Patriarch Irinej visits the Moscow Patriarchate

Serbian Patriarch Irinej left with the Moscow-bound flight the Belgrade Airport „Nikola Tesla“ yesterday afternoon.

The delegation of the Serbian Orthodox Church that accompanies the Archbishop of Pec, Metropolitan of Belgrade-Karlovac and Serbian Patriarch consists of: His Eminence Metropolitan Amfilohije (Radovic) of Montenegro and the Littoral, as well as Their Graces Bishops: Irinej (Bulovic) of Backa, Longin (Krco) of New Gracanica-Midwestern America, Teodosije (Sibalic) of Raska-Prizren and Kosovo-Metohija, then dean of the Representation (Podvorje) of the Moscow Patriarchate in Belgrade archpriest Vitaly Tarasyev, arhimandrite Arsenije (Glavcic), protopresbyter-stavrophor Dr. Radomir Popovic, principal of the Cetinje Seminary protopresbyter-stavrophor Gojko Perovic, as well as protodeacon Radomir Percevic and deacon Aleksandar Sekulic. The member of the delegation is also Professor Vojislav Milovanovic, chief civil engineer of the Memorial Cathedral of Saint Sava.

It was in the Cathedral Church that His Grace Bishop Jovan (Culibrk) of Ulpiana, Vicar Bishop to His Holiness, served the rite for travelers. Concelebrants to His Grace were protopresbyter-stavrophor Petar Lukic, dean of the Cathedral church; protopresbyter-stavrophor Sava Jovic, general secretary of the Holy Synod of Bishops, and protodeacon Stevan Rapajic.

This high delegation will be received by the highest church and state dignitaries of the Russian Federation, Belarus and Ukraine.