Patriarch Porfirije: Saint Sava is the most beautiful child in our nation

-Saint Sava is the most beautiful child in our nation and someone to whom we pray and want to look up to. You will always come here and come to your house. This is your house; this temple was built because of you, Serbian Patriarch Porfirije said in an enlightening address to the children gathered in the Saint Sava Memorial Cathedral Church in the Vracar District.

His Holiness Porfirije, the Serbian Patriarch, decided to host a gathering in honour of God and in honour of Saint Sava, the first Serbian Archbishop, and the enlightener, under the arches of the Saint Sava Cathedral Church in Vracar, Belgrade, on 5 February 2022. Guided by paternal love, the Patriarch distributed five thousand Saint Sava‘s gifts to lower grade pupils of Belgrade's elementary schools.

The Saint Sava gathering began with the Lord's Prayer, which was uttered of one mouth and one heart by one thousand children along with the choirs of the Saint Sava Cathedral church. Besides His Holiness Porfirije,  the Serbian Patriarch, the joyful gathering was attended by Their Graces Bishops Stefan of Remesiana, Jerotej of Toplica, Justin of Hvosno and Sava of Marca, as well as protosynchellos Danilo, Director of the Patriarchal Administrative Office, numerous priests, faithful people and children with their parents and teachers.

The St. Sava gathering was enhanced with the presence of Mr. Branko Ružić, Minister of Education, Science and Technological Development; Mr. Vladimir Roganović, Director of the Office for Cooperation with Churches and Religious Communities; Mr. Goran Vesić, Deputy Mayor of Belgrade; Mr. Radivoje Stojković from the National Education Council; Mr. Zlatko Grušanović,  Director of the Institute for Improvement of Education, as well as Mr. Slavko Gak, City Secretary for Education and Child Protection.

Finally, in the organization of the Committee for Religious Education of the Archbishopric of Belgrade-Karlovci and the Faith Charity Stewardship, and with the blessing of the Serbian Patriarch Porfirije, five thousand St. Sava's gifts were distributed to lower grade pupils of Belgrade's elementary schools.