Amfilohije – mortal remains in Cetinje

The remains of Metropolitan Amfilohije de Montenegro y el Litoral were transferred to the Cetinje Monastery, in front of which the faithful and the clergy gathered.

The Bishop of Budva-Niksic, Joanikije, said at the monastery liturgy that Amfilohije left a great emptiness and great pain with his departure, but also a great blessing and his example of following him.

“With his exalted walk after Christ, he paved the way for us and taught us all how we should live,” said Joanikije.

The bishop also said that the metropolitan constantly said that we must fight against this virus, but even more against the virus of hatred, resentment, discord, quarrels, quarrels and other malice, envy, impurities.

Amfilohije in Cetinje

Amfilohije in Cetinje

Amfilohije in Cetinje

Amfilohije in Cetinje

Amfilohije in Cetinje

He overcame both viruses and with his death he united with Christ and sealed his victory and war with evil in which he was crowned with the crown of the imperishable glory of God. His departure left us with a great emptiness and great pain, but also a great blessing and his example. to follow him, ”said Joanikije, as reported by RTCG.

“The great people of God, like the metropolitan Amfilohije, is such that contemporaries cannot see him in the measure, beauty and greatness that he really is. This will be demonstrated by future times and centuries. He who has become attached to Christ already His the kingdom of heaven, he progresses in this world from strength to strength, and even after his departure from this world; the invocation does not leave this world, but is present in it through Christ the Lord; our metropolitan , our spiritual father, was all his life for Christ and in the end with all his good works and the monumental part of the church worker, ”Joanikije said today in Cetinje.

He also stated that “it is not a small sign that the metropolitan has been cured of both pneumonia and this contagious disease.”

“His subsequent recovery did not go away, the organism simply could no longer resist that effort. But he defeated this virus. He defeated him spiritually first, and that virus and all other viruses, and his death is actually a victory, because he is his with death he confirmed all those virtues that we notice in his life and in his way of life, especially in his person, so that his death is another glorification of the name of Christ.

On Sunday at nine o’clock, the liturgy in Podgorica will be served by the Serbian Patriarch Irinej with the archbishops, after which a funeral will be held in the temple.

We remind you that Amfilohije passed away this morning at the Montenegro Clinical Center (KCCG), and at his own request he will be buried in the crypt of the Podgorica Cathedral in a tomb that was prepared for his life.