Patron saint feast of Monastery Hodoș-Bodrog in Romania

Romania Archbishop Dr. Timothy (Sevic) of Arad received a high decoration of the Serbian Orthodox Diocese of Timisoara

On the feast of the  Dormition of the Mother of God celebrated according to the new calendar on August 15, 2019, on the occasion of the church patron saint day of  the Sacred  Monastery of Hodos-Bodrog, Divine hierarchal Liturgy was officiated by the His Grace Lukian, Bishop of Budia and the administrator of the Timisoara, with conclebration of His Eminence Timothy Archbishop of Arad and the clergy of the Archdiocese of Arad and the Diocese of Timisoara.

Bishop of Lucian was accompanied by Archcrist- Stavrofor Dr. Marinko Markov, Bishops' Deputy; Archpriest Ognjan Plavsic,  Bishop’s Dean of Arad, and deacon Miodrag Jovanovic. At the end of the Holy Liturgy, Bishop Lukian presented to the Archbishop Dr. Timothy (Sevic), a well-known friend of the Serbian people and the Serbian Orthodox Church, the Order of the First Degree of the Serbian Orthodox Diocese of Timisoara.

The monastery of Hodos (in Romanian Mănăstirea Hodoș-Bodrog), after the hierarchical division in 1864 belonged to the Romanian Orthodox Church. It is located 15 km southwest of Arad, near Felnak. Historical sources say that the present-day monastery was founded in the 15th century by the old noble Serbian Jaksics family, as well as the nearby Bezdin monastery, which still belongs to the Serbian Orthodox Church today.

The monastery is today under jurisdiction of the Arad Diocese of the Romanian Orthodox Church. It has a brotherhood and presents one of the most fruitful spiritual shrines of the region.

Source: Serbian Diocese of Temuisoara