Abbot of the Hilandar monastery in St Sava church in London

On Sunday, February 12th, 2023, on the feast of the Three Holy Hierarchs, in St. Sava's Church in London, the Divine Liturgy was presided by the Most Reverend Archimandrite Methodius, abbot of the Hilandar monastery, and co-celebrated by Archimandrite Stefan (Ponjarac), priest of the Oxford parish, protopresbyter-stavrophore Dragan Lazic, the Bishop's vicegerent for Britain and Ireland and dean of St. Sava's Church, protopresbyter-stavrophore Milun Kostic, protopresbyter-stavrophore Radomir Acimovic, and protopresbyter Georgije Kuzemko from the Ukrainian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate), Hilandar monk - hierdeacon Nectarios and deacon Zivko Kovanovic from London.

The church was full of faithful who gathered on this feast day to receive blessings from Father Methodius and hear his sermon. At the end of the Divine Liturgy, the dean of the church, Father Dragan Lazic, thanked Father Methodius for his visit and welcomed him on behalf of the parish of St. Sava in London. Subsequently, Father Methodius addressed the faithful with a sermon in which he spoke about the Three Holy Hierarchs, as well as the theme of repentance which permeates the Gospel story about the prodigal son, given that we are in the preparatory weeks before the Great Fast. He emphasised the need for a prayerful feat in our spiritual life and regular attendance at services, all in order to unite with Christ in the Holy Mystery of Communion as worthily and regularly as possible.

After the Divine Liturgy, Father Methodius presented all those gathered with an icon of the Holy Mother of God - Trojerucica - as a blessing from the holy Hilandar monastery.