Serbian Orthodox Church

Solemn welcome of Serbian Patriarch Porfirije in Nis

His Holiness Porfirije, Serbian Patriarch arrived in the first official visit to the Diocese of Nis since his election as the Primate of the Serbian Orthodox Church, in the afternoon on 23 April 2021. 

A great spiritual joy in the God-saved Diocese of Nis was announced by the bells from the Cathedral church when His Holiness Patriarch was greeted by His Grace Bishop Arsenije of Nis, together with His Grace Bishop Ilarion of Timok, the clergy and the pious faithful people of the Diocese of Nis.

Letter From Bishop Irinej of Eastern America to the Us Secretary of State on the Occasion of the Latest Persecutions of the Serbian Orthodox Church in Kosovo and Metohija

 On Thursday, April 22, 2021, His Grace Bishop Irinej of Eastern America sent a letter to the US Secretary of State, Mr. Antony Blinken on the occasion of the increasingly frequent attacks on the clergy, monks and temples of the Serbian Orthodox Church in Kosovo and Metohija.

In the letter, Bishop Irinej drew attention to the constant violation of the basic human rights of Serbs in that southern Serbian province. Reports of ongoing religious and ethnic persecution of Serbs by Kosovo Albanians are of particular concern to American Serbs, who expect condemnation from US authorities.

Bishop Arsenije of Nis attended the military exercise „Response 2021“ at Pasuljanske Livade

His Grace Arsenije, Bishop of Nis and to the Forces, attended joint tactical exercise "Response 2021" at Pasuljanske Livade.

His Grace visited also the worship space in field conditions, which was organized by the military chaplain of the 3rd Brigade, Lieutenant Ivan Ganic, and with the assistant from the 31st Infantry Battalion, senior sergeant of the first class Milan Cvetkovic, in order to fulfill the religious needs of the participants in the military exercise.

+ Protopresbyter-stavrophor Dragoljub C. Malich Reposes in the Lord on April 19, 2021

The Very Rev. Protopresbyter-Stavrophor Dragoljub C. Malich, who died peacefully and with a slight smile on his face on April 19, 2021 was born on April 26, 1936 in Rekavice, Banja Luka, in what is today the Republika Srpska section of Bosnia-Hercegovina and was then the Royal Kingdom of Yugoslavia, to the late Cedomir Malic, Chetnik Resistance Fighter against the Nazi occupiers and Communist revolutionaries during WW II, and Radojka (nee Balaban) Malic.

Repentance and the Eucharist in the Life of St. Mary of Egypt and our Lives

On the Fifth Sunday of Lent, the Sunday of St. Mary of Egypt, His Grace Bishop Maxim of Western America visited St. Petka Serbian Church in San Marcos. Concelebrating with His Grace were Protopresbyter Rev. Milovan Katanic, the parish priest along with the parish Deacon David Williams and Episcopal Deacon Vladan Radovanovic.

Bishop Vasilije of Srem served in Fenek Monastery

On the 5th Sunday of Easter Lent, 18 April 2021, Bishop Vasilije of Srem officiated the solemn Liturgy in the Fenek Monastery.

The Bishop was concelebrated by Archimandrite of Fenek Makarije, Diocesan dean of Zemun archpriest Strahinja Golijan, parish priest of Batajnica protonamesnik Radoje Vesic, parish priest of Dobanovac presbyter Bojan Vesic, hierodeacon Marko of Fenek and deacon Goran Vlasac.