Abbot Methodius Held a Memorial Service at the Summit of Kaymakchalan
On Sunday, August 31, 2025, in anticipation of a significant jubilee—the 110th anniversary of the Serbian army’s arrival on Corfu and the Battle of Kaymakchalan—the Very Reverend Archimandrite Methodius, the abbot of the Hilandar Monastery, served a memorial for the fallen Serbian soldiers in the memorial chapel atop Kaymakchalan.
On Kaymakchalan—the site of the fiercest battles on the Salonika Front during World War I—the Paschal troparion was once again heard, a hymn that transforms suffering into victory and death into life.
The memorial chapel stands at an elevation of 2,525 meters, and just south of it lies a large ossuary, the resting place of countless fallen Serbian soldiers, consecrated exactly 90 years ago.
The Battle of Kaymakchalan was the first great victory of the reorganized Serbian army, with approximately 4,800 soldiers killed and around 2,000 reported missing.
At the summit of Kaymakchalan, the heart of Dr. Archibald Reiss, a devoted friend of the Serbian people during their most difficult moments in the liberation struggle, was also enshrined.
