The Serbian Patriarch received a high delegation from the Russian National Guard
6. June 2018 - 13:09
His Holiness Irinej received in audience a delegation of the National Guard of the Russian Federation headed by Lieutenant General Sergei Melikov, accompanied by Commander of the Serbian Gendarmerie Colonel Goran Dragović, in the Serbian Patriarchate Palace in Belgrade on June 5, 2018.
Lieutenant Colonel Melikov thanked His Holiness for a cordial reception during which a discussion was held on the joint efforts of state and religious institutions while fighting against all the forms of threats to security in Serbia, Russia and the world.
Patriarch Irinej receives Commander of the Cypriot National Guard
6. June 2018 - 12:28
His Holiness Irinej, Serbian Patriarch, received the Commander of the Cypriot National Guard Lieutenant General Elias Leontaris, accompanied by the Chief of the General Staff of the Serbian Armed Forces General Ljubisa Dikovic, at the Serbian Patriarchate in Belgrade on 5 June 2018.
Lieutenant General Leontaris thanked His Holiness for the cordial reception during which they had conversations about mutual efforts of the state and religious institutions in fighting against all forms of threats to security in Serbia, on Cyprus and in the world.
Metropolitan Porfirije’s expostion at the General Assembly of the CEC
6. June 2018 - 9:40
Metropolitan Porfirije: - Despite good legal regulations, it is impossible to achieve a high-standard implementation of religious minority rights without a good will.
Speaking about the rights of Christians in Serbia and Croatia and throughout Europe, at the session of the General Assembly of the Conference of European Churches in Novi Sad, on June 4, 2018, His Eminence Metropolitan Porfirije of Zagreb-Ljubljana particularly referred to the Serbian Orthodox people who are a minority in the Republic of Croatia.
Archbishop Justin Welby visited the Patriarchate's chapel
5. June 2018 - 10:04
On the return from Novi Sad, where he participated in the work of the Assembly of the Conference of the European Churches and served the mass for the Anglican faithful, participants of the Assembly as well as those living in Serbia, His Grace Archbishop of Canterbury Lord. Justin Welby visited the Patriarchate's chapel of Saint Symeon the Myrrh-Gusher in Belgrade on 4 June 2018.
The Church dignitary was accompanied by: The Rt Revd. Dr. Robert Innes, the Bishop of Gibraltar in Europe; The Rt Revd. Jonathan Goodall, Bishop of Ebbsfleet - The Church of England’s Lead Bishop for Eastern Orthodox Relations; The Revd. Dr. William Adam, Archbishop of Canterbury’s Ecumenical Adviser and Ecumenical Officer at the Council for Christian Unity.
Building spiritual bridges and new links between the Balkans and the rest of Europe
4. June 2018 - 14:09
The seventh day of the session of the General Assembly of the Conference of the European Churches, on 3 June 2018, passed in the sign of worship that was held in the morning in churches of Novi Sad and its suburbs, as well as in the procession held on the Quay.
The meeting with the host Churches (The Churches which are members of the CEC in Serbia – including the Serbian Orthodox Church and the Churches in Vojvodina; The Reformed Christian Church in Serbia and Montenegro, Slovak Evangelical Church of the Augsburg Confession in Serbia and the Evangelical Methodist Church in Serbia) was enhanced with the attendance of delegates of the General Assembly to divine services of these Churches and communities in Novi Sad and suburbs. The Orthodox faithful from Constantinople, Russia, Greece, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Albania, Estonia, Finland attended the Divine Liturgy in Nicholas Church in Novi Sad, while the participants of the General Assembly of the CEC who are Roman Catholic participated in the service celebrated the high Mass in the Cathedral of Novi Sad; Anglicans in the chapel in the Master Center; Methodists in the Headquarters of that Church at Str. Lukijana Musicki 7, and for the faithful of the Reformed Church the service was held in the church in Maradik, while believers of the Slovak Evangelical Church gathered at the church at Str. Jovana Subotica.
The Archbishop of Canterbury visiting the Serbian Orthodox Patriarch
3. June 2018 - 14:53
His Grace, Lord Justin Welby, Archbishop of Canterbury and Primate of England, the head of the Anglican Community, arrived in Belgrade on June 2, 2018.
The Church dignitary was accompanied by: The Rt Revd Dr Robert Innes, the Bishop of Gibraltar in Europe; The Rt Revd Jonathan Goodall, Bishop of Ebbsfleet - The Church of England’s Lead Bishop for Eastern Orthodox Relations; The Revd Dr William Adam, Archbishop of Canterbury’s Ecumenical Adviser and Ecumenical Officer at the Council for Christian Unity.
