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A large crowd gathered at the funeral of the Montenegrin Metropolitan Amfilochios, who had contracted the coronavirus.
The Montenegrin metropolitan died last Friday, at the age of 82. He became infected with the coronavirus in early October. He took his last breath from pneumonia, a common complication of the coronavirus. Ten days before his death, he was found to be negative for the virus, according to Deutsche Welle.
EPA
Despite calls from the head of the hospital where the metropolitan was treated, as well as from the doctors, so that his funeral would not be held with an open coffin, in the end this was not heard. Since Saturday, thousands have come for the popular pilgrimage. At the funeral on Sunday, the temple was packed, while thousands of people were outside, according to international media.
EPA
Mourners in Montenegro have kissed the body of a bishop in his open coffin after his death from the coronavirus. pic.twitter.com/fooMSLDbEG
– DW News (@dwnews) November 2, 2020
Most did not wear masks and distances were not observed, which worried the experts. Montenegro is also facing the second wave of the pandemic. Cases of coronavirus have recently increased. So far in the country of 620,000 inhabitants, 18,714 cases and 313 deaths have been registered.
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