's standing room only. An overflow room is set up downstairs pic.twitter.com/0XmHg7NVOP
— Megan Cloherty (@ClohertyWTOP) June 1, 2015Family follow the caskets out of St Sophia's. Wiping away tears and holding their hands over their hearts pic.twitter.com/SIZXExbo6x
— Megan Cloherty (@ClohertyWTOP) June 1, 2015
WASHINGTON – Family and friends are saying their final goodbyes to a family killed in their upper Northwest home in May.
An hour and a half after the funeral service began, the surviving children of Amy and Savvas Savopoulos followed their parents’ and younger brother’s caskets out of St. Sophia Greek Orthodox Cathedral.
Wearing black dresses, Katerina and Abigail stood stoically at the entrance of the church watching as their family’s cherry wood caskets, draped in white flowers, were placed into three hearses.
The funeral was held at the same church where Savvas and Amy Savopoulos were married. It was standing room only, attended by hundreds of mourners, including D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser, Rep. Chris Van Hollen, D-Md. and leaders in the business community.
Also in attendance, young friends of 10-year-old Philip Savopoulos who attended St. Alban’s School across the street.
The family is holding a private burial following the funeral.
Veralicia Figueroa, who worked for the Savopoulos family as a housekeeper, was also killed. Her funeral will be held in El Salvador.
