Metropolitan Ignatios of Berat, Vlorë, and Kaninë passed away on Saturday, July 20, 2024, in Athens, after a long illness.
The reception of his holy relics will be held at 8:30 PM at the Holy Metropolitan Church of the Assumption of Theotokos in Thebes, where he served as parish priest. A Trisagion, reading of the Holy Gospel, and Vigil will follow at 10:00 PM.
On Sunday, July 21, 2024, Orthros and the Divine Liturgy will be celebrated, followed by a funeral service at 11:00 AM, officiated by Archbishop Ieronymos of Athens and All Greece.
His body will then be taken to Berat, the seat of his Holy Metropolis.
The final funeral rites will be conducted at the Metropolitan Church of St. Demetrios in Berat on Tuesday, July 23, 2024.
The Holy Metropolis of Thebes, Levadeia, and Avlida expressed their prayers for the eternal rest of Metropolitan Ignatios and extended condolences to his spiritual children, clergy, and the people of his Province.
The Church of Albania also paid tribute to the bishop with a Trisagion service at the chapel of the Holy Archdiocese of Albania.