The Patron Saint-day of the church of Holy Three Hierarchs in Topola

On the occasion of the Patron Saint-day of the church, His Grace Bishop Jovan of Sumadija and the administrator of the Archbishopric of Belgrade and Karlovci On served the Holy Hierarchal Liturgy in the church dedicated to the Holy Three Hierarchs in Topola  on February 12, 2021, on the feast of the Holy Three Hierarchs.

The diocesan deputy of Oplenac and the acting and acting diocesan deputy of Raca archpriest-staurophor Miladin M. Mihailovic, protonamesnik Nikola Ilic, archdeacon Ivan Gasic and hierodeacon Vasilije Starovlah.

Meeting of President Vucic and Bishop Gerasim

The President of the Republic of Serbia Mr. Alenksandar Vucic received His Grace Bishop Gerasim of Gornji Karlovac,, accompanied by Archimandrite Naum (Milkovic),MA, at the building of the Presidency in Belgrade, on February 12, 2021.

In a conversation with Bishop Gerasim and Archimandrite Naum, President Vucic was informed in more detail with the consequences of the earthquake that hit the cities in the Diocese of Gornji Karlovac in December 2020 and disrupted the existence of the people living in those areas. 

Bishop Gerasim and President of Srpska visited the area affected by the earthquake

On February 10, 2021, His Grace Bishop Gerasim of Gornji Karlovac met with the President of the Republic of Srpska, Mrs. Zeljka Cvijanovic in Petrinja, a city that was destroyed in a devastating earthquake in December 2020.

The meeting was attended by the Ambassador of Bosnia and Herzegovina to Croatia, Mr. Aleksandar Vranjes, Head of the Republika Srpska Representation Office in Brussels, Mr. Mario Djuragic, advisors to the President of Srpska Mr. Slavko Mitrovic and Mr. Dusan Petrovic, Member of Croatian Parliament and President of SDSS prof. Dr. Milorad Pupovac, Member of Croatian Parliament Mrs. Dragana Jeckov, as well as Protopresbyter-Staurophor Slavisa Simakovic.

The President of Republika Srpska visited Jasenovac

The President of Republika Srpska, Mrs. Zeljka Cvijanovic, visited the Jasenovac Monastery and on that occasion talked with His Eminence the Bishop of Slavonia, Mr. John.

Accompanied by the host, Bishop Jovan, and in the presence of the Ambassador of Bosnia and Herzegovina to Croatia, Mr. Aleksandar Vranjes, President of the Serbian National Council Mr. Milorad Pupovac and Member of the Croatian Parliament Dragana Jeckov, the President visited the winter church of the Holy New Martyrs of Jasenovac, the Cathedral of the Nativity of St. John the Baptist, the site of the Serbian school in Jasenovac, during which she was acquainted in detail with the history of the school and the renovation project.

The feast day in Saint John Chrysostom Monastery in Bitola

In the presence of His Beatitude Kyr Jovan, Archbishop of Ohrid and Metropolitan of Skopje and His Grace Bishop Marko of Bregalnica, the Locum Tenens of Bitola, on the feast day of the Translation of the Relics of Saint John Chrysostom, His Grace Bishop David of Stobi and Locum Tenens of Struma, officiated the Holy Liturgy in Stauropegic monastery in Bitola.

Metropolitan Hrizostom served in Knezina Monastery

On 35th Sunday after Pentecost, 7 February 2021, on the feast day of Saint Gregory the Theologian, His Eminence Metropolitan Hrizostom of Dabar-Bosnia and the Locum Tenens of the Patriarchal Throne officiated the Holy Hierarchal Liturgy in the monastery of Knezina on the Romanija mountain.

The Metropolitan was concelebrated by protopresbyter-staurophors Ilija Cupic and Mladen Vidakovic and deacons Budimir Gardovic and Tomislav Pajevic, who was ordained by Metropolitan to the rank of presbyter.