Metropolitan of Montenegro serves with Patriarch Kirill in Moscow Kremlin
On October 18, 2022, on the feast day of the Synaxis of All Moscow Saints, Metropolitan Joanikije of Montenegro and the Littoral concelebrated with Patriarch Kirill at the Divine Liturgy in the Moscow Kremlin. It is reported by patriarchia.ru.
Also among the hierarchs who concelebrated the head of the Russian Orthodox Church was Bishop John of Pakrac and Slavonia (Serbian Orthodox Church).
Recall that hierarchs of the Serbian Church are visiting Russia. On October 16, Metropolitan Joanikije of Montenegro and the Littoral officiated the Divine Liturgy at the Sretensky Monastery of the Russian Orthodox Church.
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