Serbian Orthodox Church
Serbian Orthodox Cemetery of Lipljan (Kosovo) desecrated for the seventh time
19. July 2019 - 10:43
For the seventh time, graves in the Serbian Orthodox Cemetery of Lipljan (Kosovo) were desecrated. The desecration took place in the night from Friday to Saturday, when there is no video surveillance.
“The police and forensic doctors came from Priština, but we have no hope to find the culprits, as so far, we have never found the aggressors of the Serbs and of their property,” said the Serbian representative to the local security council.
Jubilee: Celebrating 800 Years of the Autocephaly of the Serbian Church (3rd Day)
17. July 2019 - 14:39
His Grace Bishop Irinej served the Divine Liturgy on Monday, the feast day of the Deposition of the robe of the Most Holy Theotokos.
As His Grace noted at the conclusion of the liturgy, both Constantinople and Belgrade are cities dedicated to the Mother of God and therefore this feast day is uniquely shared by both. This feast has special significance for His Grace as he was consecrated bishop on this day thirteen years ago. As the bishop noted, joining him in celebration were Fr. Radomir Plavsic and Hieromonk Nektarije (Tesanovic), who also celebrate the anniversary of their ordination to the priesthood on this day. Concelebrating with the bishop were a number of clergy.
45 years of episcopal consecration of His Holiness Patriarch Irinej
16. July 2019 - 12:43
His Holiness Patriarch Irinej (Gavrilovic) of Serbia was born in the village of Vidova, near Cacak in 1930 by his father Zdravko and mother Milijana.
When he was baptized he was named Miroslav. He finished the elementary school in his village, and then in Cacak he completed the high school. After the end of the high school he enrolled and completed a seminary in Prizren, and then he finished the Faculty of Orthodox Theology in Belgrade. Upon graduation, he went into the army. Following his return from the army he was soon appointed a professor of the Prizren seminary. Before taking the office of the professor in October 1959, at the Rakovica monastery he was tonsured by His Holiness Patriarch German, gaining the monastic name of Irinej.
Jubilee: Celebrating 800 Years of the Autocephaly of the Serbian Church (2nd Day)
16. July 2019 - 10:55
The 22nd Quinquennial Church Assembly of the Serbian Orthodox Dioceses in the United States of America. (photo gallery 2, photo gallery 3)
On the feast day of the holy and unmercenary physicians Cosmas and Damian, on the second day of the Church Assembly-Sabor, a most majestic Holy Hierarchical Liturgy was served in honor of these Saints, in honor of our St. Mardarije of Libertyville and all America and in prayerful commemoration of the 800th anniversary of the autocephaly of the Serbian Orthodox Church, to the glory of the Triune God.
Jubilee: Celebrating 800 Years of the Autocephaly of the Serbian Church (1st Day)
16. July 2019 - 10:48
The 22nd Quinquennial Church Assembly of the Serbian Orthodox Dioceses in the United States of America. (photo gallery 1, photo gallery 3)
The 22nd Quinquennial Church Assembly (Sabor) of the Serbian Orthodox Dioceses in the United States of America began on Saturday, July 14, 2019 at the Serbian Orthodox Monastery of the Protection of the Mother of God "New Gracanica," in Third Lake, Illinois.
