President of Croatia visits Monastery of Krka
7. October 2010 - 11:08
His Grace Bishop Fotije of Dalmatia met with President of the Republic of Croatia Dr Ivo Josipovic on October 5, 2010 in the Krka Monastery. Mr. Josipovic was accompanied by Minister of Science Dr. Radovan Fuks; President of the SPC Mr. Milorad Pupovac; Advisor to the President Mr. Sinisa Tatalovic; other associates of the president and representatives of Serbs in the Croatian Assembly. During the reception Mr. Stanimir Vukicevic, the ambassador of the Republic of Serbia to Croatia, joined the talks.
Spiritual unity with Orthodox people of the Holy Rus inspires hope in Orthodox people in Kosovo and Metochia
7. October 2010 - 8:54
Patriarch Irinej was enthroned in Kosovo and Metochia on Sunday. He was elected head of the Serbian Orthodox Church in January at the Bishops Council in Belgrade, but it took almost nine months to organize the ceremony on the ancient see of the Serbian Patriarchs in Kosovan Pec, where primates have been enthroned for eight centuries, and to provide security for the new patriarch and guests. One of the participants in the ceremony Deputy Chairman of the Department for External Church Relations of the Moscow Patriarchate Archpriest Nikolay Balashov told Interfax-Religion correspondent Yelena Verevkina the details of the ceremony.
- Father Nikolay, what impressed you the most? Please, tell our readers about brightest moments of the ceremony.
- On the one hand, I was very impressed by multitude of believers, who came to the Pec monastery in spite of the difficult conditions, and the enthusiasm they expressed when they welcomed their spiritual father and pastor in person of Patriarch Irinej and representatives of Orthodox Churches who visited this very important for the Serbian Church event. From the other hand, it was a feeling of absolutely alien life outside the monastery walls: hostile actions against participants in the patriarchal enthronement were held there. We know about buses that were bombarded with stones, we know about billboards with Patriarch Irinej caricatures, which they tried to place near the Pec Patriarchate.
Patriarch Irinej meets with Archbishop Kurt Koch
5. October 2010 - 20:23
His Holiness Irinej, Serbian Patriarch received in a farewell visit on October 4, 2010 in the Serbian Patriarchate in Belgrade, His Excellency Archbishop Kurt Koch, the President of Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity, His Excellency Orlando Antonini, the apostolic nuncio in Belgrade, and father Milan Zust, the officer of the Council. This visit took place after the formal act of the enthronement of His Holiness Serbian Patriarch in the Patriarchate of Pec, where Archbishop Koch was present as an envoy of Pope Benedict XVI. The reception was attended by His Grace Vicar Bishop Atanasije of Hvosno.
Reception at the Patriarchate court in Belgrade following the Enthronement of Patriarch Irinej - October 4, 2010
5. October 2010 - 10:28
