Serbian Orthodox Church

Holy Liturgy and forty-day memorial service for the Serbian Patriarch Irinej of blessed repose

The Conciliar Holy Liturgy and forty-day memorial service for Serbian Patriarch Irinej of blessed repose were served in the crypt of the Saint Sava Cathedral in the Vracar district on 29 December 2020.

His Eminence Metropolitan Hrizostom of Dabar-Bosnia, the Locum Tenens of the Patriarchаl throne, officiated the Liturgy with the concelebration of Their Graces Bishops Pahomije of Vranje, Jovan of Sumadia and administrator of the Archbishopric of Belgrade-Karlovci, Joanikije of Budimlye-Niksic and administrator of the Metropolitanate of Montenegro and the Littoral, David of Krusevac, Arsenije of Nis, Kiril of Buenos Aires and South America, Isihije of Mohacs and Metodije of Dioclea,  in а prayerful presence of His Eminence Metropolitan Porfirije of Zagreb-Ljubljana and Their Graces Bishops Irinej of Backa, Ignjatije of Branicevo and Stefan of Remesiana.

Fr. Dusan Bunjevic Reposed in the Lord

Fr. Dusan has traveled a storied journey since his birth in Sarajevo, Yugoslavia, April 25, 1928, the only son of Pavle Bunjevic and Zora Tomic Bunjevic. Because of his father’s profession as a Civil Engineer, most of his youth and growing up took place in Nis and Belgrade, though some years were also spent in Dubrovnik and Mostar. He graduated from the 6th Belgrade Gymnasium in 1951; four years behind his normal class year due to imprisonment by a regime that punished people on flimsy grounds just as a matter of course. 

Hierarchical Divine Liturgy in Moraga, CA

On Sunday, December 20th, Holy Trinity Serbian Orthodox Church in Moraga had the privilege of Bishop Maxim serving a beautiful outdoor Divine Liturgy where he gave thanks “for all God’s benefactions, those we know and those we know not.” In his sermon, Vladika Maxim explained that through the Divine Liturgy we are immersed in the grace and freedom of the age to come.

The Sunday of Holy Forefathers at the Old church in Kragujevac

His Grace Bishop Jovan of Sumadija and the administrator of the Archbishopric of Belgrade-Karlovac, celebrated the Holy Hierarchal Liturgy in Milos’s church in Kragujevac on 27 December 2020, on 29^th Sunday after Pentecost.

The Bishop was concelebrated by dean of Lepenica archpriest Srecko Zecevic, protonamesnik Branislav Matic, presbyters Vladan Kostadinovic and Dragisa Bogicevic and hierodeacon Vasilije (Starovlah).

Bishop Stefan served the Holy Liturgy and the memorial service on the tomb of the Patriarch Irinej in the crypt of the Saint Sava Cathedral

His Grace Bishop Stefan of Remesiana celebrated the Holy Hierarchal Liturgy in the Saint Sava Cathedral in Belgrade on 27 December 2020.

At the end of the Liturgy, Bishop Stefan served the memorial service to the Patriarch of blessed repose and our father Irinej. In the Saint Sava house distribution of gifts to children on the occasion of Serbian Mother's Day.

Holy Patriarch Gavrilo – founder's Patron Saint-day of Dubnica Monastery

An ancient monastery of Dubnica in the village of Bozetic near Nova Varos its greatest prosperity experienced in the time of Saint Gavrilo the Serbian Patriarch.

On the occasion of celebration of the memory of that significant first hierarch, His Grace Bishop Atanasije of Milesheva celebrated the Divine Liturgy in this holy place on 26 December 2020. He was concelebrated by archpriest Nikola Perkovic, presbyter  Misel Memisevic and deacon Ivan Savic.