Patriarch Porfirije: Let us, like Saint Nicholas, be witnesses of the truth of Christ
20. December 2021 - 12:21
His Holiness Porfirije, the Serbian Patriarch, officiated the Holy Hierarchical Liturgy in the significant church dedicated to that God-pleasing man and miracle-worker in Zemun on 19 December 2021, on the feast day of Saint Nicholas of Myra. (phоto gallery).
He was concelebrated by archimandrites Serafim and Danilo, protopresbyter-staurophor Bozo Bakajlic, archpriest Drasko Tepavac and deacons Dragan Radis, Radomir Vrucinic and Tomislav Krcmar.
Diocesan Circle of Serbian Sisters Celebrates Patron Saint-day
20. December 2021 - 16:03
On Sunday, December 5, 2021, at the Saint Steven’s Serbian Orthodox Church in Alhambra, California, the Diocesan Sisters of the Circle of Serbian Sisters celebrated their Patron Saint-day, The Entrance of the Most Holy Theotokos into the Temple. Honoring the Mother of God the CSS women look to her as an example of Orthodox life, rather than an exception. The work of the women in the Orthodox Church is demonstrated in its many auxiliaries including cooking for the parish, sewing costumes, and raising funds for the monastery.
Patron Saint Day of the Royal Family Karadjordjevic
16. December 2021 - 12:51
Their Royal Highnesses Crown Prince Alexander and Crown Princess Katherine marked today their Patron Saint Day (Serbian – “Krsna slava”) – St. Andrew the First Called in London, in the church of Saint Sava. The church service and cutting of the Slava bread was performed by reverend fathers Goran Spaic and Dragan Lazic, priests from the Serbian Orthodox Church in London.
Serbian Patriarch Porfirije received the delegation of the Community of Sant' Egidio
15. December 2021 - 10:19
His Holiness Porfirije, the Serbian Patriarch, received His Eminence Archbishop Vicenzo Paglia, President of the Community of Sant' Egidio in the Patriarchate Palace in Belgrade, on 14 December 2021.
During the friendly meeting, they discussed about the continuation of the long-term cooperation between the Serbian Orthodox Church and the Community of Sant' Egidio The audience was attended by His Grace Bishop Sava od Marca, Head of the Office of the Serbian Patriarchate; Mr. Alberto Quattrucci, Secretary of the Community of Sant' Egidio, as well as protopresbyter-staurophor Rasko Radovic, parish priest in Trieste.
Patriarch served funeral service то newly departed mother MIhaila
14. December 2021 - 16:09
His Holiness Porfirije, Serbian Patriarch, served the newly departed Great schema mother Mihaila (Vlacic) in the monastery of the Presentation of the Most Holy Mother of God in Belgrade on 12 December 2021.
The newly departed mother Mihaila was born on 3 December 1934 in the vicinity of Sarajevo, in Tvrdici. She came to Lazarevo near Zrenjanin with her family during the colonization. She began her novice life as a thirteen-year-old girl in 1948 in the monastery of Saint Melania near Zrenjanin. She has lived in the monastery of the Presentation of the Most Holy Mother of God on Senjak in constant prayer and struggle since 1958.
