Serbian Orthodox Church

Heugomen of the Hilandar Monastery visits SOC Representation in Moscow

With the blessing of God and with the effort of clerics of the Serbian Orthodox Church Representation in Moscow, in the first days of the Nativity Fast among Serbs who live and work in Moscow donations were collected for a restoration of the Hilandar monastery.

A New Serbian Parish in Des Moines, Iowa

The first Serbs from Austro-Hungary who settled in the city of Des Moines at the beginning of the twentieth century went to the nearby St. Nicholas Serbian Orthodox Church in Omaha, Nebraska or to St. George in Kansas City, Kansas and less in a local Greek Orthodox church of St. George. In the 1920s in one suburb of Des Moines where surface coal mines were located and where a large group of Serbs from Lika and Montenegrins lived and worked, the Brotherhood of St. Spiridon of the Serbian Supporting Association Sloga was founded but did not last long. 

Archimandrite Kirill from Russia serve Liturgy in Banja Luka

On Sunday, December 11, 2011 in the Cathedral church of Christ the Saviour in Banja Luka, the Holy Hierarchal Liturgy was served by archimandrite Kirill (Govorun), cleric of the Russian Orthodox Church, with the concelebration of the priests of the Cathedral church.

Bishop Nikanor of Banat consecrates a church in Seleus

His Grace Bishop Nikanor of Banat consecrated a Serbian Orthodox Church dedicated to Serbian Saints, on November 26 with the concelebration of local priests.

The solemn event was attended by representatives of Alibunar’s local authorities led by president of the municipality Dusan Jovanovic. The church has been enlarged and broadened, altar, new iconostasis, holy throne refurbished and the relics of the saint placed.

Church from the heart of the Serbian people

A new Cathedral church, as a reflection and the seal of strength of faith of the Orthodox Serbian people, is being constructed by goodness of the faithful citizens of this city, Bishop Vasilije of Zvornik-Tuzla once said.

The future Cathedral church with its look and size, will represent a monumental edifice in the city on the left bank of the Drina. It will have two belfries of 55 meters each, as well as five domes of which the central one will be 33 meters high, which is a symbol of spent years of Jesus Christ on the Earth.

Bishop Vasilije on August 8, on the Day of the municipality of Zvornik, consecrated the Precious Cross and the land for the construction of the church which will be devoted to the Nativity of Most Holy Theotokos.

Liturgical gathering on Petlovo Brdo

His Grace vicar Bishop Atanasije of Hvosno served yesterday the Holy Hierarchal Liturgy in the church of the Nativity of Holy John the Baptist on Petlovo Brdo with the concelebration of priests and deacons of the Archbishopric of Belgrade-Karlovac.