Statements

Communique of the Committee which is organizing the funeral of Patriarch Pavle of blessed repose

The body of Patriarch Pavle of Serbia of blessed repose was transferred to the Cathedral church of St. Michael the Archangel in Belgrade, where Divine Liturgies and commemorations are served every day with Gospel reading.

The faithful who would like to do the reverence to Patriarch Pavle of blessed repose, they can do that at the Belgrade's Cathedral church which is constantly open.

Communique regarding the Divine Liturgy and Funeral service for Patriarch Pavle of blessed repose

His Grace Bishop Irinej of Bachka, on behalf of the Holy Synod of Bishops of the Serbian Orthodox Church, following a meeting of the Committee which is organizing the funeral of Patriarch Pavle of Serbia of blessed repose on Monday, November 16, 2009 at the Patriarchate, informed the media of some details related to the funeral service for Patriarch Pavle of Serbia of blessed repose.

Communique regarding the funeral of Patriarch Pavle of Serbia of blessed repose

His Grace Bishop Irinej of Bachka on behalf of the Holy Synod of Bishops of the Serbian Orthodox Church, after the extraordinary session on the Sunday evening at teh Patriarchate court informed the public about a few details regarding the requiem service of Patriarch Pavle of blessed repose. Bishop Irinej of Bachka said that the Holy Synod dealt with particulars that are strictly prescribed in such circumstances.

Communique – November 12, 2009

On November 12, 2009 the Holy Synod of Bishops of the Serbian Orthodox Church  received Mr. Vuk Jeremic ,Foreign Minister of Serbia, on the official working visit. He was accompanied by Mr. Mladjan Djordjevic, advisor to the President of Serbia and Mr. Damjan Krnjevic, advisor to the minister of Foreign Affairs.

Minister Jeremic sought and received the blessing of the Holy Synod before the upcoming visit of  President of Serbia Boris Tadic and members of the Government of Serbia to Italy and the Vatican. On that occasion the quality of relations between Church and State was analyzed and  positively evaluated.

From the Office of the Holy Synod

Delivers: Bishop of Bachka Dr. Irinej

Communique of the Holy Synod of Bishops of the SOC, October 15th, 2009

APPEAL
to the faithful people in Kosovo and Metohija,
on the occasion of holding local elections scheduled
for November 15, 2009

We call the faithful people in Kosovo and Metohija, for disrespect of the basic human rights in this Province of the Republic of Serbia guaranteed by the The Charter of the United Nations and especially by the Resolution 1244, not to respond to the invitation of illegal institutions of the authorities of the self-declared Republic of Kosovo and not to participate in the local elections in Kosovo and Metohija planned for November 15, 2009.

Head of the Holy Synod of Bishops
Metropolitan of Montenegro and the Littoral
Amfilohije

Communique of the Holy Synod of Bishops of the Orthodox Archbishopric of Ohrid, October 15th, 2009

The Basic Court in Veles sentenced in absence His Eminence Archbishop of Ohrid and Metropolitan of Skopje Jovan to imprisonment on two years and six months for a criminal offence "evasion” . Except that, the court ordered that Archbishop pays the compensation  to the  schismatic MOC in the amount of 14,804.211 denars which is 240,000 EUR. How the court ordered this sort of sum, when the schismatic MOC requested the compensation of 20,083.000 denars or 330,000 EUR, is known only to the court. Though, the expertise showed that Archbishop did not take any denar for himself, and all what was being purchased ,while he was responsible for Dioceses where he was bishop, has been left as the inventory of the schismatic MOC. Because of that, Archbishop was released two times by the court of the first instance, but the court of appeals brought back the procedure on a new trial.

There is no one in Macedonia who is not familiar that the trials against Archbishop motivated  politically and with a political background. One thing is certain that the schismatic MOC will not get  negotiations about its status until the state authorities are still hunting Archbishop.