Bishop Luka Kovacevic of Western Europe (1950-2021)
28. December 2021 - 10:47
His Holiness Porfirije, the Serbian Patriarch, officiated the Requiem Office for the Dead in front of the catafalque of Bishop Luka of Western Europe of blessed repose in the Monastery of the Most Holy Mother of God on 27 December 2021.
The Patriarch was concelebrated by His Eminence Metropolitan Joanikije of Montenegro and the Littoral and Their Graces Bishop Vasilije of Srem, Nikanor of Banat, Irinej of Backa, Dositej of Britain and Scandinavia, Pahomije of Vranje, Jovan of Sumadija, Ignatije of Branicevo, Atanasije of Milesevo, Teodosije of Raska-Prizren, David of Krusevac, Arsenije of Nis, Isihije of Valjevo, Metodije of Budimlje-Niksic, Jerotej of Toplica, Justin of Hvosno, Damaskin of Mohacs, Sava of Marca and Jovan of Hum.
Announcement of the funeral of the newly departed Bishop Luka of Western Europe
22. December 2021 - 21:30
Bishop Luka (Kovacevic) who fell asleep in the Lord in Paris on 17 December 2021, will be buried at the cemetary of the Orthodox Monastery of the Presentation of the Most Holy Mother of God in Belgrade, on 27 December 2021.
His Holiness Porfirije, Serbian Patriarch will officiate the Requiem Office for the Dead in the church of the Monastery of the Presentation of the Most Holy Mother of God, starting at 9 o'clock. The funeral service and burial of Bishop Luka will be performed after the Requiem Office.
Bishop Luka (Kovacevic) of Western Europe was born in Piskavica near Banja Luka on October 30, 1950. He graduated from the Theological Seminary of the Holy Three Hierarchs at the Krka Monastery in 1971, and studied theology in 1982 at the Saint Sergius Orthodox Theological Institute in Paris. He was tonsured on June 26, 1976, and in the same year, on the feast of the Holy Prophet Elisha, he was ordained a hieromonk by Bishop Nicholas of Australia and New Zealand. From 1982 to 1992, he was a brother of the monastery of St. Sava in Eilane, Australia. The Holy Synod of Bishops of the Serbian Orthodox Church, at its regular session in 1992, elected Archimandrite Luka Bishop of Australia and New Zealand.
Patriarch Porfirije: Let us enter the house of the Lord, respond to His call, surrender to His will and His providence - then we will be on the safe path
27. December 2021 - 13:57Patriarch Porfirije: No profession or concern is more important than the foundation of our life - Christ
On the Sunday of the Holy Forefathers, December 26, 2021, in the crowded Cathedral of the Transfiguration of the Lord in Zagreb, His Holiness Porfirije, the Serbian Patriarch, served the Divine Liturgy. The Zagreb clergy celebrated together with the singing of the choir of the Cathedral, conducted by Olena Ciglenjak. After the end of the Holy Liturgy, the Patriarch congratulated Christmas to all Christians who celebrate the Feast of the Nativity of Christ according to the Gregorian calendar.
Patriarch Porfirije: There is no better way for a person to be useful to another than the way that the Gospel anticipates
23. December 2021 - 15:04
Patriarch Porfirije: The reason and goal of existence and the meaning of human existence outside of Christian civilization, ie. European civilization without Christ, without the Gospel, without the Nativity of Christ, without Christmas is absolutely not only incomprehensible but absolutely something that turns into nonsense, into its contradiction.
His Holiness Porfirije, the Serbian Patriarch talked with His Eminence Archbishop Stanislav Hocevar in the Cathedral of the Ascension of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Belgrade, on 20 December 2021. His Grace Bishop Justin of Hvosno and Mr. Vladimir Roganovic, Ph.D., the Director of the Office for Cooperation with Churches and the Religious Communities of the Republic of Serbia, attended the meeting.
Bishop Luka (Kovacevic) of Western Europe fell asleep in the Lord
20. December 2021 - 11:59
We would like to inform the public and the faithful that His Grace Bishop Luka of Western Europe fell asleep in the Lord on December 17, 2021, at 3 pm. Eternal memory and the Kingdom of Heaven to him! The date and time of the funeral will be announced later.
Bishop Luka (Kovacevic) of Western Europe
He was born on October 30, 1950 in Piskavica near Banja Luka. He graduated from the Theological Seminary of the Holy Three Hierarchs at the Krka Monastery in 1971, and studied theology in 1982 at the Saint Sergius Orthodox Theological Institute in Paris. He was tonsured on June 26, 1976, and in the same year, on the feast of the Holy Prophet Elisha, he was ordained a hieromonk by Bishop Nicholas of Australia and New Zealand. From 1982 to 1992, he was a brother of the monastery of St. Sava in Eilane, Australia. The Holy Synod of Bishops of the Serbian Orthodox Church, at its regular session in 1992, elected Archimandrite Luka Bishop of Australia and New Zealand.
The act of episcopal ordination in the monastery of the Presentation of the Most Holy Mother of God in Belgrade on August 17, 1992, was performed by Serbian Patriarch Pavle with the participation of a large number of archbishops. In the same year, he was enthroned on the throne of the Bishops of Australia and New Zealand in the monastery of St. Sava in Elaine. In 1997, he was elected Bishop of Western Europe, based in Paris, and at the same time he was the administrator of the Diocese of Australia and New Zealand until 1999.
Diocese of Western Europe
