Serbian Patriarch Porfirije for the first time presided over the Holy Liturgy in the Memorial Cathedral of Saint Sava in Belgrade

On February 21, 2021, on the Sunday of the Publican and the Pharisee, His Holiness Porfirije, Serbian Patriarch, officiated the Divine Liturgy in Saint Sava Memorial Cathedral in the district of Vracar, Belgrade.

Their Graces Bishops: Irinej of East America, Jovan of Slavonia, Nikodim of Dalmatia, Heruvim of Osek-Polje and Baranja; Stefan of Remesiana and Isihije of Mohács, together with priests from several dioceses of the Serbian Orthodox Church concelebrated. All choirs of the Choral Society of the Cathedral of Saint Sava sang responses: Children's Choir Rastko (conductor Milena Antovic), choir Mokranjac and the choir of the Cathedral of Saint Sava (conductor Katarina Stankovic).

Patriarch Porfirije meets with President Vucic

His Holiness Porfirije, Serbian Patriarch, received President of the Republic of Serbia Mr. Aleksandar Vucic at the Serbian Patriarchate in Belgrade on 19 February 2021.

His Holiness Porfirije, Archbishop of Pec, Metropolitan of Belgrade and Karlovci and Serbian Patriarch enthroned

The bells of the Cathedral church of the Holy Archangel Michael in Belgrade rang at 11.25 am, indicating that the 46th head of the Serbian Orthodox Church, His Holiness Porfirije, Archbishop of Pec, Metropolitan of Belgrade and Karlovci and the Serbian Patriarch was enthroned.

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The solemn act of enthronement of the newly-elected Archbishop of Pec, Metropolitan of Belgrade and Karlovci and Serbian Patriarch Porfirije began with the Holy Hierarchal Liturgy in the Cathedral church of Holy Archangel Michael in Belgrade on February 19, 2021. The Holy Liturgy is officiated by the newly-elected first hierarch of the Serbian Orthodox Church, with the concelebration of the hierarchs summoned at the Electoral Assembly of Bishops, clergy, and faithful people.

Enthronement of the Serbian Patriarch Porfirije

The solemn act of enthronement of the newly elected Archbishop of Pec, Metropolitan of Belgrade and Karlovci and Serbian Patriarch Porfirije began with the Holy Hierarchal Liturgy in the Cathedral church of Holy Archangel Michael in Belgrade on February 19, 2021.

The Holy Liturgy is officiated by the newly elected first hierarch of the Serbian Orthodox Church, with the concelebration of the hierarchs, clergy, and faithful people.

Biography of Archbishop of Pec, Metropolitan of Belgrade-Karlovci and Serbian Patriarch Porfirije (Peric)

Newly-elected Archbishop of Pec, Metropolitan of Belgrade-Karlovci and Serbian Patriarch Porfirije (Peric) was born on 22 July 1961 in Becej, northern Serbia.

He was the first of three children of Radivoje and Radojka Peric. He was baptized as Prvoslav. He finished primary school in Curug, and the “Jovan Jovanovic Zmaj” Grammar school in Novi Sad. He was ordained a monk according to the rite of small schime by his spiritual father, then hieromonk Dr. Irinej (Bulovic), at Decani Monastery in 1985.

Enthronement of the Serbian Patriarch Porfirije in the Cathedral church in Belgrade

Enthronement of the Serbian Patriarch Porfirije in the Cathedral church in Belgrade

Holy Hierarchal Liturgy, at which the solemn act of enthronement of His Holiness Porfirije into the holiest throne of the Archbishop of Pec, Metropolitan of Belgrade-Karlovci and Patriarch of Serbia will be celebrated in the Belgrade’s Cathedral church of Holy Archangel Michael, beginning at 9 am, on February 19, 2021.

The public will be informed in due time about the date of the solemn introduction into the throne of Serbian Patriarchs in the Patriarchate of Pec, the historical seat of the Primates of the Serbian Orthodox Church.