Patriarch Porfirije visiting the Dioceses of Saint Sava (English, Greek, Russian)
9. May 2022 - 13:24
425 years since the burning of the relics of Saint Sava and 350 years since the repose of Saint Vasilije Ostroški
Responding to the wishes of the faithful people and to the invitations of the Competent Hierarchs, His Holiness Archbishop of Peć, Metropolitan of Belgrade-Karlovci and Serbian Patriarch kyr Porfirije will be paying canonical visits to the Dioceses established by Saint Sava – Dioceses of Mileševa, Zahumlje-Herzegovina, Montenegro and the Littoral, and Budimlje-Nikšić, from 9 to 12 May 2022.
Patriarch Porfirije: Freedom is in love with God. Love God and do what you want!
9. May 2022 - 12:21
On 8 May 2022, on Sunday of the Myrrh-Bearing Women, His Holiness Serbian Patriarch kyr Porfirije officiated the Holy Hierarchical Liturgy in Belgrade's church dedicated to this saint.
His Holiness Porfirije was concelebrated by His Grace Bishop of Marča and Vicar of the Patriarch kyr Sava, Chief Secretary of the Holy Synod of Bishops Archimandrite Nektarije, Archimandrite Danilo from the Metropolitanate of Zagreb and Ljubljana, Head of the Representation of the Russian Orthodox Church archpriest Vitaly Tarasyev, protopresbyter-staurophors Radivoj Panic, Sreten Mladenović, Miloš Milovanović, Jovan Blagojević, Tode Jeftinić and Mihajlo Arnaut, presbyters Aleksandar Lučić and Marko Kojić, protodeacon Dragan and Radomir Vrućinić, deacon Dragan Ašković, Nikola Kostić, Slavko Aničić and Vladimir Rumenić.
Serbian Patriarch received U.S. Ambassador
9. May 2022 - 9:24
His Holiness Serbian Patriarch kyr Porfirije received His Excellency Christopher Hill, the Ambassador of the United States of America to the Republic of Serbia on 7 May 2022 in the Patriarchal See in Belgrade.
In a friendly conversation, the first since Ambassador Hill took office in the Serbian capital, the situation in the southern Serbian province of Kosovo and Metohija, where His Holiness the Patriarch had stayed in the previous days, was discussed. It was emphasized that today dialogue and peace are the most important and most needed everywhere and in every place, especially in Ukraine. The Patriarch emphasized the importance and role of the Serbian Orthodox Church in the Serbian people both in the country and in the region.
Patriarch Porfirije: The Gospel that Saint George has chosen triumphs in eternity
6. May 2022 - 16:39
The Patron Saint day of the General Staff of the Serbian Army, Saint George the Great Martyr – Saint George's Day, was festively celebrated on 6 May 2022, in the chapel dedicated to this God-pleasing Saint in "Banjica 2" barracks in Belgrade, where His Holiness Serbian Patriarch kyr Porfirije presided over the Holy Hierarchical Liturgy, with the concelebration of His Grace Bishop of Niš and the Military Bishop kyr Arsenije, and military priests (photo gallery).
– Christ is risen! Esteemed Mr. General, gentlemen officers, brothers and sisters, I am happy that on this festive day we are serving the Holy Liturgy in the General Staff, in the church where I concelebrated with Patriarch Irinej of blessed memory when it was consecrated. Before that, I had the joy of participating in the design and arrangement of this space and in transforming it into a place of prayer. At that time when returning clerics, i.e. military priests, in the structures of the Army began, I, as Vicar Bishop of Jegar, was the first Bishop who, with the blessing of our Church, took care of the process of returning military priests to the Army and who participated on behalf of the Church in formulating and shaping all decrees and laws which made that process possible, Patriarch Porfirije reminded and pointed out:
Patriarch Porfirije: Let us protect the heritage of the Serbian Orthodox Church on Kosovo and Metohija (English, Greek)
6. May 2022 - 11:04
In a conversation with media representatives after visiting the monastery of Visoki Dečani, His Holiness Serbian Patriarch kyr Porfirije said:
These are our shrines. They belong to the Serbian Orthodox Church. Dečani, the Patriarchate of Peć, Gračanica, the Most Holy Theotokos of Ljeviš and again all other shrines on Kosovo and Metohija, are the heritage of the Serbian Orthodox Church. However, everything that is spiritual, if it is authentically spiritual, is never limited to one person or one nation. Exactly because it is spiritual, even though it is ours, it transcends by both its significance and beauty the borders in which we exist and to which we belong, and these are the shrines that are the cultural heritage of the whole world. Therefore we should not be surprised that all the listed shrines are under the protection of UNESCO. That is why all of us should make an effort – as monks do it, as the Church does it, but also all other factors both locally and wider, but also globally – to protect these shrines as cultural heritage from the 14th century, which is the most sublime and beautiful thing that the human race could have given in these shrines. All well-intentioned factors should make an effort not only to safeguard and preserve these shrines but also to keep the significance they have had throughout history; significance for us, for they are our Serbian Orthodox heritage, but also for all other people.
Serbian Patriarch Porfirije visited Dečani Monastery
5. May 2022 - 12:42
On 4 May 2022, His Holiness Serbian Patriarch kyr Porfirije visited the Dečani Monastery (photo gallery).
His Holiness Patriarch and his entourage, consisted of the members of the Holy Synod of Bishops Their Graces Bishops kyr Vasilije of Srem, kyr Jovan of Šumadija, kyr Fotije of Zvornik-Tuzla, and kyr David of Kruševac, Archimandrite Nektarije - Chief Secretary of the Holy Synod of Bishops; Archimandrite Danilo - Director of the Patriarchal Administrative Board and protodeacon Radomir Vrućinić, were solemnly welcomed by His Grace Bishop of Raška-Prizren kyr Teodosije and Abbot of Dečani Monastery Archimandrite Sava with the brotherhood and students of the Seminary of Sts. Cyrill and Methodius in Prizren.
