A Bishop of the Serbian Orthodox Church Serves in the Birthplace of Saints Cyril and Methodius
Originally Posted by UOJ-Serbia
At the conclusion of the service, Metropolitan Philotheos presented Bishop Jovan with a hierarchal panagia. Addressing the faithful, Bishop Jovan in turn gifted Metropolitan Philotheos and the faithful people of Thessaloniki a relic of the Holy New Martyrs of Jasenovac.
As members of the Serbian Orthodox Church, we are especially joyful that, on the eve of the feast day of the great Serbian saint and defender of the faith, Saint Basil of Ostrog the Wonderworker, the Divine Liturgy was served by two hierarchs of our sister Churches—at the cathedral and in the birthplace of Saints Cyril and Methodius, the enlighteners of all Slavic peoples, whose feast is celebrated by the Orthodox Church on May 24.
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