Brcko: Thousands of believers in Theophany procession
24. January 2014 - 13:18
His Grace Bishop Hrizostom of Zvornik-Tuzla celebrated the Hierarchal Divine Liturgy in the Cathedral church of Dormition of the Most Holy Mother of God in Brcko on the Theophany feast day.
After the Holy Liturgy His Grace Bishop performed the rite of Great blessing of waters and led a magnificent procession from the Cathedral church of Brcko to the picnic place Ficibajer at the Sava river in which more than thousand believers from the Brcko District and the town of Brcko participated. Between 7.000 and 8.000 believers participated in the procession. In the race for the Precious Cross of the Lord about 48 swimmers from Brcko, Bijeljina, Sremska Mitrovica, Belgrade and other cities took part. The winner of the Theophany Cross Dive in the Sava river was Djordje Mihajilovic from Brcko, who was wrapped with a cloak of the knight of the Theophany Cross by Bishop Hrizostom, who also presented a gold medallion and a gilded Theophany cross to him.
Theophany at Cathedral church of Holy Trinity in Brunswick
23. January 2014 - 11:42
On Sunday, on 19 January, on the feast of Theophany was solemly celebrated atthe Cathedral church of Holy Trinity in Brunswick. His Grace Bishop Irinej of the Metropolitanate of Australia and New Zealand of the Serbian Orthodox Church officiated the Holy Hierarchal Liturgy in the church, fulfilled with the faithful. The Bishop was concelebrated by the local priests.
At the end of the Holy Liturgy the blesing of the waters was performed. The celebration of the day was continued with the baptism of Adrijana Zdravkovic.
Source: Metropolitanate of Australia and New Zealand
Feast of Saint John the Baptist in Novi Sad
21. January 2014 - 16:18
On Monday, 20 January 2014, His Grace Bishop Irinej of Backa celebrated its Patron Saint-day by serving the Divine Liturgy at the Cathedral church in Novi Sad
The Bishop of Backa was concelebrated by Their Graces Bishops: Pahomije of Vranje, Jovan of Sumadija, David of Krusevac, Atanasije of Bihac-Petrovac and Porfirije of Jegar with thirteen presbyters and eleven deacons.
Theophany in England
20. January 2014 - 11:56
On Sunday, 19 January 2014, on the occasion of the feast of Theophany and the Patron Saint-day of the church of Synaxis of Saint John the Baptist in Halifax, His Grace Bishop Dositej of Britania and Scandinavia served the Holy Hierarchal Liturgy with the concelebration of hierarchal deputy protopresbyter-stavrophor Zarko Nedic and hieromonk Stefan Ponjarc.
On the feast gathering the people came from Manchester, Leeds, Newcastle and Bradford.
During the Liturgy Bishop Dositej performed the great blessing of the water and the rite of blessing the slava cake.
protopresbyter-stavrophor Aleksandar Ilic
Theophany at the Saint Nicholas church in Zemun
20. January 2014 - 11:51
His Holiness Irinej, Serbian Patriarch, served yesterday, on the feast of Theophany, the Divine Liturgy at the Saint Nicholas church in Zemun.
The Patriarch was concelebrated by the clergy of the Archbishopric of Belgrade-Karlovac with the choir of this church singing responses. Historians of Zemun noted that the Theophany procession was held from 18 century until the beginning of the Second World War, after which it was held in 1945 and 19946. The procession was restored in 1998 and since then it has been continued until today.
