Patriarch Porfirije: There is nothing more perfect than prayer

On 9 August 2021, on the feast of St. Panteleimon, His Holiness Porfirije, Serbian Patriarch Porfirije celebrated the Holy Hierarchical Liturgy in the church of St. Nicholas of Myra, the Miracle-worker in Donji Milanovac.

Their Graces Bishops Ilarion of Timok, Arsenije of Nis, Kiril of Buenos Aires and South-Central America, Nikodim of Dalmatia and elected Sava of Marca concelebrated in the presence of many faithful people.

- My heart is filled with joy that I am able to pray to God together with the people of the Diocese of Timok, the brothers hierarchs and the clergy. This picturesque environment around us is a proof of God's love, and beauty shows that it could not become by itself. The beauty of nature has been decorated by the faith of the Orthodox Christians of this region through the centuries. And there is nothing more perfect than the prayer that a person addresses to God for the good of his neighbors and the salvation of the world, Patriarch Porfirije said.

-God came into the world and incarnated to show what is healthy and what is right, because whenever one of us commits a sin, he has no peace in himself. Sin brings unrest and disharmony to man. Then the inner being of man was disturbed, but the Lord came to show us what is good and what is evil. The Lord came into the world as love. Love for God and neighbor is the meaning of our life. When we love the Lord and when He is in the first place, everything will be fine. When we love God, we live according to His commandments. When we love God our life cannot be wrong. The Lord calls for love and He rejects all pride, sin and hatred, the Patriarch pointed out.

Source: TV Hram