Bishop Maxim celebrates Liturgy and the memorial service to Bishop Atanasije in Tvrdos Monastery

On the day of the First and Second Finding of the Head of St. John the Baptist,His Grace Bishop Maxim of Western America served the Holy Hierarchal Liturgy in the Tvrdos Monastery with the concelebration and chanting of the monastery brotherhood and in the prayerful presence of Bishop Dimitrije of Zahumlje-Herzegovina and abbot of the Tvrdos Monastery hieromonk Sava and the sistehood of the Monastery of Sts. Peter and Paul.

After the Holy Liturgy, Their Graces Bishops Maxim of West America and Dimitrije of Zahumlje-Herzegovina celebrated a memorial service at the grave of their spiritual father and teacher,  Bishop Atanasije of blessed repose. "We came to this solemn tomb to once again remind ourselves of the great Hierarch who taught us and continues to teach us even now. He taught us how to live and now he is teaching us how to live in peace and wait for the Resurrection. He is a teacher who does not stop being that for all time," Bishop Maxim pointed out.

Source: Diocese of Zahumlje-Herzegovina