ON THE KNEES BEFORE ANPHILLOQUIA: Thousands of people gathered in Podgorica to receive the remains of the Metropolitan

Clergy, faithful and citizens, including mothers with small children in their arms, kiss and touch the coffin of the deceased metropolitan in procession up the scaffold.

The remains of Metropolitan Amfiloi, who died yesterday morning at the Podgorica Clinical Center, were taken to the Church of the Resurrection of Christ around 2.30 pm, where he will be buried tomorrow, at his own request.

On the main road from Cetinje to Podgorica, a vehicle with the Metropolitan’s coffin was silently escorted by citizens along the entire road.

Although the column with the Metropolitan’s coffin left Cetinje at 1 pm, it reached the Podgorica temple around 2:30 pm because people bowed to Amfilohije on their knees the whole way.

Scenes from the metropolitan’s farewell to his last break are described as “biblical” by many on social networks, because they far exceed those that were recorded this spring and summer in the mass liturgies against the Law of Religious Freedom, which was initiated and led by Amfilohije.

The coffin was brought to the Temple from the Cetinje Monastery, where a liturgy was held this morning, followed by a parade of citizens.

In the monastery of Cetinje, the coffin with the body of the metropolitan was exhibited in the same room as the relics of Saint Peter of Cetinje, which is celebrated today by the Serbian Orthodox Church.

Images and photographs testify that a large number of citizens received on their knees the coffin of the Metropolitan, which will be buried in the crypt of the Podgorica temple tomorrow morning.

The remains of Metropolitan Amfilohije are on display in the Cathedral of the Resurrection of Christ in Podgorica, as they were previously solemnly escorted from the Cetinje Monastery.