Holy Sacrament of Confession at the Patriarchate Chapel
31. March 2017 - 8:32
His Grace Arsenije, Vicar Bishop of Toplica, officiated the Divine Liturgy of the Presanctified Gifts at the Patriarchal Chapel of St. Simeon the Myrrh-Gusher in Belgrade.
In prayerful presence of His Holiness Serbian Patriarch Irenej, the Bishop of Toplica celebrated with Archpriest-Stavrophor Stojadin Pavlovic, Presbyter Vukasin Milicevic, protodeacon Stevan Rapajic and deacon Aleksandar Sekulic.
Bishop Joanikije celebrated Liturgy in Prijepolje
31. March 2017 - 8:31
His Grace Joanikije, Bishop of Budimlje-Niksic, in the capacity of an administrator of the Diocese of Mileseva, celebrated the Divine Liturgy in the Cathedral Church of St. Basil of Ostrog in Prijepolje on 26 March 2017.
Priests and monks of the Diocese of Mileseva and Budimlje-Niksic concelebrated. His Grace Bishop addressed the congregation with an archpastoral sermon.
33 tons of humanitarian aid delivered to Svyatogorsk Lavra
30. March 2017 - 13:54
Holy Dormition-Svyatogorsk Lavra in Donetsk received thirty-three tons of humanitarian assistance on March 27. This is the eleventh such shipment, according to the lavra’s press service. The monastery has been serving refugees from Ukrainian war zones and internally displaced person for several years now. “This time we were able to collect up to thirty-three tons of cargo,” said George Tolchev, one of the organizers of the delivery of the humanitarian assistance.
Sunday of Orthodoxy Observance
30. March 2017 - 11:27
On Sunday, March 5th, the faithful of St. George’s Serbian Orthodox Church gathered to celebrate the Triumph of Orthodoxy with a special service following the Divine Liturgy of St. Basil. It began with a procession of Banners and the Altar servers, followed by the Clergy, the Choir and Faithful as they processed around the Church grounds while singing the troparion for the Sunday of Orthodoxy which extols the restoration of Icons to the Orthodox Church. When the faithful came to the West doors of the Church, they recited the Synndicon for the festival together with Nicene Creed. They reentered the Holy Church for the conclusion of the Liturgy.
Serbian Patriarch received representative of the Academy of Sciences
28. March 2017 - 20:26
His Holiness Serbian Patriarch Irinej received academician Ljubomir Maksimovic, vice-president of the Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts, at the Serbian Patriarchate in Belgrade on 27 March 2017.
Academician Ljubomir Maksimovic expressed gratitude to the Head of the Serbian Orthodox Church for the cordial reception during which they discussed on the last congress of byzantologists, the proceedings of which, a three-volume publication has been published. The Patriarch thanked academician Maksimovic for the visit, wishing him every blessing from the Lord and success in his future work.
