Serbian Orthodox Church

Visit to the Temporary COVID Hospital in Stark Arena

With the blessing of His Holiness Serbian Patriarch Porfirije and with the approval of the Ministry of Defense, representatives of the Serbian Orthodox Church visited the Temporary COVID Hospital in Stark Arena in Belgrade on March 17, 2021 (photo gallery).

Protopresbyter-staurophor Vladimir Vukasinovic, head of the Ruzica church; priest Zoran Kerezovic, priest at the Clinical Center of Serbia; hieromonk Efrosin Uko, a graduate of the Faculty of Theology; deacons of the Ruzica church Srboljub Ubiparipovic, vice dean of the Orthodox Theological Faculty, and Vladimir Radovanovic, manager of the Museum of the Serbian Orthodox Church; religious teachers deacons Stevan Jovanovic and Velibor Martinovic and student Kristina Davidovic visited the Temporary COVID Hospital in Stark Arena in Belgrade.

Anniversary of the March Pogrom in Kosovo and Metohia

• Pogrom on Kosovo and Metohia
• Распето Косово Crucified Kosovo - list of news
•  #NoKosovoUnesco

Here you can also download the chapters of the book March Pogrom in Kosovo and Metohija, published in 2004 by the Ministry of Culture of the Government of the Republic of Serbia and the Museum in Pristina (with relocated headquarters):

• Fate of cultural heritage in Kosovo and Metohia= (pdf, 864KB)
• Religious objects and cultural properties destroyed in the March Pogrom (pdf, 3,48MB)
• Religious objects and cultural properties in Kosovo and Metohia in period between 1999 and 2004 (pdf, 3,41MB)
• Cultural Properties at Risk in Kosovo and Metohia (pdf, 4,63MB)
• Bibliography (pdf, 536KB)

It is 17 years since 4,012 Serbs were expelled from Kosovo and Metohia in destructive attacks by Albanian extremists, and most of them have not returned to their homes to this day.

In the wave of violence in Kosovo and Metohija, 19 people were killed then, eight of them Serbs, while 11 Albanians were killed in a clash with members of the international security forces. At least 170 Serbs were injured, as well as dozens of members of the international force who clashed with local Albanians protecting Serbs and their property. About 800 Serb houses were demolished and 35 religious buildings set on fire, including 18 cultural monuments, including the Church of Our Lady of Ljevis in Prizren.

The Patriarch's prayer for the victims of the March persecution and peace in Kosovo and Metohija

After the Liturgy of the Presanctified Gifts, His Holiness Patriarch of the Serbian Orthodox Church Mr. Porfirije conducted a memorial service for his holy predecessors, archbishops and Serbian patriarchs, as well as for the victims of the 2004 unrest in Kosovo and Metohija, in the Monastery of the Peć Patriarchate, on March 17, 2021.

- Today, in this holy Stauropegial Laura of Serbian patriarchs, the resting place of my holy predecessors – Serbian archbishops and patriarchs, who are not only witnesses to the existence of, but who were also patrons and creators of the highest European culture through which we ennobled the land of Kosovo and Metohija, we prayed for the souls of our brothers and sisters who suffered death in the March persecution seventeen years ago. We also remembered the suffering of forty years ago, when, also in March, the sleeping quarters of this monastery were burned down. What we see these days is that they are robbing and desecrating our temples. What can be our only answer? We will reconsecrate with prayer what has been desecrated, we will rebuild what has been burned and destroyed. And we will pray to God to give strength to those who remained in Kosovo and Metohija to persevere and build their lives in peace. We will also pray for the destroyers to stop destroying, the arsonists to stop burning, the robbers to stop robbing, because in those very churches we are praying for them, their neighbors and their children. Therefore, let us pray today for peace among all people who live in Kosovo and Metohija, regardless of their religion and nation, Patriarch Porfirije said.

Bishop Jovan of Sumadia: Fasting is a bridge between this world and the Kingdom of God

On Cheesefare Sunday, His Grace Bishop Jovan of Sumadia officiated the Holy Hierarchal Liturgy in the church of Holy Archangel Gabriel (church of Vrbic), in Arandjelovac.

The Bishop was concelebrated by diocesan dean of Orasac protopresbyter-staurophor Mico Cirkovic, diocesan dean of Oplenac protopresbyter-staurophor Miladin Mihailovic, protonamesnici Aleksandar Milanovic and Dejan Teodosic, protodeacon Ivan Gasic and deacon Aleksandar Babic. The Holy Liturgy was enhanced by chanting of the members of the choir of Saint Anastasia of Serbia from Arandjelovac.

Bishop Vasilije consecrated restored church in Vasica

Bishop Vasilije: Владика сремски Василије: Lent combined with prayer and good deeds raises the soul of man to God into the eternal and imperishable Kingdom of God.

On Cheesefare Sunday, 14 March 2021, His Grace Bishop Vasilije of Srem,accompanied by diocesan dean of Sid protopresbyter-staurophor Radomir S. Misic and an officer of the DSC and deacon Goran Vlasac, paid a canonical visit to the church municipality of Vasica, where he served the Holy Hierarchal Liturgy and consecrated the restored parish church of Holy Martyr George.

Hierarchal Liturgy in Pakrac

The feast day of Venerable Martyr Eudocia was prayerfully celebrated on the Cheesefare Sunday, 14 March 2021 in the parish of Pakrac. His Grace Bishop Jovan of Slavonia celebrated the Holy Liturgy with the concelebration of protopresbyter-staurophor Djordje Teodorovic and deacon Milan Jovic in the presence of fathful people at the side chapel of the Annunciation of the Holy Mother of God.