Patron Saint-day of Serbian Patriarch Irinej

 On 31 April 2018, on the occasion of the Lazarus Saturday, His Patron Saint-day , His Holiness Irinej, Serbian Patriarch received , after the Holy Liturgy at the Cathedral church,high guests at the Patriarchate court in Belgrade. His Grace Bishop Lavrentije of Sabac performed a solemn rite of blessing the slava cake.

The slava rite was attended by His Eminence Metropolitan Porfirije of Zagreb-Ljubljana, Their Graces Bishops Irinej of Backa and Jovan of Sumadija, Secretary General of the president of the Republic of Serbian Nikola Selakovic, President of the Republic of Srpska Milorad Dodik, Minister of Justice Nela Kuburovic, Director of the Security Intelligence Agency (BIA) Bratislav Gasic, Director of the Office for Cooperation with Traditional Churches and Religious Communities Mileta Radojevic,PhD; abbot of the Holy Archangels monastery in Kovilj Archimandrite Isihije (Rogic), Ambassadors of Greece and Cyprus Elias Eliadis and Constanton Eliades, representatives of traditional Churches and religious communities, priests and monks, as well as many eminent people from economic and cultural life of the Serbian capital.