Patriarch Irinej visited the Metropolis church in Peć, Metochia

His Holiness the Serbian Patriarch Irinej celebrated the Holy Archhierarchal Liturgy in the Pec Patriarchate on the Saturday of 13th of April 2019.

The Right Reverend Teodosije, Bishop of Raska-Prizren, concelebrated as well Archpriest-staurophor Stojadin Pavlovic, Editor of the TV Hram, and clergy of the Diocese of Raska-Prizren, with the participation of the sisterhood of the monastery and a large number of faihful from that region.

His Holiness Patriarch Irinej has been paying a four-day archpastoral visitation to Kosovo and Metohija in order to spiritually strengthen his faithful people and deliver them an archpastoral message during these Lenten days as well as to encourage them to stay and survive in those areas.
The Patriarch spent most of this day with the faithful who had come to offer common prayers in the worship in, according to Patriarch’s words, the greatest Serbian sanctuary. He expressed a great joy at seeing many children among the faithful too.

The Serbian Patriarch received in the Pec Patriarchate high school pupils from Gracanica, Priluzje, Laplje Selo and Gušterica with whom he discussed the significance of their education, urging them to be ready to take over the rudder by which to lead one day the Serbian people on Kosovo and Metochija.
The Serbian Patriarch and Bishop Teodosije of Raska-Prizren made a walk along the Pec city streets and on that occasion visited a renovated church – Metropolia that had been destroyed in the March pogrom eight years ago.

Source: TV Hram