UOC Primate leads festive Liturgy in Podgorica (live)
His Beatitude Onuphry at the Resurrection Cathedral in Podgorica. Photo: Bishop Viktor (Kotsaba)
On February 29, 2020, His Beatitude Onuphry led the festive Liturgy, dedicated to the memory day of St. Simeon the Myrrh-streaming, at the Resurrection Cathedral of Podgorica.
The Primate of the UOC was concelebrated by His Beatitude Jovan (John), the Archbishop of Ohrid and Metropolitan of Skopje, Metropolitan Amfilohije of Montenegro and the Littoral and other hierarchs of the Serbian Orthodox Church, as well as the bishops of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church: Chairman of the Synodal Commission for Monasteries of the UOC Metropolitan Pavel of Vyshgorod and Chernobyl, Chairman of the Information and Education Department of the UOC Metropolitan Clement of Nezhin and Priluki and Head of the UOC Representative Office at European international organizations Bishop Viktor of Baryshevka.
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