Patron Saint-day of the Cathedral church of Holy Archangel Michael in Belgrade

His Holiness Irinej, Serbian Patriarch, officiated the Holy Hierarchal Liturgy in the Cathedral church in Belgrade on 21 November 2017, when our Holy Church celebrates the feast of Holy Archangel Michael and All the Bodiless Powers of Heaven.

The Cathedral Church celebrated its Patrons Saint-day (Slava) with the magnificent Patriarchal Liturgy; His Holiness was concelebrated by many priests of the Archbishopric of Belgrade-Karlovac. The First Belgrade Choral Ensemble, which has been chanting at liturgies for a century and a half, sang responses. During the solemn slava rite, the Patriarch blessed and cut the slava loaf with members of the Djokovic family, who were hosts of the Patron Saint-day of the Cathedral.

The celebration of the patron feast-day of the Cathedral church was attended by Vice President of the Governmentof Serbia and Minister of Construction and Infrastructure Mrs. Zorana  Mihajlovic, Mileta Radojevic, PhD, Director of the Office for Cooperation with Churches and Religious Communities; H.E. Ilias Iliadis, Ambassador of the Republic of Greece to Serbia; French and Serbian humanitarian Arnaud Gouillon, many friends and associates of the Cathedral church, dignitaries from public and cultural life of the capital as well as by lots of faithful.

During the solemn dinner, dean of the Cathedral church, Archpriest-Stavrophor Petar Lukic delivered an address thanking to the hosts of the Patron Saint-day and all benefactors and donators for all their efforts intended towards the progress of the Holy Church.

On this occasion, Very Revd. Petar Lukic handed in a letter of gratitude (Grammata) of Serbian Patriarch Irinej to the Djokovic family in recognition of their active love towards the Serbian Orthodox Church. At the same His Holiness handed over an icon of Holy Archangel Michael to Mr. Novak Djokovic, famous Serbian tennis player, with a message to his son Stefan.