Communique of the Holy Synod of Bishops of the Serbian Orthodox Church

The Holy Synod of Bishops of the Serbian Orthodox Church with this appeal addresses all participants of the drama in the northern region of Kosovo and Metohija, with the warm prayer to God, the only Source of true peace, unity and love among peoples and nations, that they not allow this drama to be turned into a tragedy.

Bishop Jovan serves memorial service on the place of mass grave found at the Car Factory in Kragujevac

His Grace Bishop Jovan of Sumaidja served a memorial service of the suffered Christians on the place where workers unearthed their skeletons in an unmarked mass grave in the Car Factory in Kragujevac.

Metropolitan Amfilohije concludes his visit to Brazil

His Eminence Archbishop of Cetinje and Metropolitan of Montenegro and the Littoral, the Bishop-administrator of the Diocese of Buenos Aires and South-Central American of the Serbian Patriarchate, finished yesterday , on November 29, 2011 his visit to the Orthodox communities in Brazil which belong to our Local Church.

Metropolitan Amfilohije serves in the monastery of Holy Trinity near Recife in Brazil

His Eminence Archbishop of Cetinje and Metropolitan of Montenegro and the Littoral kyr Amfilohije, Bishop-administrator of the Diocese of Buenos-Aires and South-Central-American of the Serbian Patriarchate, served on  Monday, November 28, the Holy Hierarchal Liturgy in the parish of Holy Trinity in Aldea, which soon is going to become a monastery, near Recife in the state of Pernambuco on the Northeast of Brazil with the concelebration of local priests.

Bishop Jovan of Lipljan in Holy Land

His Grace Bishop Jovan of Lipljan, vicar of the Serbian Patriarch in the Patriarchate of Pec, during his study visit in the Holy Land visited on the feast day of St. Stephen of Decani, on Thursday November 4, 2011 His Beatitude Patriarch Teophile III of Jerusalem, accompanied by colonel Rasa Lazovic, envoy of the Defense in Izrael and Dr Krinka Vidakovic-Petrov, former ambassador of our country in Izrael.

Patriarch Pavle: On Fasting and Communing

What Holy Communion means to the spiritual life of a Christian is described in the words of our Lord: "I am the living Bread which came down from Heaven. If anyone eats of this bread, he will live forever... unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink His blood, you have no life in you. Whoever eats my flesh and drinks my blood has eternal life, and I will raise him up at the last day. For my flesh is food indeed, and my blood is drink indeed."

With deep faith in these words of the Lord, the early Christians anxiously approached Holy Communion, not because of some requirement, but from an immediate awareness that there was no spiritual life without Him. Just as one is not ordered to breathe, but spontaneously knows that without air he would suffocate and die. The early Christians attended all the Sunday and Holiday liturgies and at the Deacon's invitation - with the fear of God and with faith, draw near, all the faithful lined up and received Holy Communion. They were convinced that they were attaining the deepest mystery of our faith and the holiest gift of God's mercy. They tried to approach the all-holy and most pure God in Holy Communion with purity of heart and soul.