Metropolitan Porfirije of Zagreb-Ljubljana visiting European institutions in Brussels

During a two-day visit to Brussels, on 12 and 13 October 2015, His Eminence Metropolitan Porfirije of Zagreb-Ljubljana had a series of meetings with a number of speakers at the unofficial capital of the European Union.

According to a well-arranged protocol Metropolitan Porfirije met, in separate meetings, with the Ambassador of the Republic of Serbia and the head of the Diplomatic Mission to the European Union Mr. Dusan Lopandic and Ambassador of the Republic of Croatia Mr. Goran Stefanic and their associates employed in Diplomatic Missions.

Metropolitan also met with members of the European Parliament, Mr. Ivan Jakovcic (Croatia), Mr. IvomVajgl, Mrs. Tanjom Fajon (Slovenia), as well as Mr. Alojz Peterle (Slovenia). The Metropolitan had cordial talks with Metropolitan of the Ecumenical Patriarchate Athenagora and Arhimandrite Emilianos, as well as with representatives of the Office of the Evangelical Church in Germany (EKD) in Brussels and with the Director of the Brussel’s branch of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation Dr. Stefan Gechrold.

The protocol and meetings were prepared by Mrs. Elizabeta Kitanovic from the Conference of the European Churches (CEC). During the aforementioned meetings Metropolitan Porfirije talked about the current position and activities of the Serbian Orthodox Church in Croatia and Slovenia as well as about projects that could be implemented through mutual cooperation.

Metropolitan Porfirije was accompanied by protopresbyter-stavrophor Slobodan Lalic, acting director of the Grammar School in Zagreb< Mr. Borko Bosiocic and Mr. Karol Lupu.

Source: Metropolitanate of Zagreb-Ljubljana