Patron Saint-day of the Bukovo Monastery

On the feast of the Protection of the Most Holy Mother of God, October 14, 2020, His Grace Bishop Ilarion of Timok served the Holy Liturgy in the side chapel of the Bukovo monastery.

The bishop was assisted by the clergy of the Diocese of Timok, while members of the choir of the Zajecar church sang responses. In addition to numerous believers, Dr. Mileta Radojevic, Head of the Office for Cooperation with Churches and Religious Communities of the Ministry of Justice of the Government of the Republic of Serb; Mr. Dragan Popovic, President of the Municipality of Majdanpek; and Mr. Vladimir Velickovic, President of the Municipality of Negotin attended prayerfully.

His Holiness celebrated in the Ascension church in Belgrade

His Holiness Irinej, Serbian Patriarch celebrated the Holy Hierarchal Liturgy in the Ascension church in Belgrade on 25 October 2020.

The Patriarch was concelebrate by local priests and deacons. On this occasion His Holiness Serbian Patriarch ordained deacon Bosko Savic, Professor of the Sain Sava Seminary in Belgrade, a presbyter.

Saint Petka of the Balkans, you are glory and praise of Belgrade

Saint Petka or Parascheva of the Balkans  (Greek Παρασκευή - Friday)  was an ascetic female saint of the 11th century. She was born in the town of Epibatos (today Selimpaşa) on the shore of the Sea of Marmara between Silivri and Constantinople in Thrace in the half of  X century. She was of Serbian origin, from a wealthy and pious family. She had a brother, whose name was Euthymios, and who took monastic vows when he was very young, and later he was elected for Bishop of Madyta (989-996).

Consecrated foundations of a tower in the monastery of Rmanj

His Grace Bishop Sergije of Bihac-Petrovac blessed foundations of a tower which will be dedicated to Catherine Cantacuzino, the founder of the monastery, and that will include a chapel with a baptistery dedicated to the Holy Serbian Despotess Angelina Brankovic. The event took place on October 20, 2020, on the feast of the Holy Martyrs Sergius and Bacchus.

Protopresbyters staurophores Zdravko Bogojevic and Sasa Crljic aas well as archdeacon Nemanja Reljic concelebrated. The sponsor of the foundation of the building is Dr. Dragan Babic from Banja Luka.

Patriarch and Serbian President visit Saint Sava Cathedral

His Holiness Irinej, Serbian Patriarch, and Aleksandar Vucic, the President of the Republic of Serbia visited the Saint Sava Cathedral in the Vracar district on 22 October 2020. 

- I am glad that all citizens of Serbia and all Serbs, wherever they live, will soon be able to come to the Cathedral and see what generations of our ancestors and we managed to do together with them, said President Vucic on his Instagram account. 

Meeting of the Committee for construction of the memorial church in Mauthausen

With the blessing of His Grace Andrej, Bishop of Austria-Switzerland, a regular session of the Committee for construction of the memorial church of the Holy Serbian New Martyrs was held at the military cemetery in Mauthausen, after the evening service in the church of St. Basil of Ostrog the Miracle-worker in Linz, on Friday, October 16, 2020.

The meeting was attended by the competent Diocesan Bishop Andrej, archpriest-staurophore Dragan Micic, parish priest from Linz; secretary Mr. Zeljko Malesevic and in the online format Mr. Mladen Filipovic, Head of the Republika Srpska Representation in Vienna. The final phase of the works and the overall progress of the works on the memorial chapel, which had been realized to that moment, were discussed at the meeting. Construction plans have been rather slow due to the corona virus pandemic. Nevertheless, the work that could be performed in the workshop was evaluated. This primarily refers to the construction of iconostasis, assembling mosaics, as well as icon-painting and preparation of the Book of the Dead - the works that could be performed in a workshop.