The anniversary of the Baptism of Russia was celebrated in Kiev
29. July 2021 - 11:10
His Beatitude Metropolitan Onuphry of Kiev and All Ukraine served the Divine Liturgy on the square in front of the Dormition Cathedral church in Kiev on July 28, 2021, on the day of memory of the Holy Apostolic Prince Vladimir, on the occasion of the 1033rd anniversary of the Baptism of Russia.
The hierarchs of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church served with guests from the Patriarchate of Antioch, the Serbian Patriarchate and the Orthodox Church of the Czech lands and Slovakia.
Greeting message from the Serbian Patriarch Porfirije on the occasion of the celebration of the 1033rd anniversary of the Baptism of Russia
29. July 2021 - 10:26Your Beatitude, dear brother and co-worker in Christ, Blessed Brother Onuphry, together with brothers hierarchs, priests and hieromonks, abbesses with the sisterhood, brothers and sisters of the faithful of Kiev, the whole faithful people of Ukraine who firmly and unwaveringly keep the purity of the Orthodox faith Lord and Savior of our Jesus Christ, I congratulate you on the great holiday - the Day of the Baptism of Russia and with it the memory of your Baptist - the Holy Faithful and Equal-to-the-Apostles Grand Duke Vladimir.
Your personality, dear brother in Christ, firmly managing the ship of the Ukrainian Church, has become a symbol of fidelity to the unity of the Orthodox Church, of courageous resistance to temptations, in this very difficult time. The choice you made, following the personality of your great predecessor, Metropolitan Vladimir, is identical to the choice made by Saint Prince Vladimir, when he decided on Orthodoxy, having previously become acquainted with all the religions of the world at that time. Remaining faithful to the canonical order and unity with the Orthodox Church, you have repeated the election of the Holy Prince Vladimir. Thus, with your hierarchs, clergy, monastics and people, you have become a role model that is recognized in our believing Serbian people. You have, Your Beatitude, witnessed brotherly and active love when you came to that part of the Serbian Orthodox Church which was, and still is, exposed to similar, very dangerous temptations, in Montenegro. There, together with the late Metropolitan Amfilohije, you prayed for the unity of the Church and led the liturgy that made us, Orthodox Serbs, as well as the people of Ukraine, be recognized in the world for our fidelity to Christ, for courageously resisting the temptations that the prince of this world puts before us.
Celebration of the Feast day of the Baptism of Russia in Kiev
28. July 2021 - 9:12
His Beatitude Metropolitan Onuphry of Kiev and All Ukraine officiated the traditional rite of thanksgiving at the monument to the Holy Prince Vladimir, the Baptist of Russia, on Vladimirskaya Gora in Kiev, on July 27, 2021.
Representatives of the Patriarchate of Antioch, the Serbian Patriarchate and the Orthodox Church of the Czech lands and Slovakia, bishops, clergy and monks from all dioceses of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church and tens of thousands of Orthodox believers took part in the service.
Delegation of the Serbian Orthodox Church in Kiev at the celebration of the 1033rd anniversary of the Baptism of Russia
27. July 2021 - 11:53
Responding with joy to the invitation of His Beatitude Metropolitan Onuphry of Kiev and All Ukraine, His Holiness Porfirije, Serbian Patriarch, sent his Vicar Bishops Stefan of Remesiana, and Jerotej of Toplica to represent the Serbian Patriarchate in Kiev on July 27 and 28, 2021, at the solemn celebration of the 1033rd anniversary of the Baptism of Russia and the day when the Orthodox Church celebrates the Holy Apostolic Grand Duke Vladimir.
The celebration of this great holiday will begin on July 27 with the traditional act of thanksgiving on Mt. Vladimir in Kiev, which will be officiated by Metropolitan Onuphry of Kiev and All Ukraine. At the foot of the monument to the Holy Equal-to-the-Apostles Prince Vladimir, miraculous icons of the Most Holy Mother of God will be exhibited: Pochayev, Svyatogorsk, Kasperov and Zimne, icons of the Equal-to-the-Apostles Prince Vladimir with a particle of his holy relics, as well as many great shrines from all over Ukraine.
Patron Saint-Day of Holy Archangel Gabriel Monastery in Kovilj
27. July 2021 - 8:50
Патријарх Порфирије: The angelic world was created to serve our salvation. In addition to being patron angels, they are also role models in their determination to serve constantly, uninterruptedly, tirelessly the will of God, the love of God, and the Church of God, that is, us people. We need to look up to angels; to try to turn our whole life into a constant service of God.
His Holiness Porfirije, Serbian Patriarch officiated the Holy Hierarchical Liturgy in the Holy Archangel Gabriel Monastery in Kovilj, on the occasion of the Patron Saint-day of that holy family - the Synaxis of the Holy Archangel Gabriel. The Patriarch was concelebrated by Their Graces Isihije of Valjevo, Jerotej of Toplica, elected Bishops Justin of Hvosno, Sava of Marca, monks, clergy and deacons from many dioceses of the Serbian Orthodox Church.
Orthodox primates congratulated the 60th birthday to Serbian Patriarch Porfirije
26. July 2021 - 21:01
On the occasion of his 60th birthday His Holiness Porfirije, Serbian Patriarch, received congratulations from Orthodox primates, hierarchs, clergy, Crown Prince Aleksandar Karadjordjevic, representatives of other churches and religious communities, ambassadors, as well as numerous believers from the Homeland and the world.
The Primate of the Serbian Orthodox Church does not mark the day of his birth, but, nevertheless, on that occasion, as a sign of attention and love, he received numerous congratulations from the Orthodox world, among which are letters from Patriarch Bartholomew of Constantinople, Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia, Patriarch Daniel of Romania, Archbishop Rastislav of the Czech Lands and Slovakia, Metropolitan Onuphry of Kyiv and All Ukraine, and Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk.
