Serbian Patriarch Irinej at the celebration of the Dormition of the Most Holy Mother of God in Patriarchate of Pec
15. October 2011 - 19:27
In an ancient seat of the Serbian archbishops and patriarchs also this year one of monastery slavas was celebrated - the Dormition of the Most Holy Mother of God. This year's celebration of the holiday was especially marked thanks to His Holiness Irinej, Serbian Patriarch who on the eve of the holiday participated in a solemn vesper service with achatist to Mother of God, and then on the feast day served the Divine Liturgy in the church of St. Apostle.
Spirituals: Metropolitan of Mesogea and Lavreotiki Nikolaos
13. October 2011 - 15:31
Studio B - Saturday, October 15 at 20:00 hours . Among the most interesting personalities of the modern Orthodoxy, but also the world of spirituality in general, it is surely Metropolitan of Mesogea and Lavriotiki Mr. Nikolaos Hajinikolau. In Athens he graduated in physics, at the Harvard he mastered astrophysics, and at the Institute for technology in Boston he mastered in mechanical engineering, he got Ph.D. i n biomedical technology at the Harvard medical faculty, he became the master in theology at the Greek Faculty of Theology in Boston, and he got Ph.D. in theology at the Theological Faculty in Thessaloniki. In the States he worked for the NASA, as a consultant for space medicine technology, and at the same time he worked in several hospitals where are new methods for the treatment of coronary diseases are tested. Then he leaves all that and goes to Mount Athos, where after two year's of being a novice, became a monk at the monastery of Simonopetri. He was elected in 2004 for Metropolitan of Mesogea and Lavriotiki.
Bishop Mitrophan: To all Clergy of the Eastern American Dicoese
13. October 2011 - 14:54
We are planning another clergy seminar again this year to be held at Shadeland on November 9-10, 2011. The featured speaker is Archimandrite Demetrios Carellas, Chaplain for the Nativity of the Theotokos Monastery in Saxonburg, Pennsylvania. Archimandrite Demetrios will speak on contemporary issues in today’s society. Vespers will be held on Wednesday evening, November 9 at 6:00 PM. An evening meal will be served.
Construction of the church St. Stephen of Decani at the SAJ base in Batajnica
13. October 2011 - 11:59
His Grace Vicar Bishop Atanasije visited yesterday, on October 12, 2011 the base of the Special Anti-terrorist Unit of the Ministry of Interior of the Republic of Serbia in Batajnica where he consecrated a cross and a ploto on which the church of St. Stephen of Decani will be built.
Receiptions at Serbian Patriarchate - October 12, 2011
13. October 2011 - 11:50
His Holiness Irinej, Serbian Patriarch met yesterday on October 12, 2011 in the Serbian Patriarchate in Belgrade with Orlando Antonini, the Apostolic Nuncio in Belgrade, with associates. On the same day His Holiness received Mr. Nedja Ilic, the director of the Forests of Republic of Srpska (JP Sume Republike Srpske).
Saint Cyriacus the Anchorite solemnly celebrated in Velika Hoca
13. October 2011 - 10:48
In Velika Hoca, near Orahovac, a village slava was solemnly celebrated, the feast day of Venerable Saint Cyriacus the Anchorite and the end of this year's harvest of the grapes. The Divine Liturgy at the courtyard of the church of St. Anne, beside the village school, was served by Their Graces Bishops Teodosije of Raska-Prizren and Vicar Jovan of Lipljan with the concelebration of monks and priests of the Diocese.
