Serbian Orthodox Church

Serbian Patriarch receives Director of the Office for Cooperation with the Diaspora and the Serbs in the region

His Holiness Porfirije, the Serbian Patriarch, received Director of the Office for Cooperation with the Diaspora and the Serbs in the Region Mr. Arnaud Gouillon at the Patriarchate Palace in Belgrade on 21 July 2021.

During the meeting with Director Gouillon, the primate of the Serbian Orthodox Church discussed projects that promote cooperation and ties between Serbs in the world, the region and the homeland. Patriarch Porfirije expressed satisfaction that the Serbian Orthodox Church has a key role in that process and stressed the importance of holy worship, religious education and the Serbian language, folklore events and spiritual and scientific lectures in Serbian Orthodox churches around the world.

The Serbian Patriarch received Ministry of Rural Welfare and the President of the SASA Committee for the Village

His Holiness Porfirije, the Serbian Patriarch, received Minister of Rural Welfare Mr. Milan Krkobabic and President of the Academic Committee for the Village, SASA academician Dragan Skoric, at the Patriarchate Palace in Belgrade on 21 July 2021.

During the meeting with Minister Krkobabic and academician Skoric, the Primate of the Serbian Orthodox Church pointed out that he was happy because the state of Serbia recognized the importance of caring for the village and initiated mechanisms for systemically solving problems that hinder or prevent the survival of people in villages. According to Patriarch Porfirije, who as the abbot of the Kovilj monastery gained decades of experience in managing the monastery's agricultural farm, there are many open questions regarding the survival of the village, to which adequate answers must be found with the participation of all relevant factors. The Patriarch emphasized that the Serbian Orthodox Church will help according to all available possibilities.

Funeral of protopresbyter-stavrophor Adam Yonitch

On the Feast of the Holy Wonderworkers and Unmercenaries Cosmos and Damian, July 14, 2021, the Very Reverend Protopresbyter-Stavrophor Adam Yonitch, Jr., Lt. Col. USAFR, who reposed in the Lord on Sunday, July 11, 2021, was laid to rest following a lengthy illness.

Diocesan Assembly in memory of Hieromartyrs of Dabar-Bosnia in Vozucici

On Saturday, 17 July 2021, the first liturgical and all-diocesan Assembly was held in memory of Holy Hieromartyrs of Dabar-Bosnia in Vozucica.

Hieromartyrs of Dabar-Bosnia led by Metropolitan Petar (Zimonjic) of Dabar-Bosnia and Bishop Varnava (Nastic) of Hvosno, they are a great spiritual and moral wealth of both the Metropolitanate of Dabar-Bosnia and the entire Serbian Church and the whole Serbian people. Their sufferings and enduring of all kinds of torments by the Croatian-Muslim Ustashas even after the Second World War by ungodly communists amazed the world and the Church of Christ, which counted them to the Council of Saints One, Holy, Conciliar, Apostolic and Ecumenical Church.

Bishop Jerotej celebrates in an old Cathedral church

On the fourth Sunday after Pentecost, July 18, 2021, His Grace Bishop Jerotej of Toplica, Vicar of the Serbian Patriarch, served the Holy Hierarchical Liturgy in the old Cathedral Church in Belgrade.

The Bishop was concelebrated by protopresbyter-staurophor Branko Topalovic, presbyter Arsen Milovanovic, protodeacons Radomir Percevic and Damjan Bozic and hierodeacon Erazmo (Brankovski).

An Archpastoral visit to Oregon

On Saturday, July 2nd, the day of its Slava, the parish of St. John the Wonderworker joyfully opened its gates to receive its Archpastor, His Grace Bishop Maxim. The people of St. John’s parish rejoiced greatly to be once again gathered around their Bishop, an occasion that expresses both the fullness of the Church and also a tremendous comfort amidst the adversities of this past difficult year. A man’s happiness always increases when he finds others with whom to rejoice, and this beautiful day was no exception to this rule. The parishioners of St. John’s were blessed by the fraternal presence of Archpriest James Baglien of St. Martin’s Russian Orthodox Church, and they were further pleased to welcome Father Jovan Katanic, the new rector of their sister parish of St. Stephen’s in Portland.