Serbian Patriarch receives Syrian diplomate

His Holiness Irinej, Serbian Patriarch,  received His Excellency Osman Sabba, Charge d'Affaires of the Embasy of the Syrian Arab Republic to the Republic of Serbia at the Serbian Patriarchate on 9 July 2019.

Slava Celebration in Austintown, Ohio

Holy Trinity Serbian Orthodox Church on Raccoon Rd. in Austintown, Ohio celebrated its Slava on Sunday 23 June 2019; the Sunday of All Saints.

The parish Slava is the Great Feast of Pentecost.  The Slava celebration was iconic of the call to unity with the Holy Trinity, the Church, and its people in the feast of Pentecost in three ways.

Serbian Patriarch receives Ambassador of Indonesia

His Holiness Irinej, Serbian Patriarch, received His Excellency Mochammad Chandra Widya, the Ambassador of the Republic of Indonesia to the Republic of Serbia at the Serbian Patriarchate on 3 July 2019.

Raška-Prizren Diocese Appeal

Raška-Prizren Diocese Appeal for аssistance to vulnerable people in the north of Kosovo and Metohija

The Bishop of Raška-Prizren Teodosije served today holy liturgy at St. Demetrius in Kosovska Mitrovica thus providing spiritual support to the faithful people in this area. In a conversation with the clergy and the believers, the Bishop was briefed on the latest humanitarian situation, which, according to the testimony of the faithful, is the worse since the 1999 war. On the basis of a direct conversation with the faithful people, the Bishop published the following appeal, which we transmit:

Protodeacon R. Rakić: Patriarch Pavle was a man of the Spirit

 Interview of Protodeacon Radomir Rakic given to Bulgarian Orthodox Agency

Who is Patriarch Pavle? What is his ministry and will be canonized as a saint? The team of Dobrotoliubie talks with protodeakon Radomir Rakic, who personally knew the  Serbian patriarch.

Protodeacon Radomir Rakić was born on July 25, 1938. He graduated the Faculty of Theology in 1962 and the Faculty of Philology  Department of English 1965 in Belgrade. He is a professor of English language and Literature. Meanwhile, he studied at the Theological Faculty in Bern (Switzerland). He speaks German, English, and Russian languages, from which he translates theological literature. Protodeacon Radomir Rakić is a professor at the Faculty of Theology of the Serbian Orthodox Church in Belgrade and a New Testament lecturer at the Theological seminary in Serbia (Foca) and an official translator of the Holy Synod in the Serbian Patriarchate.

Vidovdan Address of Saint Nikolaj Velimirovic, 1916

On June 28th 1916, now Sainted Bishop Nikolaj Velimirović addressed a congregation gathered at St. Paul’s Cathedral in London at the invitation of the Archbishop of Canterbury. 

Gentlemen and friends,

I am coming from Serbia, from European “midnight”. There is no ray of light, not a single trace. All the light went from the ground to the sky and the sky is the only place where the light is coming from. Nevertheless, we that are weak in everything are strong in faith and hope that dawn will soon arrive. I am grateful to Lord Archbishop, Randall Cantuar, that allowed me, on this holy day, Vidovdan, year of Our Lord 1916, in this beautiful church of Saint Paul, to address his majesty, King George V and the most prominent Englishmen.