President of the Parliament of Cyprus meets with the Serbian Patriarch

His Holiness Porfirije, the Serbian Patriarch,  received the President of the House of Representatives of the Republic of Cyprus, Mrs. Annita Demetriou, at the Patriarchal Palace in Belgrade, on October 31, 2021.

In a cordial and friendly conversation with the Speaker of the Cypriot Parliament, the Primate of the Serbian Orthodox Church emphasized the great importance of further promoting mutual respect and love between the two fraternal Orthodox nations and the two countries.

Patriarch Porfirije receives Coptic Bishop of Central Europe

His Holiness Porfirije, Serbian Patriarch received His Grace Bishop Giovanni of Central Europe of the Coptic Orthodox Church in the Serbian Patriarchate in Belgrade, on 25 October 2021.

Having conveyed the greetings of His Holiness Patriarch Tavadros II, the Primate of the Coptic Orthodox Church, the guest informed the Serbian Patriarch that the Orthodox (pre-Chalcedonian) Church, which consists of about twelve million Coptic Christians mostly living in Egypt, founded the Diocese of Central Europe, which covers a wide area from Venice to Italy, Austria, Hungary, the Czech Republic, Slovakia and Poland to Romania.

Patriarchal Liturgy in the Miloševac Monastery near Prijedor

His Holiness Porfirije, Serbian Patriarch officiated the Holy Hierarchical Liturgy in the Miloševac Monastery near Prijedor, with the concelebration of His Grace Bishop Jefrem of Banja Luka and His Grace Bishop Sava of Marca.

Serbian Patriarch Porfirije solemnly welcomed in Banja Luka

His Holiness Porfirije, Serbian Patriarch  accompanied by His Grace Bishop Sava of Marca was welcomed by His Grace Bishop Jefrem of Banja Luka with the clergy, monastics and faithful people of the God-saved Diocese of Banja Luka, in front of the Church of the Holy Trinity in Banja Luka, on October 22, 2021.

CSS patornal feast and beginning of School year in New York City

Оn Sunday, October 17, the 17th Sunday after Pentecost, the faithful of the Cathedral of St. Sava in New York City gathered around their hierarch and celebrated the Patronal Feast – Slava of the Circle of Serbian Sisters (CSS) - the Protection of the Most Holy Theotokos and the beginning of the school year.

Out of his great Achpastoral sense of love and concern for the faithful in New York City, His Grace Bishop Irinej of Eastern America, celebrated the Hierarchical Divine Liturgy with the concelebration of Economos Milan Dragovic, at St. Eleftherios Greek Orthodox Church in Manhattan.