St. Panteleimon – heavenly protector of the city of Bijeljina
10. August 2020 - 13:16
The feast of the heavenly protector of this city was celebrated with the hierarchal Liturgy in the church of St. Panteleimon, the blessing of the feast loaf in the City Hall and the laying of wreaths at the monument to the fallen soldiers in the Defensive-Patriotic War in Bijeljina, Republic of Srpska.
His Grace Bishop Fotije of Zvornik-Tuzla greetd the inhabitants of Bijeljina and wished them a happy and blessed feast-day. -I am glad that we have gathered here today, on a great feast-day, and that representatives of the state leadership are present here as well. The Church is committed to the unity of the people and their authorities so that we be united in the same way as during the Nemanjics’ period of time, because that is the only way we can survive and be a blessed people,” the Bishop pointed out.
A new monk in the Orthodox Archdiocese of Ohrid
10. August 2020 - 12:16
During the vidil service for the feast of the Holy Great Martyr Panteleimon, His Beatitude Archbishop of Ohrid and Metropolitan of Skopje John tonsured graduate theologian Stefan Brankovski.
The newly tonsured monk got the monastic name of Erasmus after Saint Erasmus of Lychnid (Ohrid). On the next day, at the Holy Liturgy, the Archbishop ordained the rasophoric monk Erasmus to the rank of deacon.
110 years of the Church Community of Ugljevik
10. August 2020 - 9:17
His Grace Bishop Fotije of Zvornik and Tuzla officiated the Holy Liturgy in the Ugljevik church of St. Petka Parasceve on August 8, 2020.
-Our ancestors expressed their faith by constructing churches, monasteries and parish homes so that their heirs would have a place to worship God, baptize children, get married and send the departed ones to eternal life. The history of this region is full of crucifixions, and nevertheless, thanks to these churches we have been resurrected as a people and have been preserved to this day. We remember in our prayers of all those who contributed to the construction of this shrine. Our monastery of Tavna had been a spiritual center of the Serbs of this area before the churches in Ugljevik were built, Bishop Fotija spoke on the occasion of the 110th anniversary of the founding of the Church Community of Ugljevik, Republic of Srpska.
Serbian Patriarch received representatives of the Movement for the Defense of Kosovo and Metohija
8. August 2020 - 14:13
His Holiness Serbian Patriarch Irinej received representatives of the Movement for the Defense of Kosovo and Metohija at the Serbian Patriarchate in Belgrade on 7th August 2020.
The representatives of the Movement for the Defense of Kosovo and Metohija presented their programme and activities to His Holiness Serbian Patriarch Irinej in order to keep the southern Serbian province of Kosovo and Metohija a part of the Republic of Serbia. They thanked the Serbian Patriarch for the firm determination of the Serbian Orthodox Church on all issues related to the status of this southern Serbian province, as well as to the existence of the Serbian Orthodox people and their shrines in that province.
Letter of Condolences to His Beatitude John X, Patriarch of Antioch and All the East
7. August 2020 - 12:47
To His Beatitude John X Patriarch of Antioch and All the East Damascus
Your Beatitude, Our dear brother and fellow servant in the Lord, We have received the sad news about the devastating explosion that took lives of many innocent people in Beirut, which We have recently visited, lovingly hosted by Your Beatitude and welcomed by many wonderful and cordial people. This horrible tragedy induced great sadness and pain in the heart of the Serbian people.
Patriarch Irinej met with Apostolic Nuncio Luciano Suriani
7. August 2020 - 8:55
His Holiness Irinej, Patriarch of the Serbian Orthodox Church, received His Excellency Luciano Suriani, Apostolic Nuncio to the Republic of Serbia.
The reception took place at the Serbian Patriarchate in Belgrade on August 6, 2020. The reception was attended by Bishop Stefan of Remeziana, vicar Bishop of the Serbian Patriarch; Monsignor Fermin Emilio Sosa Rodriguez, Adviser to the Nunciature; Don Aleksandar Ninkovic, Secretary of the Nunciature; and Deacon Dr. Aleksandar Prascevic, head of the Office of the Serbian Patriarch.
