Seven-day memorial service for Serbian Patriarch Irinej

His Grace Bishop Stefan of Remesia served the Holy Hierarchal Liturgy and a seven-day memorial service for Serbian Patriarch Irinej of blessed repose on 27 November 2020.

In the prayerful presence of the Patriarch's closest associates for many years, personal secretary subdeacon Dejan Nakic and subdeacon Vladimir Jelic, manager of the Patriarchal Court, Bishop Stefan, after the Holy Liturgy, performed a seven-day memorial service for Patriarch Irinej of blessed repose.

The Holy Liturgy in the Church of St. Sava

On the occasion of the repose of the Serbian Patriarch Irinej, the Divine Liturgy was celebrated in the memory church of St. Sava in Belgrade in Belgrade, while the body of Patriarch Irinej of blessed memory was laid in the centre of the large church.

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(photos by deacon Dragan S. Tanasijevic)

His Eminence Metropolitan Hrizostom of Dabar-Bosnia, presided over the Liturgy, with the concelebration of the Their Eminences Metropolitans Hilarion of Volokolamsk from the Moscow Patriarchate and Antony of Borispol and Brovary, from the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Moscow Patriarchate; His Beatitude Archbishop of Ohrid and the Metropolitan of Skopje Jovan; His Eminence Metropolitan Porfirije of Zagreb-Ljubljana; Their Graces Bishops: Jovan of Sumadija, Irinej of Backa, Pahomije of Vranje, Teodosije of Raska-Prizren, David of Krusevac, Ilarion of Timok, Arsenije of Nis, Dimitrije of Zahumlye-Herzegovina, Antonije of Moravica, Isihije of Mohacs, Metodije of Dioclea, clergy of the Serbian Orthodox Church and guests from other local Orthodox Churches, in the prayerful presence of His Grace Bishop Grigorije of Dusseldorf and Germany, Stefan of Remesiana and retired Bishop Atanasije of Zahumlye-Herzegovina. During the Holy Liturgy, His Grace Irinej, Bishop of Backa, held a sermon.

The highest representatives of the Serbian people from the homeland and all the regions where the Serbian people live attended the Funeral Rite of the Serbian Patriarch Irinej. The funeral Liturgy, Funeral Rite and Burial were attended by the President of the Republic of Serbia Aleksandar Vucic, Serbian Member of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina Milorad Dodik, President of the National Assembly of the Republic of Serbia Ivica Dacic, Prime Minister of the Serbian Government Ana Brnabic, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defense Nebojsa Stefanovic, Minister of Foreign Affairs Nikola Selakovis, Minister of the Interior Aleksandar Vulin and other members of the Government of the Republic of Serbia, Chief of the General Staff of the Serbian Army General Milan Mojsilovic, Prime Minister-designate of Montenegro Zdravko Krivokapic, leaders of the Democratic Front of Montenegro Andrija Mandic and Milan Knezevic, Director of the Directorate for Cooperation with Churches and Religious Communities Dr. Mileta Radojevic, members of the Crown Council, representatives of the highest cultural, scientific and public institutions, members of the diplomatic corps, Mufti of Belgrade Mustafa ef. Jusufspahic on behalf of the Islamic Community of Serbia, Apostolic Nuncio in Belgrade Archbishop Suriano Luciano, Roman-Catholic Archbishop of Belgrade Stanislav Hocevar, representatives of traditional Churches and religious communities in Serbia.

Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk arrived in Belgrade

His Eminence Metropolitan Hilarion (Alfejev), of Volokolamsk, president of the Department for External Church Relations of the Moscow Patriarchate, arrived in Belgrade on November 21, 2020.

The high guest was welcomed at the Belgrade Nikola Tesla Airport by the Most Reverend Metropolitan Porfirije of Zagreb-Ljubljana and His Grace Bishop Arsenije of Nis.

Before having performed a panichida in front of the body of the deceased Patriarch Irinej of blessed memory in the church of Saint Sava in Vracar, His Eminence Metropolitan Hilarion met in the Serbian Patriarchate with the chairman of the Holy Synod of Bishops of the Serbian Orthodox Church, His Eminence Hrisostom of Dabar-Bosna. The reception was attended by members of the Holy Synod of Bishops, Their Graces Bishops Jovan of Sumadija and David of Krusevac as well as by  Bishop Pahomije  of Vranje.

The Holy Liturgy and the Funeral Rite for the late Patriarch Irinej

On the occasion of the repose of the Serbian Patriarch Irinej of blessed memory, the requiem Liturgy will be celebrated on Sunday, November 22, 2020, in the church of Saint Sava in Vracar, starting at 9 am. His Eminence Hrizostom, Metropolitan of Dabar-Bosnia, will preside over the service, with the concelebration of several hierarchs and clergy of the Serbian Orthodox Church and guests from other local Orthodox Churches.

The First Belgrade Chanting Ensamble and the choir ‘Branko” from Nis will chant responses. During the Holy Liturgy, His Grace Bishop Irinej of Backa will deliver a sermon.

In the continuation of the Holy Liturgy, a Funeral Rite will be served, after which the principal of the Cathedral of the Holy Archangel Michael in Belgrade, Archpriest-Staurophore Petar Lukic, Metropolitan of Dabar-Bosnia Hrizostom, President of the Republic of Serbia Mr. Aleksandar Vucic and the Serbian member of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina Mr. Milorad Dodik, will  deliver speeches.

The Patriarch's body will be buried in the crypt of the Church of Saint Sava, Belgrade.

The Holy Liturgy for the Repose of Patriarch Irinej in the Belgrade Cathedral

In the Cathedral of the Holy Archangel Michael in Belgrade, in front of the body of the Patriarch Irinej of blessed memory the Holy Hierarchal Liturgy  was celebrated by His Eminence Metropolitan Hrisostom of Dabar-Bosnia with the concelebration of Their Graces Bishops Jovan of Sumadija, David of Krusevac and Arsenij of Nis, in the prayerful presence of His Eminence Porfirije of Metropolitan of Zagreb-Ljubljana and His Grace Stefan of Remesiana, vicar ishop of the Serbian Patriarch.

There concelebrated Belgrade  Bishop’s deans: archpriest staurophores Branko Mitrovic, Branko Topalovic and Bozo Bakajlic,  then the principal of the Cathedral Church archpriest staurophore Petar Lukc and archdeacons Radomir Percevic, Stevan Rapajic and Damjan Bozic. With the sounds of the bells of the Cathedral, the procession, headed by a vehicle with the body of the Patriarch Irinej of blessed memory went towards the church of Saint Sava in Vracar.

The Holy Liturgy will be celebrated on Sunday, November 22, 2020, in the church of Saint Sava in Vracar, starting at 9 am. Immediately after of the Holy Liturgy, the Funeral Rite will be served, and the body of the Patriarch will be buried in the crypt of the memory church of Saint Sava.

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The body of the Serbian Patriarch Irinej of blessed repose transferred from the Patriarchal Palace to the Belgrade Cathedral

The body of the Serbian Patriarch Irinej of blessed memory was transferred from the Patriarchal Palace  to the Belgrade Cathedral (photo gallery)

Metropolitan Hrizostom of Dabar-Bosnia, Bishop Jovan of Sumadija, Bishop David of Krusevac and Bishop Arsenije of Nis, in a prayerful presence of Bishop Stefan of Remesiana,  Vicar of the Serbian Patriarch, performed panichida for the repose of the Patriarch’s soul  in the Cathedral Church of Saint Michael the Archangel, in Belgrade on November 21, 2020.  The HolyLiturgy was celebrated in that Cathedral church just adfter the panichida.