Njegos Serbian Youth Chorus at Cleveland Museum of Art

Njegos Serbian Youth Chorus at Cleveland Museum of Art
Njegos Serbian Youth Chorus at Cleveland Museum of Art
Njegos Serbian Youth Chorus at Cleveland Museum of Art
Njegos Serbian Youth Chorus at Cleveland Museum of Art

A beautiful concert was given by our Njegos Youth Chorus of St. Sava Cathedral in Parma, Ohio. The chorus performed at the Cleveland Museum of Art during the International Community Day celebration. The program included music to celebrate the 800 years of the Serbian Orthodox Church. To open the program the chorus sang the Hymn to St. Sava to honor our first Archbishop of the church.

Eight centuries of the autocephaly of the Serbian Orthodox Church

Serbian Orthodox Church invites you to solemnly celebrate the great jubilee of the 800 anniversary of autocephaly:

  • 6 October 2019 – Holy Hierarchal Liturgy in the Zica monastery beginning at 9 a.m.
  • 7 October 2019 - visit to the Patriarchate of Pec and Kosovo and Metohija
  • 8 October 2019 – a solemn academy in Sava Center beginning at 8 p.m.
  • 9 October 2019 – opening of the exhibition of The Eight Centuries of Art under the auspices of the Serbian Orthodox Church in the Museum of the Serbian Orthodox Church in Belgrade beginning at 6 p.m.

On the occasion of the eight hundred years of autocephaly ouf our local Church the Information Service of the Serbian Orthodox Church prepared a special internet page dedicted to the great jubilee at the address:

Bishop Irinej of Eastern America: The 800th Anniversary of Autocephaly

IRINEJ
BY THE GRACE OF GOD BISHOP OF EASTERN AMERICA THE SERBIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH

Most beloved Clergy and Monastics, Sons and Daughters,
faithful Children of the Diocese of Eastern America of our most holy Church!

With abounding joy emanating from a paternal heart, We greet you on this most radiant and most auspicious occasion in our collective history, both sacred and secular: 

THE 800TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE AUTOCEPHALY OF THE SERBIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH 1219 – 2019

Archbishop Nikitas at the Coptic New Year (Nayrouz)

On the afternoon of Tuesday, October 8, 2019, Archbishop Nikitas of Thyateira and Great Britain participated in the celebrations of the Coptic New Year’s Day (Nayrouz) at St. Margaret’s Church in Westminster Abbey, at the invitation of Archbishop Angaelos of the Coptic Orthodox Diocese of London.

Serbian Patriarch received President of Armenia

Serbian Patriarch received President of Armenia
Serbian Patriarch received President of Armenia
Serbian Patriarch received President of Armenia
Serbian Patriarch received President of Armenia

His Holiness Irinej, Serbian Patriarch received Mr. Armen Sarkissian, President of Armenia at the Serbian Patriarchate in Belgrade on 5 October 2019. 

The President of Armenia thanked Serbian Patriarch Irinej for warm audience during which they talked about current problems faced by the Serbian and Armenian people as well as about possibilities how to overcome them. Serbian Patriarch Irinej wished all the best from the Lord to the brotherly Armenian people.