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BELGRADE – The body of the late Patriarch Irinej will be brought to the Cathedral today around 8.30 and displayed during the liturgy on the occasion of the celebration of that church, after which a short memorial service is planned, and then the body must be moved to the Church of San Sava.
Detailed plan and schedule of the farewell of the blessed patriarch
From the Cathedral, the column with the body of the patriarch will depart around 11.30 am towards the Church of St. Sava, in front of which it will be received by members of the Serbian army, and in the church by the clergy of the Archdiocese of Belgrade and Karlovac, he said priest Dragan Shovljanski for RTS.
“A memorial service is scheduled for 12.30 in the temple of St. Sava over the body of the blessed patriarch, and after that, during the day and night, the priests of Belgrade will read the Holy Gospel on the scaffold,” Shovljanski said. The liturgy of rest begins on Sunday at 9 am and will be served in the central part of the temple, where the body of the patriarch will be exhibited. Shovljanski mentioned that according to the recommendations of the Crisis Personnel and all epidemiological measures, it will not be possible to kiss the body of the patriarch. “People will be able to enter from the west side of the temple through the central entrance and approach a few meters from the body, bow and leave again,” said the priest. He called on all believers to wear masks, not to stay too long, and not to make crowds. The patriarch will be buried on Sunday in the crypt of the St. Sava temple after the liturgy and service.
07.55 – The Honorary Guard of the Serbian Army was placed in front of the Patriarchate of the Serbian Orthodox Church in the very center of Belgrade. A black flag flies over the Patriarchate.
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