Press statement

His Holiness Serbian Patriarch Irinej has been hospitalised in “Karaburma” Military Medical Centre due to the confirmed infection caused by SARS CoV2.

Early in the morning of 15 November 2020 symptoms and signs of worsening of the chronic cardiac insufficiency became observable. After the implemented medical treatment, His Holiness’ health condition has been stabilised. The team of medical experts has been continually monitoring health of His Holiness Serbian Patriarch Irinej.

On behalf of the team of medical experts
Colonel Ivo Udovičić, Assistant Professor
Hospital Commander in Chief

Press statement

His Holiness Serbian Patriarch Irinej has been hospitalized for medical treatment and clinical monitoring in “Karaburma” Military Medical Center after he tested positive for SARS CoV2 on nasopharyngeal swab. The medical condition of His Holiness Irinej during hospitalization has been well, stable and fully controlled.

Temporary fever was registered a couple of days ago, after which His Holiness has been afebrile and without any major complaints. A team of medical experts jointly decided on the medical treatment of the Serbian Patriarch, which has been conducted pursuant to the treatment protocol for COVID 19, as well as on the taken measures of treatment of his comorbid chronic diseases.

On behalf of the team of medical experts
Colonel Ivo Udovičić, Assistant Professor
Hospital Commander in Chief

A People’s Kitchen of the Diocese of Backa has started working

With the blessing of the Bishop Dr. Irinej of Backa, the first fifty cooked meals were distributed to the users of the People’s Kitchen of the Diocese of Backa on the feast-day of the Holy Great Martyr Demetrius  of Thessalonica and the Holy Martyr Nestor, on November 9, 2020.

The meals were taken to the addresses of the immovable users of the People’sl Kitchen. On weekdays, in the premises of the People’s Kitchen (next to the Church of the Ascension of the Lord at  Klisa, Novi Sad), one cooked meal will be distributed for 50 people, while the users of the Kitchen will be given a dry meal every weekend, next to the cooked meal every Friday.

Meeting of military chaplains with Bishop Arsenije

His Grace Bishop of Nis Arsenije, who is in charge of the Army ministry, celebrated  the Holy Liturgy in the Cathedral in Nis, together with the chaplains of the Serbian Army, on November 7, 2020.

At the Small Entrance, the Rt Reverend Bishop promoted priest George Dimic, a military priest of the Land Army, to the rank of archpriest. After the dismisaal, His Grace the Bishop awarded the high decoration of the Diocese of Nis -  Order of St. Roman of Djunis of the second degree to Dr. Jovica Stanojkovic, a retired colonel of the Serbian Army, for his love for the Holy Mother Church.

Saint Demetrius – Patron Saint-day of the Zgodacica monastery

On the day when the Church celebrates the memory of the Holy Great Martyr Demetrius, the brotherhood of the Zgodacica monastery was honored by the visit of His Grace Bishop Justin of Zica.

The Bishop officiated the Holy Hierarchal Liturgy with the concelebration of the Diocesan Dean of Zica archpriest staurophor Nenad Ilic, abbot of the Zgodacica monastery hieromonk Stefan, archpriests Srboljub Stojkovic and Zeljko Filipovic, priest Vladimir Stefanovic, protodeacon Aleksandar Grujovic,  in the prayerful presence of the monastics of monasteries of Preobrazenje, Sretenje, Voljavca, Kamenac and the faithful people.

International monastic symposium in the monastery of Prohor of Pcinja

On the occasion of the great jubilee - 950 years of the monastery of the Venerable Prohor of Pcinja in the Diocese of Vranje -  an international monastic symposium entitled "950 years of the Venerable Prohor Pčinjski" was held on October 30 and 31, 2020.

Several metropolitans, bishops, abbots and abbesses from ten countries (Russia, Greece, Cyprus, Belarus, Northern Macedonia, Montenegro, Republika Srpska, Bulgaria, Romania and Serbia) took part in the two-day symposium in the monastery of Venerable Prohor and presented a total of 13 papers on the topics of the organization of the monastic life, the monastic feat, the problems of modern monasticism and the history of monasticism.