Archbishop of Pecs, Metropolitan of Belgrade-Karlovatsk, Patriarch of Serbia Irenaeus was buried in the crypt of the church of St. Savvas in Belgrade, TASS reports.
Representatives of the highest leadership of Serbia, the Republic of Srpska, Montenegro, metropolitans of the Russian Orthodox Church and the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Moscow Patriarchate took part in the liturgy and funeral service for Irenaeus.
Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic noted that the biggest concern of Patriarch Irenaeus was Kosovo and Metohija.
“A great man, our patriarch Irenaeus, has left,” the Serbian leader concluded his address.
Serbian Patriarch Irenaeus died on the morning of November 20. In Serbia, a three-day mourning period has been declared in connection with his death.
