A Holy rite of myrrh cooking began in the Serbian Patriarchate

On Holy and Great Monday, 18 April 2022, a Holy rite of the myrrh cooking began with the Holy Hierarchical Liturgy in the Patriarchate’s chapel of Saint Simeon the Myrrh-Gusher.

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In a prayerful presence of His Holiness Kyr Porfirije, Their Graces Bishops Marko of Bregalnica, Jovan of Hvosno, Sava of Marča and retired Georgije of Canada, as well as High Venerable Abbot of Studenica Archimandrite Tihon, His Grace Bishop kyr Jerotej of Toplica officiated the Holy Liturgy.

Meeting of the Administrative Board of the Library of the Serbian Patriarchate (English, Greek, Russian)

The Meeting of the Administrative Board of the Library of the Serbian Patriarchate, presided by His Holiness Serbian Patriarch kyr Porfirije, was held on 14 April 2022 in the Serbian Patriarchate in Belgrade.

The Director of the Library of the Serbian Patriarchate Dr. Zoran Nedeljković, submitted a report on the work during the past year, providing detailed information about all professional projects, employees’ work and performance, as well as the planned activities.

Serbian Patriarch talks with Swedish Ambassador (English, Greek, Russian)

His Holiness Porfirije, the Serbian Patriarch, received Her Excellency Mrs. Annika Ben David, Ambassador of the Kingdom of Sweden to the Republic of Serbia in the Patriarchal Palace in Belgrade, on 4 April 2022.

In a cordial and friendly conversation, Patriarch Porfirije emphasized the need for dialogue and mutual respect, which have not only political or economic needs but above all spiritual and cultural values.

Statement of condolences of His Holiness Serbian Patriarch kyr Porfirije (English, Greek, Russian)

Statement of condolences

With profound sorrow, I sincerely sympathize with the suffering of the miners in Sokobanja. Knowing that our First Sufferer is the Lord Jesus Christ, Who descended into Hades and saved all the captives from darkness, I offer prayers to Him and His Saints, together with the entire Church of God, to save the trapped, comfort the bereaved and receive the deceased in His bosom, for He is the Resurrection and Life, Christ our God, the sense of our lives’ adversities and joys, we live in Him and by Him we are resurrected for the eternal life.

Saint Sava Charter granted to Emir Kusturica

His Holiness Porfirije, the Serbian Patriarch, attended the solemn award ceremony of the Saint Sava Charter of the Serbian Cultural Society "Prosvjeta," which was granted to Mr. Emir Kusturica, a prominent artist at the Crypt of the Saint Sava Cathedral in Vracar, Belgrade on 31 March 2022. 

The ceremony was also attended by Their Eminences Metropolitan Joanikije of Montenegro and the Littoral and Their Graces Bishops Fotije of Zvornik-Tuzla, David of Krusevac, and Stefan of Remesiana. President of the Serbian Cultural Society "Prosvjeta" Professor Dr. Milimir Mučibabić presented Saint Sava Charter to the distinguished artist.

Patriarch Porfirije: Our suffering must be manifested in a life in every good and in a life in Christ-like virtue (Englsih, Greek, Russian)

On 24 March 2022, His Holiness Serbian Patriarch kyr Porfirije served at the Square of Serbian Warriors in Kraljevo the memorial service to the victims of the NATO aggression. Below is the sermon of His Holiness the Patriarch:

In the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. Today as always, we begin our address, dear brothers and sisters, with the Name of God: the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit. When we say these words, when we say the Name of God, we mean first of all love, absolute love, inexpressible and indescribable to people, and then we think of everything that comes from such love: the creation of everything, the entire cosmos, the universe; creation of everything that we can feel with our senses, but also of everything else that we do not see and do not encompass with our senses. Everything was created from that love and through that love, through the harmony of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, and the pinnacle of creation, the pinnacle of God's love is man, human being.