Important News

Permanent Medical Council’s Bulletin on Patriarch Pavle’s Health Condition – 10.12.2007

The health condition of His Holiness Serbian Patriarch Pavle has been showing a continuous, mild improvement over the past seven days. His Holiness presents no increase in body temperature, takes in food by mouth, is communicative and actively cooperates in the current rehabilitation program. Radiological and laboratory control findings indicate improved heart and lung functions, as well as an appeasement of the inflammatory complications.

The therarpeutic program continues along with intenstive monitoring. The rehabilitаtion treatment applied is producing a positive effect.

Information Service of the Serbian Orthodox Church

The Serbian Spiritual Heritage of Kosovo and Metohija and its Place in European Culture

On Friday, November 30, 2007, the Ministry for Kosovo and Metohija is organizing a Round Table on «THE SERBIAN SPIRITUAL HERITAGE OF KOSOVO AND METOHIJA AND ITS PLACE IN EUROPEAN CULTURE», to be held at the Annex Room of the «Sava Center» in Belgrade.

Patriarch Pavle And Crown Prince Alexander Extend An Invitation For Assistance To Chilandar Monastery: The Renewal Of Chilandar Monastery The Is Common Concern Of The Church, Crown And People

His Holiness Serbian Patriarch Pavle, together with his closest co-workers, received today at the Patriarchal Residence in Belgrade, His Royal Highness Crown Prince Alexander Karageorgevich, among whose entourage, were Captain Panagiotis Tsakos and Mr. Thomas Zephyres, from Greece, great friends of the Serbian people and their Church, as well as Mr. Dragan Acovich, a member of the Crown Counsel.

Catastrophic Fire In Chilandar Monastery

Last night after midnight Chilandar Monastery on Mount Athos was caught by catastrophic fire, which is still not completely extinguished. There are no casualties, and the firefighters, monks and workers in the monastery are keeping the fire under control. The fire, which spread by rooftop, completely destroyed a part of the monastery complex from the abbot's cell, through the hospitality rooms all the way to the Tower of Saint Sava. The Church of King Milutin, the treasury, archives and monastery library remain out of the fire's range. Five fire engines from Kareia, the administrative center of Mount Athos and the Chalkidiki Peninsula, joined in extinguishing and containing the fire.

His Holiness the Serbian Patriarch appeals to Javier Solana and Harri Holkeri

Having learned that certain temporary organs (the University of Pristina, as well as the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology for Kosovo and Metohija) submitted a request to the Pristina City Council for passage of a resolution, which would strip the rights of the Serbian Orthodox Church by preventing it from using its building site where Christ the Savior Orthodox Church is being built, as well as the location designated for the "St. Sava" Cultural Center, His Holiness Serbian Patriarch Pavle wrote to Javier Solana, High Representative of the European Union for Common Foreign and Security Policy and Harri Holkeri, Special Representative of the Secretary General of the United Nations Mission in Kosovo and Metohija (UNMIK), in which he also notes:

"The intention of the Serbian Orthodox Church is neither to provoke the Albanian Community nor the University, rather by the active presence of an Orthodox church and center to serve as a source and proof of international relations working toward the creation of an actual multiethnic, multi-religious and democratic Kosovo and Metohija.

"We sincerely anticipate that by your timely official reaction, you will protect the rights of our Church and by your concrete measures you will make known that the establishing of civil society in Kosovo and Metohija cannot be carried out on behalf of temporary Regional organs, to the detriment of any, and neither the Serbian Orthodox Church and her faithful", notes His Holiness to the international officials in charge of Kosovo and Metohija.