Patriarch Irinej received Bulgarian Ambassador in audience
15. March 2017 - 16:24
His Holiness the Serbian Patriarch Irinej received His Excellency Radko Vlajkov, Ambassador of the Republic of Bulgaria in Belbgrade, on March 13, 2017.
Ambassador Vlajkov thanked to His Holiness for the cordial reception, when various matters from the life both in Serbia and Bulgaria were discussed. On his side, the Serbian Patriarch expressed his best wishes for Ambassador’s future activity.
St George Canton travels to New York for Pilgrimage
15. March 2017 - 15:36
On Thursday, March 9th, parishioners from St George Serbian Orthodox Church in North Canton traveled to New York City for their second-annual Lenten Pilgrimage.
The travelers began their experience with a visit to the Cloisters Museum, part of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. The Cloisters is a medieval monastery transferred to New York City and, since its re-assembly, houses an incredible collection of medieval art, as well as Christian icons, paintings and artifacts.
Croatia: Five Serbian Orthodox churches broken into
13. March 2017 - 9:42
Five Orthodox temples in Croatia have been broken into during the past several days, the Serbian Orthodox Church (SPC) announced on Friday.
Money was stolen, but no major material damage has been done, a statement released by the SPC Eparchy (diocese) of Dalmatia said. The churches targeted in this way are located in Baljci, Stikovo, Krici, Miocix and Kanjani – in Dalmatia. The police station in Drnis has ascertained that five Orthodox temples were broken into between March 6 and 8, and found that a small amount of money was stolen, but that there was no major material damage. The same SPC diocese reported earlier this week that an Orthodox church in this area of Croatia was vandalized with fascist graffiti.
St. Gregory Palamas and the Tradition of the Fathers
12. March 2017 - 18:25
"Following the Holy Fathers" ... It was usual in the Ancient Church to introduce doctrinal statements by phrases like this.
The Decree of Chalcedon opens precisely with these very words. The Seventh Ecumenical Council introduces its decision concerning the Holy Icons in a more elaborate way: "Following the Divinely inspired teaching of the Holy Fathers and the Tradition of the Catholic Church." The didaskalia of the Fathers is the formal and normative term of reference.
Relics of St. Stefan Lazarevic brought to Belgrade for veneration
10. March 2017 - 13:34
With blessing of the Serbian Patriarch Irinej and thanks to the benevolence of His Grace Bishop Ignatius of Branichevo, relics of St. Stefan Lazarevic have been brought from monastery Manasija to the church of Ascension of the Lord in Belgrade.
His Grace Bishop Arsenius, Vicar Bishop of His Holiness, prayerfully welcomed the coffin with the relics in the church-yard accompanied by clergy of the Arhdiocese of Belgrade-Karlovci. The acathist in honour of the saintly Despotes Stefan was read in the church in attendance of a huge number of faithful, among whom there were representatives of the Army of Serbia, monastics and many personalities from public and cultural life of the capital city, Belgrade, which St. Stefan Lazarevic established as his capital in the 15th Century.
International Orthodox Chaplains’ Association supports chaplains of canonical Ukrainian Church
10. March 2017 - 10:21
The statement of the Third International Conference of Orthodox Military Chaplains, held October 17-21, 2016 by the Orthodox Ordinariate of the Polish army in Warsaw, was published on March 8 on the site of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church’s Synodal Department for Relations with the Armed Forces.
The statement expressed approval and support for the decision to introduce military chaplains in Ukraine, reminding that the international Orthodox community recognizes only the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Moscow Patriarchate, reports the Information Department of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church. The self-styled and nationalistic “Kiev Patriarchate” and “Ukrainian Autonomous Orthodox Church” are schismatic, in communion with no one.
