Diocesan Assembly in memory of Hieromartyrs of Dabar-Bosnia in Vozucici

On Saturday, 17 July 2021, the first liturgical and all-diocesan Assembly was held in memory of Holy Hieromartyrs of Dabar-Bosnia in Vozucica.

Hieromartyrs of Dabar-Bosnia led by Metropolitan Petar (Zimonjic) of Dabar-Bosnia and Bishop Varnava (Nastic) of Hvosno, they are a great spiritual and moral wealth of both the Metropolitanate of Dabar-Bosnia and the entire Serbian Church and the whole Serbian people. Their sufferings and enduring of all kinds of torments by the Croatian-Muslim Ustashas even after the Second World War by ungodly communists amazed the world and the Church of Christ, which counted them to the Council of Saints One, Holy, Conciliar, Apostolic and Ecumenical Church.

Bishop Jerotej celebrates in an old Cathedral church

On the fourth Sunday after Pentecost, July 18, 2021, His Grace Bishop Jerotej of Toplica, Vicar of the Serbian Patriarch, served the Holy Hierarchical Liturgy in the old Cathedral Church in Belgrade.

The Bishop was concelebrated by protopresbyter-staurophor Branko Topalovic, presbyter Arsen Milovanovic, protodeacons Radomir Percevic and Damjan Bozic and hierodeacon Erazmo (Brankovski).

Patriarch Porfirije congratulated Muslims on Eid al-Adha

In the spirit of cultivating good interfaith and good neighborly relations, we congratulate all Muslims on the great Islamic holiday of Eid al-Adha, in which Muslims around the world remember the sacrifice of the ancestor Abraham, and their customs indicate the importance of mercy, benevolence and philanthropy, and we wish them a healthy holiday. peace and love.

Let the celebrations of our religious holidays be occasions to get to know each other and get closer in order to testify in a dignified way that we are descendants of the same ancestors.

Archbishop of Pec, Metropolitan of Belgrade and Karlovci and Serbian Patriarch Porfirije

Patriarch receives the delegation of the Serbian Democratic Forum

The Patriarch expressed readiness to help and cooperate with the newly elected leadership of the Serbian Democratic Forum.

His Holiness Porfirije, the Serbian Patriarch, received the delegation of the Serbian Democratic Forum which consisted of the newly elected President of this oldest non-government organization of the Serbs in Croatia Jelena Nestorovic, member of the Croatian Assembly Dragana Jeckov, Nikola Vukobratovic, Marina Stojnovic, Jovan Vlaovic and Emina Djurasevic at the Church community of Zagreb on 16 July 2021. 

Celebration of Saint Sava of Gornji Karlovac, the Patron Saint of the Diocese of Gornji Karlovac

On Saturday, July 17, 2021, with great joy, thanking God, the people of the city of Karlovac and the Diocese of Gornji Karlovac, together with their Primate, the Serbian Patriarch Porfirije celebrated its Patron Saint and heavenly patron Saint Sava of Gornji Karlovac. 

The solemn liturgy was officiated by His Holiness Porfirije, the Serbian Patriarch,  who was concelebrated by Bishop Fotije of Zvornik and Tuzla,  Bishop Gerasim of Gornji Karlovac with the clergy of the Metropolitanate of Zagreb-Ljubljana and the Diocese of Gornji Karlovac.

Patriarch Porfirije: We are called to see all people as our brothers

His Holiness Porfirije, Serbian Patriarch, celebrated the Holy Hierarchical Liturgy in the church of Saint Nicholas of Myra in Karlovac, on 17 July 2021, on the feast day of Holy Hieromartyr Sava of Gornji Karlovac

At the Holy Liturgy where the Patron Saint-day  of the Diocese of Gornji Karlovac was marked, Their Graces Bishops Fotije of Zvornik-Tuzla and Gerasim of Gornji Karlovac concelebrated, who after the consecration of the slava gifts in honor and glory of the Holy Hieromartyr Sava on behalf of the clergy, monastics and the faithful thanked Patriarch Porfirije and His Grace Bishop Fotije on their visit to the Diocese of Gornji Karlovac and their prayerful contribution to the celebration of the patron saint of the suffering Diocese. - The arrival of the Patriarch is a confirmation of the unity of the Serbian Orthodox Church in this area, Bishop Gerasim pointed out.