Patriarch Irinej attends Annual Assembly of SASA

His Holiness Irinej, Serbian Patriarch attended today the Annual Assembly of the Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts. The meeting, which was opened by academician Nikola Hajdin, the president of the SASA, besides the members of this highest national scientific and cultural institution, also was attended by Mr. Dragan Djilas, the Mayor of Belgrade, deans of the Universities in Belgrade and Kragujevac, representatives of the Ministry of Culture of the R. of Serbia, city officials, the Crown Council, Matica Srpska, the Serbian Chamber of Commerce, as well as scientific, educational and cultural institutions with which the Academy cooperates.

Official receptions at the Serbian Patriarchate

His Holiness Irinej, Serbian Patriarch received on May 30, 2011 at the Serbian Patriarchate in Belgrade His Eminence Metropolitan Kyrril of Varna and Veliki Preslav accompanied by His Excellency Georgi Dimitrov, the Ambassador of the Republic of Bulgaria in Serbia.

His Holiness Irinej, Serbian Patriarch recieved today on June 1, 2011 at the Serbian Patriarchate in Belgrade Her Excellency Ana Hrustanovic, newly appointed Ambassador of the Republic of Serbia in Italy.

The Ascension of Jesus - the Patron Saint's Day of the City of Belgrade and Ascension Church

The feast day of the capital, Belgrade - the Ascension of the Lord was also solemnly celebrated this year. The Holy Hierarchal Liturgy, which was served by His Holiness Irinej, Serbian Patriarch in the church of the Ascension of the Lord, with the concelebration of His Grace Bishop Irinej of Australia-New Zealand and many priests, was a beginning of the joyful celebration of the feast day.

At the assembly of monastic fraternity a new heugomen of Visoki Decani monastery elected

Following the solemn celebration of the monastery's Patron Saint's Day of the Ascension of Christ, in the monastery of Visoki Decani an assembly of the monastic fraternity was held in the evening hours, which was presided by Bishop Teodosije of Raska-Prizren.

Feast day of Icon of the Theotokos of Pec solemnly celebrated in Monastery of the Patriarchate of Pec

In the monastery of the Patriarchate of Pec the feast day of the wonderworking icon of Theotokos of Pec was solemnly celebrated. With the blessing of Serbian Patriarch  the Divine Liturgy was served by Bishop Teodosije of Raska-Prizren with the concelebration of the head of the church of St. Sava in Belgrade, protopresbyter-staurophor Radivoj Panic and protopresbyter-staurophor Nedeljko Bozic. Besides the sisterhood of the monastery led by heugomene Fevronija in the Divine Liturgy also a group of believers from Belgrade and Pancevo participated.