A conference on the protection of holy shrines of the Serbian Orthodox Church on Kosovo and Metohija
8. July 2013 - 14:53
With the blessing of His Holiness Irinej, Serbian Patriarch, Their Graces Bishops Teodosije of Raska-Prizren, member of the Holy Synod of Bishops of the Serbian Orthodox Church, and Jovan of Lipljan, Vicar Bishop to the Serbian Patriarch, met with NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen, the KFOR Commander General Halbauer and about forty representatives of countries-members of the NATO at the Patriarchate of Pec on 3 July 2013. They spoke with the members of the North-Atlantic Council, the highest governing body of the NATO, about the protection of the holy shrines of the Serbian Orthodox Church in Kosovo and Metohija.
Audiences at the Serbian Patriarchate – 5 July 2013
8. July 2013 - 14:51
His Holiness Irinej, Serbian Patriarch received H.E. Giuseppe Manzo, Ambassador of Italy in Serbia, with colleagues at the Serbian Patriarchate on 5 July 2013.
Audiences at the Serbian Patriarchate - 4 July 2013
5. July 2013 - 11:48
His Holiness Serbian Patriarch Irinej received in separate visits Mr. Kirill Kravchenko, Director General of the Serbian Petroleum Company (NIS), and Mr. Euripides Euriviadis, Political Director at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Cyprus, accompanied by Mrs. Nafsika Krusti, the Ambassador of Cyprus in Serbia, on July 4th, 2013.
On the same day the Serbian Patriarch hosted for members of the folklore group at the Church congregation of Saint George in Cabramatta, Sydney.
Saint Lazarus gatherings in the Diocese of Nis
5. July 2013 - 11:48
Marking of the feast-day of Saint Prince Lazar of Kosovo and all holy martyrs of Serbia in the Diocese of Nis began with a festal Vigil celebrated by His Grace Bishop Jovan of Nis at the Cathedral church of Nis. The feast-day was crowned with the Divine Liturgy and the memorial service for all who had laid their lives for the Orthodox faith and the fatherland in the church of Holy Archangels in Kondzelj. This year a special blessing and a great joy was brought by the head of our Church His Holiness Serbian Patriarch Irinej and the President of Republic of Serbia Mr. Tomislav Nikolic.
The Feast-day of Saint Lazarus at the Saint Petka monastery
3. July 2013 - 10:18
At the monastery of Saint Petka in Bijeljina’s suburb of Pet jezera, the central celebration of Saint Lazarus of Kosovo was held, organized by the Third Infantry Regiment, observer of the tradition of the Army of the Republic of Srpska within the Armed Forces of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
