Monastery of Venerable Prohor of Pčinja awarded with the Sretenje Order of the First Degree
17. February 2022 - 16:36
Monastery of Venerable Prohor of Pčinja was awarded the Sretenje Order of the first degree for special merits in preserving and nurturing Orthodoxy and traditions of the Serbian people and on the occasion of 950 years at the ceremony in the Palace of Serbia, in Belgrade, on the occasion of the Statehood Day of the Republic of Serbia and the feast of Meeting of the Lord, February 15, 2022.
In the presence of His Holiness Porfirije, the Serbian Patriarch, on behalf of the monastery, His Grace Bishop Pahomije of Vranje received the order from the President of the Republic of Serbia, Mr. Aleksandar Vučić The abbot of the Monastery of Venerable Prohor of Pčinja Archimandrite Metodije (Marković) also accompanied His Grace.
Patriarch Porfirije: Let's walk the path of the publican, the path of calmness, not the path of pride, the path of the pharisee
14. February 2022 - 18:08
His Holiness Porfirije, the Serbian Patriarch officiated the Liturgy in the church of Protection of the Most Holy Mother of God in Belgrade, on 13 February 2022, the Sunday of the Publican and the Pharisee (phоto gallery).
The Patriarch was concelebrated by protopresbyter-staurophors Jovica Vicentijevic, Slobodan Ceketic and Jovan Milanovic, presbyters Gavrilo Rajic, Nenad Prodic and Mihailo Rapajic, as well as deacons Dragan Rodic, Radomir Vrucinic, Nemanja Kalem and Pavle Matulic.
Patriarch Porfirije presented annual scholarships to final year students of the founding faculties of the University of Belgrade
14. February 2022 - 17:51
On February 12, 2022, on the feast of the Holy Three Hierarchs, at a ceremony in the crypt of Saint Sava Cathedral Church, His Holiness Porfirije, the Serbian Patriarch, presented scholarships to final year students of the Faculty of Medicine, Electrical Engineering, Law, Philosophy, and Theology, selected in a contest.
In that sort of evangelical love and noble endeavor, the Serbian Business Association and Humanitarian Fund "Privrednik," also participates. Founded in 1897, it also provides scholarships to gifted pupils and students, while His Holiness Porfirije has been its chairman and benefactor for an entire decade.
Patriarch Porfirije officiated the services on the occasion of the feast of the Holy Three Hierarchs
12. February 2022 - 16:20His Holiness Porfirije, the Serbian Patriarch, celebrated the All-Night Vigil in the crypt of the Saint Sava Memorial Cathedral, on the Eve of the feast of the Holy Three Hierarchs, 11 February 2022.
In the continuation of the prayerful gathering, at midnight, His Holiness Porfirije, the Serbian Patriarch officiated the Holy Hierarchical Liturgy with the concelebration of Their Graces Bishops Stefan of Remesiana, Jerotej of Toplica and Justin of Hvosno (phоto gallery).
Patriarch Porfirije and Minister Dmitrović on demography
12. February 2022 - 16:14
His Holiness Porfirije, the Serbian Patriarch, talked with Mr. Ratko Dmitrovic, Minister of Family Welfare and Demography in the Patriarchal Palace, on 11 February 2022.
The Minister informed the Patriarch about the problematic demographic situation in Serbia and the Serbian people and the state's measures to create preconditions for demographic recovery.
The Serbian Patriarch spoke with the President of the International Foundation for the Unity of Orthodox Christian Nations
12. February 2022 - 15:53
His Holiness Porfirije, the Serbian Patriarch, received the Ambassador of the Russian Federation Alexander Botsan-Kharchenko and the President of the International Foundation for the Unity of Orthodox Christian Nations Valery Alexeyev at the Patriarchal Palace on 11 February 2022.
The Head of the Office of the Serbian Patriarch Bishop Sava of Marca attended the audience.
