Archbishop Justin Welby visited the Patriarchate's chapel

On the return from Novi Sad, where he participated in the work of the Assembly of the Conference of the European Churches and served the mass for the Anglican faithful, participants of the Assembly as well as those living in Serbia, His Grace Archbishop of Canterbury Lord. Justin Welby visited the Patriarchate's chapel of Saint Symeon the Myrrh-Gusher in Belgrade on 4 June 2018.

The Church dignitary was accompanied by: The Rt Revd. Dr. Robert Innes, the Bishop of Gibraltar in Europe;   The Rt Revd. Jonathan Goodall, Bishop of Ebbsfleet  - The Church of England’s Lead Bishop for Eastern Orthodox Relations; The Revd. Dr. William Adam, Archbishop of Canterbury’s Ecumenical Adviser and Ecumenical Officer at the Council for Christian Unity.

The high Church delegation was accompanied by His Excellency Denis Keefe,  ambassador of the United Kingdom in Serbia, and the Revd Robin Fox, Anglican Chaplain in Belgrade; representatives of the Church Council of the Anglican Community of the Virgin Mary in Belgrade; Very Venerable Archimandrite and Bishop electus of Mohac Isihije (Rogic); deacon Dr. Alexander Prascevic, General Secretary of the Office of His Holiness Patriarch; and Prof. Bogdan Lubardic, a member of the Inter-orthodox Theological Commission for dialogue with the Anglicans, and some officials of the Patriarchate.

In the chapel of Saint Symeon the Myrrh-Gusher the high delegation was welcomed by principal of the chapel of Saint Symeon the Myrrh-Gusher protodeacon Stevan Rapajic. The guests venerated the icon of the heavenly protector of this chapel, St. Symeon of Serbia, lighted the candles for their health, while the  male Ecumenical choir,  conducted by Bratislav Prokic, performed a composition of Miodrag Govedarica Receive Body of Christ in English, and more Church hymns later on.

Protodeacon Rapajic greeted His Grace and the members of the delegation of the Church of England and presented to them in brief history of the Serbian Patriarchate Palace, designed by the Russian architect Viktor Lukomski; it has 365 premises, and received its first employees in 1936.