Bishop Irinej received an honorary doctorate in St. Petersburg

Bishop Irinej received an honorary doctorate in St. Petersburg
Bishop Irinej received an honorary doctorate in St. Petersburg
Bishop Irinej received an honorary doctorate in St. Petersburg
Bishop Irinej received an honorary doctorate in St. Petersburg

A prayerful and solemn Eucharistic gathering in St. Petersburg’s Theological Academy. - A honorary doctorate of Theology to Bishop Dr. Irinej (Bulovic) of Backa

At the beginning of the new academic year, on September 1, 2019, Metropolitan Varsonophy of St. Petersburg and Ladoga officiated Holy Hierarchal Liturgy with the concelebration of bishops of the Serbian Orthodox Church: Irinej of Backa, Antonije of Moravica and Isihije of Mohacs, as well as of Russian bishops Nazarius of Kronstadt and Silouan of Peterhoff, rector of the Theological Academy, in a prayerful presence of many professors and students, in the church of  St. John the Theologian of the St. Petersburg Theological Academy.

Newly-built diocesan court consecrated in Karlovac

Newly-built diocesan court consecrated in Karlovac
Newly-built diocesan court consecrated in Karlovac
Newly-built diocesan court consecrated in Karlovac
Newly-built diocesan court consecrated in Karlovac

The solemn rite of consecration of the newly-built Diocesan court and the hall of the church-school community in the courtyard of the Cathedral church of Saint Nicholas of Myrra in Karlovac gathered many believers from all parts of the Diocese of Gornji Karlovac on 1 September, 2019.

The celebration began with the liturgical gathering which was officiated by His Eminence Metropolitan Porfirije of Zagreb-Ljubljana. He was concelebrated by Their Graces Bishops Fotije of Zvornik-Tuzla, Heruvim of Osek-Polje and Baranja and Gerasim of Gornji Karlovac, the host of the gathering with many priests of the dioceses of Zagreb-Ljubljana and Gornji Karlovac.

Bishop Mitrophan officiated the slava of Windsor's Gracanica

Bishop Mitrophan officiated the slava of Windsor's Gracanica
Bishop Mitrophan officiated the slava of Windsor's Gracanica
Bishop Mitrophan officiated the slava of Windsor's Gracanica
Bishop Mitrophan officiated the slava of Windsor's Gracanica

On the feast day of the Dormition of the Most Holy Mother of God, His Grace Bishop Mitrophan of Canada visited the faithul people of Windsor on the occasion of the church slava of Windsor's Gracanica.

Bishop Mitrophan served the Holy Hierarchal Liturgy with the concelebration of the local priests.

The final day of the Diocesan Days

The final day of the Diocesan Days
The final day of the Diocesan Days
The final day of the Diocesan Days
The final day of the Diocesan Days

The finalday of the Diocesan Days and the 800th Anniversary of the Autocephaly of the Serbian Orthodox Church

The Holy Hierarchical Divine Liturgy on the final day of the three-day Diocesan Days and celebration of the 800th Anniversary of the Autocephaly of the Serbian Orthodox Church was officiated by His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros, Archbishop of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese with the concelebration of His Eminence Metropolitan Savas, (Greek Orthodox Archdiocese), Their Graces Bishop Longin of New Gracanica-Midwestern America, Bishop Mitrophan of Canada, Bishop Grigorije of Dusseldorf and Germany, Bishop Teodisije of Kosovo and Metohija, Bishop Irinej of Eastern America, Bishop David of Stobi (Archdiocese of Ohrid), Bishop Sergije of Bihac and Petrovac, Bishop Kirilo of Buenos Aires, Bishop Dimitrije of Herzegovina and host hierarch Bishop Maxim of Western America.

Diocesan Days at the St. Sava Church in San Gabriel - Day Two

A Wonderful Assembly of all the Orthodox

On Saturday, August 31, 2019, the second day of the Diocesan Days and celebration of the 800thAnniversary of the Autocephaly of the Serbian Orthodox Church, began with a most magnificent pan-Orthodox Hierarchical Divine Liturgy officiated by Metropolitan Joseph of the Antiochian Archdiocese with the concelebration of Their Eminences Metropolitan Nicolae (Romanian Orthodox Metropolia of the Americas), Metropolitan Savas, Metropolitan of Pittsburgh (Greek Orthodox Archdiocese), Archbishop Benjamin (OCA), Archbishop Peter (ROCOR); Their Graces Bishop Longin of New Gracanica-Midwestern America, Bishop Mitrophan of Canada, Bishop Daniel of Santa Rosa (Orthodox Church in America), Bishop Grigorije of Dusseldorf and Germany, Bishop Teodisije of Kosovo and Metohija, Bishop Irinej of Eastern America, Bishop David of Stobi (Archdiocese of Ohrid), Bishop Sergije of Bihac and Petrovac, Bishop Kirilo of Buenos Aires, Bishop Dimitrije of Herzegovina and host hierarch Bishop Maxim of Western America.