Great and Holy Friday at Cathedral church in Belgrade

Great and Holy Friday at Cathedral church in Belgrade
Great and Holy Friday at Cathedral church in Belgrade
Great and Holy Friday at Cathedral church in Belgrade
Great and Holy Friday at Cathedral church in Belgrade

His Holiness Irinej, Serbian Patriarch officiated the Vesper service with the service of the Epitaphion at the Cathedral church of Holy Archangel Michael in Belgrade on on Great Friday, 6 April 2018.

Archpastoral Paschal Message of His Grace Irinej, Bishop of Eastern America

 

 

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, from a paternal heart overflowing with Paschal joy, We greet you on this most radiant and most joyous Feast, The Feast of Feasts – the Resurrection of Christ from the dead, with the all joyous and ancient Christian greeting:

Feast days in the Diocese of Raska-Prizren

Feast days in the Diocese of Raska-Prizren
Feast days in the Diocese of Raska-Prizren
Feast days in the Diocese of Raska-Prizren
Feast days in the Diocese of Raska-Prizren

The feast day of the chapel of Saint Lazar the Four-days in the monastery of Holy Archangels near Prizren. In the monastery of Gracanica the feast day of Entry of Christ into Jerusalem solemnly celebrated.

In the monastery of Gracanica solemnly celebrated the feast day of the Entry of Christ into Jerusalem. The Holy Liturgy was celebrated by His Grace Bishop Teodosije of Raska-Prizren with the concelebration of the local clergy.

Feast day of the Entry of the Lord into Jerusalem in Skopje

Feast day of the Entry of the Lord into Jerusalem in Skopje
Feast day of the Entry of the Lord into Jerusalem in Skopje
Feast day of the Entry of the Lord into Jerusalem in Skopje
Feast day of the Entry of the Lord into Jerusalem in Skopje

On the day when the Church celebrates Entry of Christ into Jerusalem, His Beatitude Jovan, Archbishop of Ohrid and Metropolian of Skopje, officiated the Holy Liturgy in the monastery of the Dormition of the Most Holy Mother of God in Skopje.

He was concelebrated by His Grace Bishop of Stoby and locum tenens of Strumica David as well as many priests from the Diocese of Raska-Prizren and Orthodox Archbishopric.

Bishop Marko of Bregalnica in the Holy Land

Bishop Marko of Bregalnica in the Holy Land
Bishop Marko of Bregalnica in the Holy Land
Bishop Marko of Bregalnica in the Holy Land
Bishop Marko of Bregalnica in the Holy Land

On the feast day of the Entry of Christ into Jerusalem, His Holiness Patriarch Teophile of Jerusalem served the Holy Liturgy in the church of the Resurrection of Christ in Jerusalem.

Besides His Grace Bishop Marko of Bregalnica, the Patriarch was concelebrated also by Teophanos of Gerason, Metropolitan George of Nizhny Novgorod, Metropolitan Aristarch of Constantina, Metropolitan Methodius of Tavor, Metropolitan Ioakim of Helenoupolis, Archbishop Demetrius of Vitepos, Bishop Basilios of Kotlag and many priests from almost all Local Orthodox Churches.