EU leadership intends to face today's challenges together with the continent's religious leaders

The EU leadership stated its intention to establish a strong cooperation with the continent's religious leaders. "Together we will have to meet the challenges faced by our society. This is our common responsibility," the President of the European Commission José Manuel Durão Barroso said at a meeting with representatives of Europe's traditional religions held in Brussels, the official website of the Moscow Patriarchate reports Wednesday.

Constantinople Patriarch is taken to hospital

Patriarch Bartholomew of Constantinople was taken to hospital upon the recommendation of doctors on Wednesday morning.

According to the Constantinople Patriarchy, "he feels quite well and is going to return to his office in a few days," Romfea.gr reports.

For almost a week, Bartholomew I has been suffering a bad cold. The meeting of the Constantinople Patriarchate Synod is adjourned for the reason of Patriarch's illness.

Celebration of Patron Saint of St Sava Cathedral on Vrachar

On Sunday, May 10, 2009,  a brotherhood of St Sava Cathedral on Vrachar celebrated Patron Saint of the temple. On this day, when our Holy Church remembers burning of relics of St Sava of Serbia in 1594 on a Belgrade hill of Vrachar, His Eminence Metropolitan Amfilohije of Montenegro and the Littoral presided over the Holy Hierarchal Liturgy. In the side chapel of St Ermylus and Stratonicus of the St Sava Cathedral the Holy service of God was held with the concelebration of bishops: Irinej of Australia and New Zealand, Atanasije of Hvosno, archimandrite Danilo (Ljubotina), protopresbyters-staurophors: Vladimir Vukashinovic, Drago Ubiparipovic, Dragan Protic, Bozo Bakajlic, Vladan Perishic, Radivoje Panic, protopresbyters: Luka Novakovic, Panayotis Karatasios, Aleksandar Sredojevic, which has been promoted to the rank of protopresbyter-staurophor by Metropolitan, Budimir Zekanovic, presbyter Nebojsha Topolic, hierodeacon Petar (Krachun), protodeacon Stevan Rapajic, deacon Savo Topalovic, hierodeacon Jovan (Panic) and deacon Aleksandar Sekulic.

Pope pays tribute to Eastern churches in Holy Land

Pope Benedict XVI on Saturday paid tribute to the contribution of the Eastern churches to the Christian faith as he celebrated vespers in the Melkite Greek Catholic cathedral in the Jordanian capital.

Communique of the Holy Synod of the SOC regarding the worker’s strike at TM “Raska” in Novi Pazar and at the Leather factory “Pa

The Holy Synod of Bishops of the Serbian Orthodox Church these days with a great attention has been observing a hunger strike of workers at the Textile mill  Raska in Novi Pazar, as well as at the Leather factory "Partizan'' in Kragujevac

In this way the Holy Synod of Bishops calls all relevant state and municipal agencies to do anything to resolve the problem of workers, and with Christian love and concern ask workers to stop the hunger strike and not to put in danger their lives.

From the Office of the Holy Synod of Bishops of the SOC

First Divine Liturgy in one of the oldest Serbian Orthodox Churches

On the Slava of St. Vasilije of the St. Basil of Ostrog parish in Angels Camp, May 2nd, Bishop Maxim had the joy of serving his first Divine Liturgy in one of the oldest Serbian Orthodox Churches which will celebrate its 100th anniversary next May. His Grace, Bishop Maxim was warmly received and truly enjoyed the fellowship and liturgical services with Iguman Gerasim of Platina ,Fr. Miladin Garic, Fr. William Weir and Protodeacon Triva Pavlov.