Bishop Victor meets with the Primate of the Serbian Orthodox Church
His Holiness Patriarch Irinej (Gavrilovic) of Serbia and Bishop Victor (Kotsaba) of Baryshevka. Photo: Telegram
On January 30, 2020, His Holiness Patriarch Irinej (Gavrilovic) of Serbia, Primate of the Serbian Orthodox Church, met with the head of the UOC Mission to European international organizations, Bishop Victor (Kotsaba) of Baryshevka in Belgrade (Serbia), reports the UOC hierarch on his Telegram channel.
A group of pilgrims of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church prayed with His Holiness Patriarch Irinej during the evening service at the Archangel Michael Cathedral of the capital.
After the service, Patriarch Irinej met with representatives of the UOC.
As reported, on January 27, the head of the UOC Mission to European international organizations the concelebrated to the head of the Montenegrin-Littoral Metropolis of the SOC, Metropolitan Amphilochios (Radovic) during the festive Liturgy at the Savina Glavica Convent.
On January 29, 2020, Bishop Victor of Baryshevka paid a visit to the Primate of the Albanian Orthodox Church, Archbishop of Tirana and All Albania, Anastasios (Yannulatos), according to whom the Primate of the UOC Metropolitan Onuphry is a man of prayer who pins his hope only on God.
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