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On November 1, 2020, His Holiness Irenaeus, Patriarch of Serbia, celebrated the Divine Liturgy at the Church of the Resurrection of Christ in Podgorica and held the funeral service for Metropolitan Amfilohije (Radovic) of Montenegro and the Littoral who passed away in the Lord on October 30.

His Eminence was assisted by Metropolitan Anthony of Borispol and Brovary, chancellor of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church; Metropolitan Porfirije of Zagreb and Ljubljana, Bishop Ioanikije of Budimlja and Niksic, Bishop Irinej of Bac and other hierarchs of the Serbian Orthodox Church, as well as Metropolitan Anthony of Elbasan, Albanian Orthodox Church.

Present at the Liturgy were President A. Vučić of Serbia with a delegation of the government, Mr. M. Dodik, member of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina from Republika Srpska; Mr. A. Becic, chairman of the Parliament of Montenegro; Mr. Z. Krivokapic, candidate for the prime minister position; parliament members, cultural figures, representatives of the diplomatic corps and the public.

After the Liturgy, the funeral service for Metropolitan Amfilohije took place in the cathedral square in the presence of a great number of Montenegrins. The hierarch of the Serbian Orthodox Church was buried in the crypt of the Cathedral of the Resurrection of Christ in Podgorica.

With reference to reports of the Union of Orthodox Journalists

DECR Communication Service