Serbian Orthodox Church

Bishop Maksim of Western America visits Hilandar Monastery

His Grace Bishop Maksim of Western America visited the monastery of Hilandar on a great feast - Saint Vitus Day. On this occasion he conveyed greetings of believers from his diocese who participated with a great love and sacrifice in a charity enterprize "Circle 100" and collected, in the first of three annual actions, 100.000 USD for the help of the restoration of the monastery of Hilandar.

Bishop Teodosije visits Orthodox Archbishopric of Ohrid

His Grace Bishop Teodosije of Raska-Prizren met on July 7, 2012 in Skopje with His Grace Bishop David of Stobi and locum tenens of Strumica in order to express his support to Metropolitan Jovan of Skopje, as well as all members of the Orthodox Archbishopric of Ohrid.

Orthodox church enjoys triple celebration

GALVESTON — History isn’t really linear. Instead, it is marked by inflection points. These are places in time when the world seems to pivot around one moment, one person or one decision.

October A.D. 312 is one of these most singular moments. It was then, according to traditional teaching, when the Roman Emperor Constantine dished out a dramatic defeat to an enemy known as Maxentius in a battle just north of the eternal city. Before combat was joined, the young ruler was said to have seen the image of a cross in the dawning sky, along with the words, presumably in Latin, that set forth his future. The heavenly sky writing read, “In this sign you will conquer.”

News from Dalmatia

By the personal request, Bishop Fotije of Dalmatia with his Decree E. no. 68 of July 9, 2012 resolved of duty head of the monastery Krka archimandrite German *(Bogojevic). A new tripartite administration of the monastery Krka, besides Bishop Fotije of Dalmatia, consists of hieromonk M.Sc. Nikodim (Kosovic) and hieromonk Heruvim (Djermanovic), brothers of the Krka monastery.

Feast of St. John the Forerunner in Valjevo county

On the feast of the Nativity of St. John the Baptist, on July 7, 2012 the church community Paune celebrated its church slava. The Holy Hierarchal Liturgy was served by His Grace Bishop Milutin of Valjevo with the concelebration of local priests and in the presence of many believers from this county. 

Diocese of Raska-Prizren strongly condemns the brutal killing of two Serbian returnees in the village Talinovac near Urosevac

Bishop Teodosije of Raska-Prizrena and Kosovo-Metohija strongly condemns the brutal crime in a village of Talinovac near Urosevac,  in which two Serbian returnees were killed last night, spouses Milovan and Ljiljana Jevtic. 

Bishop Teodosije appealed to the international representatives in Kosovo and local institutions as soon as possible to investigate this brutal crime and to provide the Serbs in Talinovac a peaceful, safe and dignified life.  If the police also this time fails to find the perpetrators, as it was in the case with several other similar crimes against the Serbs, and we should mention the brutal murder of the family Stolic in Obilic in 2003., this latest crime will be another indication that the responsibility for this situation lies not only with individuals extremists, but also with the local Kosovar institutions. In this manner this institutions conceal, and often openly tolerate and encourage a violent and intolerant behavior toward Serb returnees.