Bishop Marko of Bregalnica in the Holy Land

On the feast day of the Entry of Christ into Jerusalem, His Holiness Patriarch Teophile of Jerusalem served the Holy Liturgy in the church of the Resurrection of Christ in Jerusalem.

Besides His Grace Bishop Marko of Bregalnica, the Patriarch was concelebrated also by Teophanos of Gerason, Metropolitan George of Nizhny Novgorod, Metropolitan Aristarch of Constantina, Metropolitan Methodius of Tavor, Metropolitan Ioakim of Helenoupolis, Archbishop Demetrius of Vitepos, Bishop Basilios of Kotlag and many priests from almost all Local Orthodox Churches.

Feast days in the Diocese of Raska-Prizren

The feast day of the chapel of Saint Lazar the Four-days in the monastery of Holy Archangels near Prizren. In the monastery of Gracanica the feast day of Entry of Christ into Jerusalem solemnly celebrated.

In the monastery of Gracanica solemnly celebrated the feast day of the Entry of Christ into Jerusalem. The Holy Liturgy was celebrated by His Grace Bishop Teodosije of Raska-Prizren with the concelebration of the local clergy.

Patriarchal Pascha Encyclical 2018

The Serbian Orthodox Church to her spiritual children at Pascha, 2018

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By the Grace of God

Orthodox Archbishop of Pec, Metropolitan of Belgrade Karlovci and Serbian Patriarch, with all the Hierarchs of the Serbian Orthodox Church to all the clergy, monastics, and all the sons and daughters of our Holy Church: grace, mercy and peace from God the Father, and our Lord Jesus Christ, and the Holy Spirit, with the joyous Paschal greeting:

Feast day of the Entry of the Lord into Jerusalem in Skopje

On the day when the Church celebrates Entry of Christ into Jerusalem, His Beatitude Jovan, Archbishop of Ohrid and Metropolian of Skopje, officiated the Holy Liturgy in the monastery of the Dormition of the Most Holy Mother of God in Skopje.

He was concelebrated by His Grace Bishop of Stoby and locum tenens of Strumica David as well as many priests from the Diocese of Raska-Prizren and Orthodox Archbishopric.

Holy Week: an Explanation

Great Lent and Holy Week are two separate fasts, and two separate celebrations. Great Lent ends on Friday of the fifth week (the day before Lazarus Saturday). Holy Week begins immediately thereafter. Let's explore the meaning of each of the solemn days of Passion Week.

Patron Saint-day of Serbian Patriarch Irinej

 On 31 April 2018, on the occasion of the Lazarus Saturday, His Patron Saint-day , His Holiness Irinej, Serbian Patriarch received , after the Holy Liturgy at the Cathedral church,high guests at the Patriarchate court in Belgrade. His Grace Bishop Lavrentije of Sabac performed a solemn rite of blessing the slava cake.

The slava rite was attended by His Eminence Metropolitan Porfirije of Zagreb-Ljubljana, Their Graces Bishops Irinej of Backa and Jovan of Sumadija, Secretary General of the president of the Republic of Serbian Nikola Selakovic, President of the Republic of Srpska Milorad Dodik, Minister of Justice Nela Kuburovic, Director of the Security Intelligence Agency (BIA) Bratislav Gasic, Director of the Office for Cooperation with Traditional Churches and Religious Communities Mileta Radojevic,PhD; abbot of the Holy Archangels monastery in Kovilj Archimandrite Isihije (Rogic), Ambassadors of Greece and Cyprus Elias Eliadis and Constanton Eliades, representatives of traditional Churches and religious communities, priests and monks, as well as many eminent people from economic and cultural life of the Serbian capital.