Metropolitan Dimitrije served in Trebinjetranslated

On the twenty-second Sunday after Pentecost, His Eminence Metropolitan Dimitrije celebrated the Holy Liturgy in the Church of the Transfiguration in Trebinje, with the concelebration of the clergy of the Cathedral.

During today's Assembly, members of the Chamber Choir of the Music Academy of the University of East Capajevo and the Church Choir "St. Vasilije Tvrdoški i Ostroški" sang, led by conductor Rado Radović. The previous evening, a concert by both choirs was held in the Cathedral dedicated to the memory of Jovana Marić, the conductor of the Church Choir of the Trebinje Cathedral, who passed away prematurely due to a serious illness.

Speaking from the Gospel read, Metropolitan Dimitrije conveyed to the gathered the memory of the Holy Father's interpretation of the story of the rich man and Lazarus, according to which life in the world is depicted by the division of roles in a theater piece, in which everyone gets a certain role, but a role that is temporary. One gets the role of an emperor, the other a beggar, one is rich, the other poor, one is characterized by learning, the other by simplicity. And when life is over, there is no more role. Only the heart that looks at God remains, and God reads that heart like a book. When his life ended, the rich man took off his expensive clothes and found himself poor, and Lazarus took off his...