Serbian Orthodox Church

Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk arrives in Serbia

Today His Eminence Metropolitan Hilarion (Alfeyev) of Volokolamsk, the President of the Office for Internal Church Affairs of the Moscow Patriarchate came in a three-day official visit to the Serbian Orthodox Church and the Republic of Serbia.

St. Petersburg Christian Education Deanery Meeting

The Fourth St. Petersburg Christian Education Deanery Meeting of the Eastern American Diocese was scheduled by His Grace Bishop Dr. MITROPHAN at the Sts. Peter and Paul Serbian Orthodox Church of Atlanta, Georgia on Saturday, March 19, 2011. Previous meetings were in Jacksonville, Orlando and St. Petersburg, Florida. This meeting was scheduled in conjunction with Clergy Confession. Parishes in the Deanery are many miles apart. Extensive traveling is necessary for the participants.

Lenten Vespers at Akron parish

The St. Archangel Micheal Serbian Orthodox Church in Akron hosted the second group in the Cleveland Deanery for Lenten Vespers on the second Sunday of Great Lent, the Sunday of St. Gregory Palamas.

Patriarch Irinej meets with New Serbian Democracy from Montenegro

His Holiness Irinej, Serbian Patriarch received on March 24, 2011 a delegation of the party New Serbian Democracy from Montenegro. The delegation consisted of Mr. Andrija Mandic, the president of the party and Mr. Budimir Aleksic, the president of political council of the party. They informed Patriarch about situation in Montenegro before the forthcoming census of the population, planned for the period from April 1-15.

Celebration of the Greek national holiday in Belgrade

In the presence of His Holiness Irinej, Serbian Patriarch, His Grace Bishop Atanasije of Hvosno served today in the Patriarchal chapel of St. Simeon the Myrrh-streaming in Belgrade, thanksgiving on the occasion of the Greek national holiday - the Liberation day from Turkish slavery and the memory of the liberation uprisings from 1821. The thanksgiving was attended by His Excellency Dimostenes Stoidis, Ambassador of Greece, and representatives of the association of the Serbian-Greek friendship and members of the Greek community in Serbia.

Minister of faith and diaspora Srdjan Sreckovic in a first visit to Patriarch Irinej

Today, on March 24th 2011, His Holiness Irinej, Serbian Patriarch received the ministry of faith and diaspora Mr. Srdjan Sreckovic and state secretary Prof. Dr. Bogoljub Sijakovic. This is the first visit to His Holiness Irinej, Serbian Patriarch since the establishing the new Ministry by merging two departments.