Saint Sava Cathedral receives The Lucy G. Moses Award from The NY Landmarks Conservancy
11. May 2021 - 23:27
“Lucy G. Moses Awards - Тhe Oscars of preservation” – Peg Breen, President of the New York Landmark Conservancy)
For the past 31 years, the New York Landmarks Conservancy presents the Lucy G. Moses "Preservation Award" to approximately 10-12 projects in the five boroughs of New York City that demonstrated excellence in the restoration, preservation, or adaptive use of historic buildings, streetscapes, and landscapes that preserve commercial, residential, institutional, religious, and public buildings. For the year 2020, the Serbian Orthodox Cathedral of Saint Sava was one of twelve honored with this award.
Serbian Patriarch Porfirije visits the Diocese of Dalmatia
11. May 2021 - 15:42
His Holiness Porfirije, Serbian Patriarch, arrived to visit the Diocese of Dalmatia on 9 May 2021. With great joy His Holiness Patriarch was welcomed by His Grace Bishop Nikodim of Dalmatia with the clergy.
After the solemn doxology in the Krka Monastery, Bishop Nikodim addressed words of welcome to His Holiness the Patriarch: "Your Holiness, on behalf of the faithful people, clergy and the monastics of the Diocese of Dalmatia we thank you for coming and for the effort with which you brought us, the Serbs in Croatia, back to the map of existence and made people know about us and that, after all the unpleasant events that took place in this area, they think of us and visit us, as You are doing it today. "
Patron Saint-day of the chuch of Saint George in Budapest
11. May 2021 - 9:25
On Saint Thomas Sunday, 9 May 2021, the Patron Saint-day of Saint George the Greatmartyr and Victory-Bearer was celebrated in Budapest.
His Grace Bishop Lukijan of Buda and Administrator of Timisoara celebrated the Holy Hierarchal Liturgy with the concelebration of protonamesnik Radovan Djordjevic (priest of the Diocese of Zica), priest Ljuba Milisavic and Zoran Zivic, hieromonk Varnava Knezevic and deacon Stefan Milisavic.
Patriarch Porfirije: Our faith is the faith of the Evangelist Mark
10. May 2021 - 13:20
Patriarch Porfirije: The Holy Apostle Mark wrote about God uncreated, about God without beginning and end, who, limiting himself to the human body, came among us not by chance, not for some adventurous motives, not because he had to, but because he came among us because he is essentially love. God who is love out of love created the whole world as the crown of the human world. God came into this world as love for our salvation.
On the occasion of the church Patron Saint-day, His Holiness Porfirije, Serbian Patriarch, served the Holy Hierarchal Liturgy in the church of the Holy Apostle and Evangelist Mark on Tasmajdan, on May 8, 2021, on St. Mark's Day.
Serbian Patriarch Porfirije: Let's build unity!
7. May 2021 - 8:58
His Holiness Porfirije, Serbian Patriarch, served the Holy Hierarchal Liturgy with the concelebration of His Grace Bishop Nikanor of Banat, in the Cathedral church in Vrsac, on 6 May 2021, on the feast day of Holy Greatmartyr George.
At the end of the Holy Liturgy, Bishop Nikanor greeted His Holiness and presented him with the icon of Saint Teodor of Vrsac. Patriarch Porfirije thanked Bishop Nikanor and said in his sermon: - We need to build unity and be one in faith in Christ. Faith in the Resurrection of Christ, in the victory over death, over injustice, and in our victory over transience, has shaped our people from the earliest times. Orthodox Serbs lived with such faith. This shows that our people drew the meaning of their existence and strength in glorifying God, rejoiced in what they are to the same extent and when temptations arise in the areas where they live and knew that he was not alone, that God was with him and the Cross of Christ with him.
The best photo in Croatia in 2020: Patriarch in a ruined temple
6. May 2021 - 12:29
The Patriarch said in the explanation of the award: "Natural forces, unlike human beings, do not choose their victims, neither by their social status, nor by religion,"
On the World Press Freedom Day, May 3, 2021, the Croatian Journalists' Association awarded annual prizes for the best journalistic achievements in 2020. The Nikša Antonini Award for the best newspaper photography was given to the extraordinary work of Boris Ščitar, the photographer of Pixell. The photo was taken on March 28, 2020, six days after the devastating earthquake that hit the Croatian capital.
