The twenty-second Sunday after Pentecost and the 20th Anniversary of the Episcopate of Metropolitan Ilarion of Bregalnicatranslated

“O Lord, Thou hast given Thyself to death for us, Thou who hast overcome death by Thy death; Thou hast been laid in the tomb, Thou who hast opened the graves; Thou hast gone to the dead, Thou who hast brought them out of their tombs; Thou hast ascended into glory, Thou who dost dwell in the heavens; Thou art a King of glory, O Lord. Glory to Thee.” 1

On November 1, 2026, on the twenty-second Sunday after Pentecost, celebrating the commemoration of the Venerable Prohor of Pchino and the translation of the relics of Saint John of Rila, and in honor of the 20th anniversary of the episcopal service of Metropolitan of Bregalnica Ilarion, a Divine Liturgy was celebrated in the cathedral church of Saint Nicholas in Stip. The Divine Liturgy was presided over by His Eminence, Archbishop of Ohrid and Macedonia Ilarion, in the presence of His Eminences, Metropolitans: of Prespa and Pelagonia Peter, of Bregalnica and Kichevo Ilarion, of Europe Pimen, of Tetovo and Gostivar Joseph, of Kumanovo and Osogovo Gregory, and His Eminence, Metropolitan of Debar and Kichevo George, along with His Eminences, Bishops: of Deljadorovo and Ilinden Joakim and of Stobi Jacob, and with clergy of the UOC.

At the conclusion of the Divine Liturgy, His Eminence, Archbishop Ilarion of Macedonia, delivered a homily that was both appropriate and edifying.