Feast Day of St. Peter of Cetinje in Cetinje

Yesterday the feast day of St. Peter of Cetinje and the feast day of St. Apostle and Evangelist Luke was celebrated in Cetinje with the Holy Hierarchal Liturgy in the Cetinje monastery which was served by Bishops of our local Church, holiday's spiritual academy and the slava's table of Christian love.

The Liturgy was served by Their Graces Bishops Joanikije of Budimlje-Niksic, Teodosije of Raska-Prizren and Kosovo-Metohija, Jovan of Lipljan and retired Atanasije of Zahumlje-Herzegovina.

They were concelebrated by many priests of the Metropolitanate of Montenegro and the Littoral as well as from other Dioceses of the Serbian Orthodox Church.

After the Liturgy in the Royal theatre "Zetski dom", a holiday's spiritual academy was organized, dedicated to the 160th aniversary of the death of Metropolitan Peter II Petrovic Njegos.

Welcome speech was held by rector of the Seminary St. Peter of Cetinje protopresbyter-staurophor Gojko Perovic, and a solemn sermon, dedicated to Metropolitan Peter II Petrovic Njegos was held by professor of the Belgrade University, our famous historian on Njegos, Dr Mile Lompar.

In cultural part of the program there was participation of the choir of Cetinje Seminary led by deacon Mihailo Lazarevic, Choir of Venerable mother Angelina from Niksic led by Ana Bojic, Asim Sarvan, and reciters - students of the Cetinje Seminary and theology students of at the Cetinje monastery.

Source: Metropolitanate of Montenegro and the Littoral