Source: Serbian Orthodox Church
September 26, 2016
His Beatitude Patriarch Teophilos III of Jerusalem and All Palestine consecrated the Cathedral church of Saint John Vladimir in Bar, Montenegro, with the concelebration of His Holiness Serbian Patriarch Irinej, His Beatitude Archbishop Anastasios of Tirana and All Albania, His Beatitude Jovan, Archbishop of Ohrid and Metropolitan of Skopje, and representatives of all Local Orthodox Churches. At the plateau in front of the church there were more than a thousand Orthodox believers who were prayerfully present at the holy Hierarchal Liturgy.
As a sign of the unity of the Church, Patriarch Teophilos presented to both Patriarch Irinej and Metropolitan Amfilohije a gift of the Jerusalem Icon of the Mother of God.
Patriarch Irinej presented to Metropolitan Amfilohije an icon of Saint John Vladimir for the new church.
