Sunday of Orthodoxy solemnly celebrated
5. March 2012 - 16:40
Gnjilane - On the first week of the Great Lent - the Sunday of Orthodoxy - Bishop Teodosije of Raska-Prizren served the Holy Liturgy in the monastery of Draganac near Gnjilane with the concelebration of protosyngellos Kiril and hieromonk Ilarion. About forty believers participated in the Liturgy and later partook the Holy Communion.
General Bertolini at the Patriarchate of Pec
5. March 2012 - 12:46
On Wednesday, Thursday March 1, 2012, the Stauropegic laura of the Patriarchate of Pec was visited by the Italian Joint Operations Headquarters Commander, Lieutenant General Marco Bertolini. General Bertolini visited the Office of the Committee for Kosovo and Metohija, and from there, accompanied by Bishop Jovan of Lipljan, vicar of Serbian Patriarch Irinej, went to the complex of churches of the Mother of all Serbian churches. From there he visited the guesthouse where he met mother Fevronija, heugomene of the monastery .
Turkish Minister of Foreign Affairs at the Phanar
5. March 2012 - 1:00
On Saturday afternoon, March 3, 2012, His All-Holiness received the Turkish Minister of Foreign Affairs, the Hon. Ahmet Davutoğlu at the Phanar. This was the first such visit by a Turkish Minister of Foreign Affairs to the Ecumenical Patriarchate. Among those in attendance were Metropolitan Geron Constantine of Nicaea, Metropolitan Stephanos of Kallioupolis and Madytos as well as the Representative of the Minority Foundations, Mr. Pantelis Vingas.
Source: www.patriarchate.org
Divine Services in the capital
2. March 2012 - 15:15
His Holiness Irinej, Serbian Patriarch served today the Divine Liturgy of Presanctified Gifts in the monastery of Rakovica, while Bishop Atanasije of Hvosno and Bishop Andrej of Remesiana served in Belgrade's church of Saint Mark and the small church of Saint Sava on Vracar respectively.
