Patriarch Irinej meets with directors of Belgrade schools

Patriarch Irinej meets with directors of Belgrade schools
Patriarch Irinej meets with directors of Belgrade schools
Patriarch Irinej meets with directors of Belgrade schools
Patriarch Irinej meets with directors of Belgrade schools

His Holiness Irinej, Serbian Patriarch made a  regular annual reception yesterday, on October 11, 2011 in the Serbian Patriarchate for directors of primary and  high schools from the territory of the Archbishopric of Belgrade-Karlovac.

100th Anniversary in East Chicago, Illinois

100th Anniversary in East Chicago, Illinois
100th Anniversary in East Chicago, Illinois
100th Anniversary in East Chicago, Illinois
100th Anniversary in East Chicago, Illinois

Between  September 30th and October 2nd, 2011, the Church-school congregation of Saint George in East Chicago celebrated the 100th anniversary of the founding of the parish.

Patriarch Irinej consecrates church in Modrica

Patriarch Irinej consecrates church in Modrica
Patriarch Irinej consecrates church in Modrica
Patriarch Irinej consecrates church in Modrica
Patriarch Irinej consecrates church in Modrica

His Holiness Irinej, Serbian Patriarch officiated at the Divine Liturgy and consecrated a newly built church of the Intercession of the Most Holy Theotokos in Modrica's  suburb of Visnjik. On this occasion the President of the Republic of Srpska Mr. Milorad Dodik honored Patriarch Irinej with the Order of the Republic of Srpska on the ribbon.

The biggest bell in Milesevo

The biggest bell in Serbia was consecrated in Milesevo at the Liturgy in the monastery of Milesevo, which was served by Serbian Patriarch irinej with bishops of the Serbian and the Russian Orthodox Church. The Diocese of Milesevo for the first time gave an Order "White Angel".

At the Liturgy in the monastery of Milesevo, which was served by Serbian Patriarch Irinej with bishops of the Serbian and the Russian Orthodox Church, the biggest bell in Serbia was consecrated. The bell, on the occasion of the eight centuries of Milesevo, was given as a gift by  the Russian businessman Andrei Kozitsyn.

The event on the occasion of the founder's slava of Milesevo, the feast day of  St. King Vladislav, was attended by many bishops of the Serbian Orthodox Church,  Deputy Prime Minister of the Government Ivica Dacic, the Russian ambassador Aleksander Konuzin, and many other representatives of cultural and public life of Serbia..