Serbian Orthodox Church

Patriarch Porfirije: Let the virtues be our tools and weapons

On June 3, 2021, on the feast of the Holy Emperor Constantine and Empress Helen, His Holiness Porfirije, the Serbian Patriarch, officiated the Holy Hierarchal Liturgy in the church dedicated to those saints in the Vozdovac district, Belgrade. The retired Bishop Georgije and the elected Bishop Sava of Marca concelebrated to the Patriarch.

"Today we celebrate the equal-to-the-apostles Constantine and Helen, mother and son, those who made the Christian faith not only stop being persecuted but that the Christian faith gets space, gets a place for its voice to be heard and for its voice to reach every soul, that is. . that her voice reaches everyone who is created in the image and likeness of God ", said Patriarch Porfirije.

US Special Envoy for the Western Balkans, Mr. Matthew Palmer spoke with Bishop Teodosije

On June 1, 2021, His Grace Bishop Teodosije of Raska and Prizren received the US Special Envoy for the Western Balkans, Matthew Palmer with associates. in the Dechani Monastery.

Bishop Teodosije informed Palmer about the problems that the Serbian Orthodox Diocese of Raska and Prizren is facing in Kosovo and Metohija. The Bishop especially spoke about the problems of our faithful people and sanctities in the light of the latest incidents and the refusal of Kosovo institutions to execute the decision of the Constitutional Court on the land of the Dechani monastery. The Bishop expressed the view that our Church has always been open to dialogue, but that it implies that local institutions in Kosovo and Metohija must respect court decisions and the rule of law.

The elected Metropolitan Joanikije was solemnly welcomed in Berane

Bishop Joanikije: When we preserve the unity of our local Church, we preserve the unity, we contribute to the unity of the whole Orthodoxy. This is the great joy that has manifested itself through the personality of our newly elected Patriarch Porfirije, that not only has every fog and every doubt been removed, but we feel that the unity of the Church has been established and strengthened.

His Grace Bishop Joanikije of Budimlje-Niksic, the elected Metropolitan of Montenegro and the Littoral, attended a prayer of thanksgiving in Djurdjevi Stupovi Monastery on 1 June 2021.

Sunday of the Paralytic man in the monastery of Most Holy Mother of God the Three-Handed

On Sunday of the Paralytic Man, 23 May 2021, with the blessing of His Holiness Porfirije, Serbian Patriarch, His Grace Bishop Lukijan of Budim served the Holy Hierarchal Liturgy in the monastery of Most Holy Mother of God the Three-Handed on Mt. Avala.

Prayerfully celebrated Holy Martyrs of Surdulica

On the prayerful remembrance of Holy Martyrs of Surdulica, 29 May 2021, Archimandrite Metodije officiated the Holy Liturgy with the concelebration of many priests of the Diocese of Vranje in the church of Holy Greatmartyr George in Surdulica. 

Patron Saint-day of the church in Pécs, Hungary

On the Sunday of Samaritan Woman, 30 May 2021, on the feast day of Holy Apostle Andronicus and Saint Junia, His Grace Bishop Lukijan of Buda, Administrator of the Temisoara, celebrated the Holy Hierarchal Liturgy in Pecs on the occasion of the church slava.