A new monk in the Orthodox Archdiocese of Ohrid

During the vidil service for the feast of the Holy Great Martyr Panteleimon, His Beatitude Archbishop of Ohrid and Metropolitan of Skopje John tonsured graduate theologian Stefan Brankovski.

The newly tonsured monk got the monastic name of Erasmus after Saint Erasmus of Lychnid (Ohrid). On the next day, at the Holy Liturgy, the Archbishop ordained the rasophoric monk Erasmus to the rank of deacon.

Monastery church dedication feast at Donja Vrijeska

The Feast of the Dormition of Saint Ana, which is the monastery church dedication feast-day, at Donja Vrijeska, was prayerfully celebrated on Friday, August 7, 2020. The competent Bishop of Pakrac-Slavonia, His Grace Jovan, officiated the Divine Liturgy with clergy and monastics of the Diocese.

A memorial service for the victims of the "Storm" action in the monastery of Krka

His Grace Nikodim, Bishop of Dalmatia, served a memorial service in the Krka Monastery for all the innocent victims of the "Storm" military operation in 1995. The event took place on August 4, 2020.

Patriarch Irinej met with Apostolic Nuncio Luciano Suriani

His Holiness Irinej, Patriarch of the Serbian Orthodox Church, received His Excellency Luciano Suriani, Apostolic Nuncio to the Republic of Serbia.

The reception took place at the Serbian Patriarchate in Belgrade on August 6, 2020. The reception was attended by Bishop Stefan of Remeziana, vicar Bishop of the Serbian Patriarch; Monsignor Fermin Emilio Sosa Rodriguez, Adviser to the Nunciature; Don Aleksandar Ninkovic, Secretary of the Nunciature; and Deacon Dr. Aleksandar Prascevic, head of the Office of the Serbian Patriarch.