Serbian Orthodox Church

Shadeland End of Camp Celebration and Slava 2019

On Saturday August 3, 2019, honoring the Venerable Mother Angelina of Krushedol, the campers of Shadeland Camp celebrated the Shadeland Patronal Feast—Slava.

The Hierarchical Divine Liturgy was celebrated by His Grace Bishop Irinej, with concelebration of diocesan clergy. The choir of campers with their angelic voices beautified the service by singing responses. Over the past several years, the campers and their teachers have shown their great diligence in practicing various liturgical compositions, and do so with inherent ease in a short period of time, "that with gratitude in their hearts they may sing to God" (Col. ‪3:16‬).

St. Elijah Church Celebrates Its 105th Slava

On Sunday, 4 August, 2019, St. Elijah Church Parish observed and celebrated its 105th Slava, honoring the glorious Prophet Elijah.

A beautiful and blessed event in and of itself, the good Lord truly bestowed additional blessings upon us and the occasion with ideal weather, an abundance of parishioners, a full choir and a most sacred Divine Liturgy.

Bishop Teodosije liturgized in a renovated monastery

Memory of Venerable Paraskeva was marked in the monastery of Ulije near Leposavic.

The Divine Liturgy was celebrated by Bishop Theodosius of Raska and Prizren, with concelebration of the Episcopal dean of Mitrovica Protopriest-Stavrophor Milija Arsovic as well as of the clergy and  of hieromonks and hierodeacons of the Diocese of Raska-Prizren.

Dr. Srboljub Ubiparipovic ordained as deacon

His Holiness Patriarch Irinej presided at the Holy Liturgy in the Ružica Church in the Kalemegdan citadel of Belgrade, and on that occasion ordained into the degree of a deacon Dr. Srboljub Ubiparipović, Assistant Professor of Liturgics at the Faculty of Orthodox Theology, University of Belgrade (photogallery).

On the day of celebration of the venerable Martyr Paraskeve of Rome, on August 8, 2019, His Holiness  Serbian Patriarch Irinej presided at the Holy Liturgy in the church of Ruzica, in the prayerful presence of His Grace Irinej, Bishop of Backa. Pariarch’s concelebrants were Archpriests-Stavrophors Dr. Savo B. Jovic, Secretary General of the Holy Synod of Bishops, and Dragoljub Ubiparipovic; Archpriest Milan Lazarevic, principal of the Church of St. Basil of Ostrog in the Belgrade district of Banjica; Revd. Borisa Sanjic, spiritual of the chapel at the Faculty of Orthodox Theology; protodeacon Stevan Rapajic and deacons Slavko Anicic and Petar Bakajlic.

Celebration of the Martyrs of Perebilovci and the Lower Herzegovina

Festal liturgical gathering in the church of the Resurrection of Christ at Perebilovci

The celebration of the Holy Martyrs of Prebilovci began on the eve of the feast-day with an evening worship service celebrated by Archimandrite Lazar from the Zitomislic monastery together with Revd. Branimir Borovcanin, parish priest of Blagaj, in the Prebilovci church.

The Serbian Patriarch received the Apostolic Nuncio

His Holiness Serbian Patriarch Irinej received His Excellency Lucan Suriani, Apostolic Nuncio in the Republic of Serbia, at the Serbian Patriarchate Palace in Belgrade on 7 August 2019.