Metropolitan Amfilohije of Montenegro and the Littoral reposed in the Lord

[Dominika]

Archbishop of Cetinje, Metropolitan of Montenegro and Exarch of the Holy Throne of Pec, Amfilohije, after having received the Holy Sacrament of Communion, reposed in the Lord in the Clinical Hospital Center of Montenegro, on Friday, October 30, 2020, at 8.20 am, on the eve of the feast of St. Peter of Cetinje.

Source

Biography of metropolitan Amfilohije in English: http://www.spc.rs/eng/biography_metropolitan_amfilohije_radovic


Memory eternal!

 

[hecma925]

Eternal be his memory.

He is a steadfast bishop. What a loss!

 

[Ainnir]

Memory eternal.

 

[Saxon]

Incredible man, standing up to that dictator who tried to wreck the church. Memory eternal!

 

[Nathanael]

A bishop full of inner power, hesychast prayer and meekness! Memory eternal!

 

[SolEX01]

May his memory be eternal.

 

[IXOYE]

Memory eternal!

 

[Dominika]

Coffin with metropolitan Amfilohije leaving Cetinje monastery - traditional seat of the Montenegrin metropolitans

People on the route stopign car with coffin with metropolitan to give him honour

Receiving coffin with metropolitan in the Resurrection cathedral in Podgorica, Montenegrin capital

 

[Dominika]

Song for metropolitan Amfilohije (it had been created before his death)

 

[LukeDM]

These videos are incredible to me. So far removed from my American life. I've seen other videos of throngs of people gathered for the funeral procession of Met. Amfilohije. I can't even begin to wrap my head around what it's like to have a unified religion within a country. Quite a beautiful display of Orthodox love for brother and love for hierarch.
May his memory be eternal!

 

[Dominika]

These videos are incredible to me. So far removed from my American life. I've seen other videos of throngs of people gathered for the funeral procession of Met. Amfilohije. I can't even begin to wrap my head around what it's like to have a unified religion within a country. Quite a beautiful display of Orthodox love for brother and love for hierarch.
May his memory be eternal!

Well, actually it's not so easy reagidn the cnaoncial Orthodox Churhc in Montegro.

There is great recent article abotu metropoltain Amfilhoije and sitaution in Montengro, but it's in Polish.. But you can use GOogle Translate. It sasys abotu the conflcit with ltitle un-canoncail chruch but that has been supported by (atheistic!) govemrnt of the coutnry, that the coutnry became quite irreligious during the communist era etc.

Odszedł do Pana metropolita Czarnogóry i Przymorza Amfilochiusz - Przegląd Prawosławny

W wieku 82 lat, na skutek zapalenia płuc wywołanego koronawirusem, odszedł do Pana metropolita Czarnogóry i Przymorza Amfilochiusz. Cerkiew straciła wielkiego człowieka, biskupa, nauczyciela i wyznawcę. Metropolita urodził się w 1938 roku w miejscowości Dolnia Moracza w Czarnogórze jako Risto...

przegladprawoslawny.pl

 

[Dominika]

His funeral. live stream (I think it will becoem archivised after the end)

 

[Dominika]

Source

 

[Ainnir]

Song for metropolitan Amfilohije (it had been created before his death)

Do you have the words in English?

 

[hecma925]

 

[Dominika]

His funeral. live stream (I think it will becoem archivised after the end)

Here working link

 

[Dominika]

Do you have the words in English?

I don't have English text, maybe I could translate it but definitely not this week, as I've started new job this week

The refrain is: <Djedo (Djeda was nickname for m. Amfilohije, it's derrivated from granfather - deda, so you could say it would mean something like "grandpa", like nice way, plus Montengrin dialect likes sound "dj") Djedo, let him watch God in the eternity; Djedo, Djedo - you, that have given life for Christ>

 

[Dominika]

Traditional guslar (it's man that sings poetry in specific way, using also specific instrument, both seen in video) in song for metropolitan Amfilohije

 

[Dominika]

Metropolitan Amfilohije playing gusle - he himself was also composer of texts for this specific instrument

 

[Dominika]

Metropolitan Amfilohije singing patriotic song with Orthodox themes

 

[hecma925]

A nice article published on the 40th day adter his repose:

“A Servant of God in Every Atom of His Being”. In memoriam: Metropolitan Amfilohije (Radovic)

He would take into his care all who were slandered, defamed, stigmatized, had gotten into trouble and didn’t even turn to him. But Vladyka would learn about that, immediately call and help, protect, support and save.

orthochristian.com