Patriarch Porfirije served in Tuman Monastery

His Holiness Porfirije, Serbian Patriarch, celebrated the Holy Hierarchal Liturgy in the Tuman Monastery, on 16 May 2021, on the Sunday of Myrrh-Bearing Women.

The Patriarch was concelebrated by Their Graces Bishops Jovan of Sumadija, Bishop Ignatije of Branicevo and Ilarion of Timok, with the monastics and the clergy from many dioceses.

Patriarch Porfirije: God is constantly with us, but we are often unaware of that fact

On the feast day of Saint Athanasius the Great, 15 May 2021, His Holiness Porfirije, Serbian Patriarch, served the Holy Hierarchal Liturgy in the church dedicated to this great saint in Belgrade's suburb of Plavi Horizonti. 

The Patriarch was concelebrated by Diocesan dean protopresbyter-staurophor Bozo Bakajlic, archpriest Milos Stojanovic and Vladan Simic, hieromonk Sava (Bundalo) and deacons Dragan Radic and Radomir Vrucinic. 

Session of the Managing Board of the Library of the Serbian Patriarchate

Session of the Managing Board of the Library of the Serbian Patriarchate, chaired by His Holiness Porfirije, Serbian Patriarch, was held in the Serbian Patriarchate in Belgrade, on May 14, 2021.

The Director of the Library of the Serbian Patriarchate, Dr. Zoran Nedeljkovic, submitted a report on the work of the Library in the past year, informing in detail about all professional activities and projects carried out in the Library of the Serbian Patriarchate, the work and performance of employees, as well as future activities. He also reported to the Holy Synod of Bishops on the completion of the work on the formation of the Memorial Room of Patriarch Pavle of blessed repose in the Rakovica Monastery. 

Press release of the Holy Synod of Bishops

Press release of the Holy Synod of Bishops

The Holy Synod of Bishops of the Serbian Orthodox Church, under the presidency of His Holiness Porfirije, Serbian Patriarch decided to start the regular session of the Holy Synod of Bishops of the Serbian Orthodox Church with the service of the Holy Hierarchal Liturgy in the Memorial Cathedral of Saint Sava in the Vracar district, on May 24, 2021, on the feast of Saints Cyril and Methodius. The Holy Liturgy will be served by Serbian Patriarch Porfirije with the concelebration of the hierarchs.

The previously planned solemn act of enthronement of the primate of the Serbian Orthodox Church in the Stauropegial Monastery of the Pec Patriarchate, the ancient seat of the Serbian Orthodox Church, has been postponed until further notice due to epidemiological measures in force in this southern Serbian province.

From the Office of the Holy Synod of Bishops

The Feast day of Saint Basil of Ostrog in Buenos Aires

In the Serbian Orthodox Church of the Nativity of the Most Holy Mother of God in Buenos Aires, on May 12, 2021, the feast day of Saint Basil the Wonderworker of Ostrog and the jubilee of 350 years of the Saint's repose in the Lord (1671-2021) were celebrated.

The Holy Liturgy was served, upon the invitation of His Grace Bishop Cyril of Buenos Aires and South America of the Serbian Patriarchate, His Eminence Metropolitan Mr. James of the Patriarchate of Antioch, His Grace Bishop John of the Russian Orthodox Church Abroad and His Eminence Bishop Leonid of the Moscow Patriarchate.

Bishop Jovan of Slavonia visits Patriarch of Jerusalem

His Grace Bishop Jovan of Slavonia visited the Patriarchate of Jerusalem, on May 13, 2021, on the feast of the Holy Apostle James Zevedeyev.

On that occasion, His Grace Bishop Jovan of Slavonia was received by His Beatitude  Patriarch Theophilos of Jerusalem and All Palestine in the Patriarchal Residence in Jerusalem.