Christmas Eve in Saint Sava Cathedral
7. January 2019 - 12:01
His Holiness Irinej, Serbian Patriarch, celebrated the All Night Vigil with blessing of the Yule log in the Saint Sava Cathedral in the Vracar district on 6 January 2019, on Christmas Eve.
Beside many believers, the prayerful service was attended by Minister of Foreign Affairs Mr. Ivica Dacic and Minister of Defence Aleksandar Vulin.
Christmas Eve: Welcoming the Nativity of the Lord
6. January 2019 - 14:59
His Holiness Irinej, Serbian Patriarch officiated the Holy Hierarchal Liturgy in the Cathedral church of Saint Michael the Archangel in Belgrade in the morning of a Christmas Eve, 6 January 2019. (photo gallery).
His Holiness Irinej, Serbian Patriarch will officiate the services in the evening of the Christmas Eve and on Christmas at Saint Sava Cathedral in the Vracar district.
On Christmas Eve, on 6 January 2019 at 4 p.m., His Holiness Irinej, Serbian Patriarch will attend burning of the Yule logs (badnjak) at the plateau in front of Saint Sava Cathedral in the Vracar district. On this occasion, the Patriarch will serve solemn Vesper service in the crypt of the Saint Sava Cathedral. On Christmas, 7 January 2019, His Holiness Irinej, Serbian Patriarch will serve the Holy Hierarchal Liturgy in the crypt of the Saint Sava Cathedral beginning at 9 a.m.
President of Croatia visited Metropolitan Porfirije for Christmas
7. January 2019 - 20:35
After the end of the Christmas Liturgy, officiated by the Serbian Orthodox Metropolitan Porfirije of Zagreb-Ljubljana in the Zagreb Cathedral of the Transfiguration of the Lord, President of the Republic of Croatia, Ms. Kolinda Grabar Kitarović payed a friendly visit to this Serbian hierarch.
Madame Kitarović congratulated Christmas to Mitropolitan Porpfirije, his clergy and all the Orthodox faithful living in Croatia, and handed in a Christmas present to His Excellency the Metropolitan.
Nativity Message of Bishop Maxim of Western America
6. January 2019 - 14:58
BY THE GRACE OF GOD ORTHODOX BISHOP OF WESTERN AMERICA
GRACE, PEACE AND MERCY FROM THE GOD-CHILD CHRIST THE SAVIOR
My dear Brothers and Sisters in the Lord,
On the sacred day of the Nativity and Holy Theophany, we celebrate the greatest Offerings presented to human-kind, the gift of the Lord Himself and the gift of eternal life. God the Father gave His Son, and the Son gave Himself so that we might be restored to the life and communion for which we were created.
As we bow in reverence and thanksgiving to the Source of Life, let us offer all our being freely for His Glory, sharing in the life and peace in the Church which exists as a constant Theophany.
Bishop Irinej Congratulates Congressman Stivers
5. January 2019 - 23:14
On January 2, 2019, His Grace Bishop Irinej, on behalf of the Diocese of Eastern America of the Serbian Orthodox Church, extended warm congratulations and heartfelt gratitude to Congressman Steven Ernst ‘Steve’ Stivers (R-OH) as he began his new role as co-chair of the Congressional Serbian American Caucus.
The Bishop expressed his confidence that under his leadership, the Caucus will continue its important work bringing the United States and Serbia closer together by affirming shared values and historic ties as a firm foundation upon which future relations should be established.
