Archimandrite Gervasios visited the Serbian Patriarchate

Archimandrite Gervasios visited the Serbian Patriarchate
Archimandrite Gervasios visited the Serbian Patriarchate
Archimandrite Gervasios visited the Serbian Patriarchate
Archimandrite Gervasios visited the Serbian Patriarchate

His Holiness Irinej, Serbian Patriarch, received Archimandrite Gervasios Pantopoulos and his associates from the Diakonia for aid to the poor and the imprisoned on 25 November 2016.

This great friend of the Serbian people, who had been some time earlier awarded with the order of Saint Sava of the Second Degree, visited for the first time the imprisoned in Serbia and brought a donation and gifts for the poorest prisoners in the District Prison in Belgrade.

Defence Minister visits Serbian Patriarch

Defence Minister visits Serbian Patriarch
Defence Minister visits Serbian Patriarch
Defence Minister visits Serbian Patriarch
Defence Minister visits Serbian Patriarch

His Holiness Irinej, Serbian Patriarch, received the Minister of Defence of the Republic of Serbia Mr. Zoran Djordjevic at the Serbian Patriarchate in Belgrade.

Information on the Funeral rite and burial of late Bishop Jeronim


The Diocese of the Backa informs the faithful and public in general that the Divine Liturgy with panichida will be celebrated in the Monastery of Holy Archangels at Kovilj on the Tuesday of the 29th November 2016, beginning at 9 o’clock, and the Funeral rite is to be served at 12 o’clock.

Funeral rite and burial of the Bishop Jeronim of Jegar

Funeral rite and  burial of the Bishop Jeronim of Jegar
Funeral rite and  burial of the Bishop Jeronim of Jegar
Funeral rite and  burial of the Bishop Jeronim of Jegar
Funeral rite and  burial of the Bishop Jeronim of Jegar

Monastery of Holy Archangels in Kovilj was a place of a gathering of bishops, priests and monks, not only of the Serbian Orthodox Church but also from other local Orthodox Churches, relatives, friends, admirers of Bishop Jeronim of Jegar, as well as of the faithful people from all parts of Backa (photo gallery).

His Beatitude Archbishop of Ohrid and Metropolitan of Skopje Jovan officiated the Holy Funeral Liturgy with the concelebration of Metropolitans Kirill of Eritrea and Porfirije of Zagreb-Ljubljana and seventeen bishops of the Serbian Orthodox Church.