Patriarch
Communique of the Holy Assembly of Bishops
31. May 2021 - 13:48
The communique of the Holy Assembly of Bishops
In the church of the Holy Prince Lazar, in the crypt of the Cathedral of Saint Sava in Belgrade, a regular session of the Holy Assembly of Bishops of the Serbian Orthodox Church was held, from May 24 to 29, 2021, under the chairmanship of His Holiness Porfirije, Serbian Patriarch, and with the participation of all diocesan hierarchs of the Serbian Orthodox Church, while Bishop Lavrentije of Sabac did not stay until the end of the session. The Assembly began its session with the service of the Holy Liturgy with the invocation of the Holy Spirit in the Cathedral of Saint Sava on the feast of Saints Cyril and Methodius, on May 24 this year.
Patriarch Porfirije: The Assembly, bishops, priests and monks serve the Mystery of Christ
31. May 2021 - 12:32
Patriarch Porfirije: We do not serve and should not serve ourselves and implement our ideas, but we are in the place of Christ, so that He in us, with us and together with all of you, may serve His mystery, and that is the mystery of the Church, the mystery of love and the mystery of salvation.
His Holiness Porfirije, Serbian Patriarch officiated the Holy Hierarchal Liturgy in the Saint Sava Cathedral in the Vracar district. The Patriarch was concelebrated by Their Graces Bishops David of Krusevac, Sergije of Bihac-Petrovac, Ilarion of Timok, Arsenije of Nis, Nikodim of Dalmatia, Heruvim of Osijek-Polje and Baranja, Dimitrije of Zahumlje-Herzegovina, Isihije of Mohac, elected Bishop of Valjevo; Antonije of Moravica, Stefan of Remesiana, as well as elected Sava (Bundalo) of Marca and elected Justin (Jeremic) of Hvosno.
Patriarch Porfirije: The essence of the Church as a Assembly is the Holy Liturgy in which we have shown unbreakable unity with Christ, but also unity among ourselves
25. May 2021 - 8:01
Christ is Risen! Your Eminences and Graces brothers hierarchs, brothers and sisters, the grace of the Holy Spirit gathered us today at the regular Assembly of the Serbian Orthodox Church.
Councils and assemblies are a right, but at the same time an obligation of us bishops. Of course, councils and councils are the right and obligation of all Christians, but at this moment, thanks to the Holy Spirit by which everything happens in the Church of Christ, the Church is constituted by the Holy Spirit. We gathered at the Assembly of Bishops to first of all manifest and show the unity of our local Church. At the same time, we have come together to - meeting in the Spirit of Love, in the Holy Spirit, meditating together on all the temptations facing our Church wherever it is - to bring together solutions that are not simply administrative, but solutions in the Spirit. Holy. Such solutions aim to bear witness to the body of Christ, the crucified and risen Christ, and to build up the body of Christ.
Patriarch Porfirije: The Lord invites us to participate in our own spiritual healing
23. May 2021 - 18:11
Patriarch Porfirije: Do you want to be healthy? With these words, the Lord wants to awaken in the soul of a sick person, but also of each of us, what is important and necessary for us to participate in our own recovery and healing.
On the fourth Sunday after Easter, on the Sunday of the Paralytic, on May 23, 2021, His Holiness Porfirije, Serbian Patriarch officiated the Holy Hierarchal Liturgy in the church of the Holy Apostles Peter and Paul in Topcider.
Talk about improving the cooperation of the Church with the Ministry of Justice
21. May 2021 - 20:41
His Holiness Porfirije, Serbian Patriarch, received Maja Popovic, Minister of Justice of the Republic of Serbia at the Serbian Patriarchate in Belgrade, on May 21, 2021.
The meeting discussed further improvement of the cooperation of the Serbian Patriarchate with the Ministry of Justice. To that end, the need for additional affirmation of free expression of religious teachings and beliefs, development of freedom of religion and coordinated cooperation of the Church with state bodies was pointed out. The necessity of joint engagement in order to protect the heritage of the Serbian Orthodox Church in Kosovo and Metohija, as well as the need to improve the social and material position of monasticism, was especially emphasized.
Patriarch Porfirije opens the Memorial Room of Patriarch Pavle in Monastery Rakovica
21. May 2021 - 19:50
Patriarch Porfirije: We follow the traces that Patriarch Pavle left us on the path that led our Church towards the living God, Christ our Savior, who is our faith and our hope and our love.
Serbian Patriarch Pavle of blessed repose with his deeds obliged Serbs to remember him gladly and continue his path of faith, truth, justice, charity and love. He said: Love is the highest virtue. Everything that a person shares with others decreases, except love. The more you give it, the more you have it. On May 20, 2021, with such love, the church and the gate of Rakovica Monastery were filled, where His Holiness Porfirije, Serbian Patriarch, opened the Memorial Room dedicated to Patriarch Pavle.
