A great jubilee of the Serbian Church celebrated in Montenegro

A great jubilee of the Serbian Church celebrated in Montenegro
A great jubilee of the Serbian Church celebrated in Montenegro
A great jubilee of the Serbian Church celebrated in Montenegro
A great jubilee of the Serbian Church celebrated in Montenegro

On the occasion of the jubilee of 800 years of the autocephaly of the Serbian Orthodox Church and 1500 years of the existence of the monastery of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary - Podlastva, His Holiness Serbian Patriarch Irinej officiated the Holy hierarchal Liturgy on September 28, 2019, and consecrated the chapel of the Holy Martyr Prince Lazarus of Serbia and monastery of that ancient Christian shrine.

His Eminence Archbishop of Cetinje and Metropolitan of Montenegro –Littoral Amfilohije, Bishops Athanasije  of Mileseva, Joanikije of Budimlje-Niksic, Teodosije of Raška-Prizren, Joakim of Polog-Kumanovo, Sergije of Bihac-Pwtrovac, Metodije of Diocleia,  retired Bishop Atanasije of Zaholm-Hercegovina as well as many clergymen and monastics concelebrated, in presence of thousands of the faithful.

Serbian Patriarch Irinej on the Ukrainian Church situation

In his interview given to the leading Belgrade newspaper “Politika” of the 29th September 2019 His Holiness expressed his opinion on the Ukrainian Church situation:

What is the position of the Serbian Orthodox Church among other local Orthodox Churches? We have seen in the "Ukrainian crisis" that with both Moscow and Constantinople top-level meetings have been held.

The care and responsibility that our Church has for the unity of the Orthodox Church, its conciliarity  (sobornost) and faithfulness to the Sacred Tradition and canons, has obliged us to strive to make it clear to the protagonists that their activities not only harm the Church in Ukraine, but seriously threaten the unity of the Orthodox Church. And I did this, both in writing, repeatedly, or orally in direct conversation with the Patriarch of Constantinople.

Great celebrations of the Serbian Church in Buenos Aires

Great celebrations of the Serbian Church in Buenos Aires
Great celebrations of the Serbian Church in Buenos Aires
Great celebrations of the Serbian Church in Buenos Aires
Great celebrations of the Serbian Church in Buenos Aires

The Hierarchal LIturgy was celebrated by Metropolitan Jacob of Buenos Aires and All Argentina of the Patriarchate of Antioch, Metropolitan Ignatious of Argentina and South America of the Moscow Patriarchate, Bishop John of Caracas and South America of the Russian Orthodox Church Abroad and the host of the gathering, Bishop Kirilo of Buenos Aires and Central-South America  (phоto gallery).

On Saturday, 21 September 2019, on the great feast day of the Church of Christ - the Nativity of the Most Holy Mother of God, in the cathedral church of the Nativity of the Most Holy Mother of God in Buenos Aires a great event was organized on the occasion of the celebration of the great jubilee - the 800th anniversary of the proclamation of the autocephally of the Serbian Church, as well as the church Patron's Saint-day and the proclamation of the church of the Nativity of the Most Holy Mother of God as the place of the cultural significance for the city of Buenos Aires by the City Assembly of Buenos Aires. 

Patriarch Irinej celebrated in Cathedral Church

Patriarch Irinej celebrated in Cathedral Church
Patriarch Irinej celebrated in Cathedral Church
Patriarch Irinej celebrated in Cathedral Church
Patriarch Irinej celebrated in Cathedral Church

His Holiness Irinej, Serbian Patriarch celebrated the Holy Hierarchal Liturgy in the Cathedral church of Holy Archangel Michael in Belgrade on 27 September 2019, on the feast day of the the Universal Exaltation of the Precious and Life-Giving Cross. (photo gallery).

The Patriarch was concelebrated by protopresbyters-staurophors Branko Topalovic and local priests of this church, and in the prayerful presence of the people of the capital. 

Serbian Patriarch Irinej in monastery Podlastva

Serbian Patriarch Irinej in monastery Podlastva
Serbian Patriarch Irinej in monastery Podlastva
Serbian Patriarch Irinej in monastery Podlastva
Serbian Patriarch Irinej in monastery Podlastva

His Holiness Irinej, Serbian Patrarch, was welcomed at the Podlastva Monastery by thousands of faithful gathered to celebrate jubilees: 800 years of the autocephaly of the Serbian Orthodox Church and 1500 years of the monastery of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary - Podlastva.

His Holiness Patriarch was officially welcomed on September 27, 2019 at the Grbalj monastery of Podlastva near Budva, where doxology and evening service were held in the Church of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary.