Audiences at Serbian Patriarchate – April 5-6, 2013

His Holiness Irinej, Serbian Patriarch, received on April 4, 2013 at the Serbian Patriarchate Mr. Dragan Djilas, the mayor of the capital of Serbia. The meeting was attended by His Grace Bishop Atanasije of Hvosno, the head of the Administration Office of the Patriarchate protopresbyter-stavrophor Stojadin Pavlovic, adviser to mayor Mr. Mladjan Djordjevic, legal adviset in Archbishopric of Belgrade-Karlovci Mr. Bogoljub Cvetinovic, and Mr. Slobodan Gavrilovic.

St Andrew’s Opening Doxology 2013

Thursday the 28th of February marked the official opening of the academic year at St Andrew's GreekOrthodoxTheologicalCollege in Sydney. For the twenty-eighth consecutive year, the traditional Doxology Service was celebrated in the College Chapel of St John the Evangelist and Theologian by the Dean, His Eminence Archbishop Stylianos of Australia, in the presence of His Grace Bishop Seraphim of Apollonias, College Sub-Dean, as well as His Grace Bishop Iakovos of Miletoupolis, amongst faculty members, staff, alumni, students and guests, including Mr Stan Palassis and Dr Theo Penklis (members of the College Council).

Delegation of the Faculty of Orthodox Theology of Saint Basil of Ostrog visits Kiev

The delegation of the Faculty of Orthodox Theology of Saint Basil of Ostrog, led by its dean protopresbyter-stavrophor Boris Brajovic, paid an official visit to the Kiev Theological Academy and the Ukrainian Orthodox Church in Kiev.

On Friday, 29 March 2013, the delegation met with the dean of the Kiev Theological Academy and Seminary His Eminence Metropolitan Anthony of Borispol. The delegations discussed the ways of cooperation and improvement of the relations between the two faculties. The first vice chancellor of the Kiev Spiritual Academy Vladimir Burega and professor of the Faculty of Theology in Foca Darko Djogo were also attended at the meeting.

Pan-Orthodox Festival of Choirs in Munich

Pan-Orthodox Festival of Choirs on Sunday of Orthodoxy, was held for the ninth time in Munich – 9. Panorthodoxes Chortreffen zum Sonntag der Orthodoxie, representing a spiritual column of the homogenous communion of many Orthodox churches in Munich – Serbian, Russian, Greek, Bulgarian, Romanian, as well as Non-Chalcedonian Churches – the Coptic and the Armenian Apostolic ones.

Serbian Patriarch in Frankfurt, 27 March 2013

Serbian Patriarch Irinej sends greetings to Christians who celebrate Easter according to Gregorian calendar

On the occasion of the forthcoming Easter holidays which Western Christians celebrate according to the Gregorian calendar, His Holiness Irinej, Serbian Patriarch conveyed greetings to the heads of Western Rite Churches: His Holiness Pope Francis (see link), Archbishop of Canterbury His Mercy Bishop Justin Welby, the chairman of the Council of the Evangelical Church in Germany Dr. Nicholas Schneider, as well as dignitaries of other Protestant Churches in the world.

Serbian Patriarch Irinej sent the most cordial greetings to dignitaries and believers of the traditional Churches and religious communities in Serbia: Roman Catholic Church, Slovak Evangelical Lutheran Church in Serbia, Reformed Christian Church in Serbia and Methodist Church.