Order of Saint Sava to President of the Municipality of Vozdovac

On the day when the Church of God celebrates the feast-day of the Nativity of the Holy Prophet, Forerunner and the Baptist of the Lord, His Grace Bishop Jovan of Lipljan, Vicar Bishop to the Serbian Patriarch, celebrated Hierarchal Liturgy in a church dedicated to this saint at the Central cemetery in Belgrade.

14th General Assembly of the Conference of European Churches, Budapest, 3-8 July 2013.

14^th General Assembly of the Conference of European Churches, Budapest, 3-8 July 2013.

14^th General Assembly of the Conference of European Churches (CEC) started its work in Budapest on 3 July 2013. On this Assembly are present 470 participants of which 220 are delegates with the right to vote and who represent 120 registered Churches and religious communities: Orthodox, Anglicans, Protestants and Old-Catholic. Roman Catholic Church is not an official member of CEC, but actively participate in the work of CEC through the Council of the Bishop’s Conference of Europe.    

Audience at the Serbian Patriarchate - 6 July 2013

His Holiness Irinej, Serbian Patriarch received Mr. Radomir Stojanovic, president of the organization War Veterans of the Republic of Serbia, Mr. Zeljko Vasiljevic, President of the Association of Disabled War Veterans of the Republic of Serbia   and Mr. Momcilo Kovacevic, legal advisor of the organization War Veterans of the Republic Serbia today, on 6 July 2013 at the Serbian Patriarchate.

Assembly of the Serbian Diaspora and of the Serbs from the region

His Holiness Irinej, Serbian Patriarch, attended  the solemn session of the Assembly of the Diaspora and the Serbs from the region on 5^th July 2013.

Besides the Serbian Patriarch, the delegates from abroad and the region were addressed also by the President of the National Assembly Mr. Nebojsa Stefanovic and director of the Office for Cooperation with the Diaspora and the Serbs in the region Mrs. Slavka Draskovic. Protopresbyter-stavrophor Savo B. Jovic,  general secretary of the Holy Synod of Bishops, accompanied His Holiness.

A conference on the protection of holy shrines of the Serbian Orthodox Church on Kosovo and Metohija

With the blessing of His Holiness Irinej, Serbian Patriarch, Their Graces Bishops Teodosije of Raska-Prizren,  member of the Holy Synod of Bishops of the Serbian Orthodox Church, and Jovan of Lipljan, Vicar Bishop to the Serbian Patriarch, met with NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen, the KFOR Commander General Halbauer and about forty representatives of countries-members of the NATO at the Patriarchate of Pec on 3 July 2013. They spoke with the members of the North-Atlantic Council, the highest governing body of the NATO, about the protection of the holy shrines of the Serbian Orthodox Church in Kosovo and Metohija.

Audiences at the Serbian Patriarchate – 5 July 2013

His Holiness Irinej, Serbian Patriarch received H.E. Giuseppe Manzo, Ambassador of Italy in Serbia, with colleagues at the Serbian Patriarchate on 5 July 2013.