Culture

Centuries-long connections between Serbian and Russian people

His Holiness Irinej, Serbian Patriarch came upon the invitation of Dr Miroslav Perisic, managing director of the Archives of Serbia and held a welcoming speech in front of the present at the promotion of the second volume of the book Moscow - Serbia, Belgrade - Russia 1804-1878.   

Jaroslav Pelikan: Christian Tradition

Jaroslav Pelikan, Christian Tradition Vol. II, The Spirit of Eastern Christendom (600-1700) Sluzbeni glasnik, Symbol Edition, translated from English by Novak Bilic, First edition, 2010, p. 392   

The Serbian translation of the second volume of the five-volume monumental work the Christian Tradition by a renowned theologian of the 20th century Jaroslav Pelikan.  

Source: magazine Orthodoxy (Pravoslavlje)

Prof. Dr. Radovan Bigovic: Church in modern world

Radovan Bigovic, Sluzbeni glasnik,Belgrade, 2010, p. 186.

Within a library of Science, as a part of Philosophical-theological edition, Sluzbeni glasnik prepared a collection of twenty articles of Professor of the Faculty of the Orthodox Theology in Belgrade protopresbyter-staurophor Dr. Radovan Bigovic. Besides articles, the book consists of also unique reference list, as well as indexes of terms and personalities.   

Source: magazine Pravoslavlje (Orthodoxy), V. Milicevic

Both Serbian and Bethlehem monuments on UNESCO list

The Palestinian National Authority has filed a request with UNESCO to put the church built on the site of Christ's birth in Bethlehem on its World Heritage List, making it the first such site on the Palestinian territory.

The list comprises 704 monuments with cultural properties, 180 with natural and 27 with mixed properties.

Monograph about Patriarch Gavrilo Dozic

His Eminence Amfilohije, Archbishop of Cetinje and Metropolitan of Montenegro and the Littoral served yesterday the Divine Liturgy in the Cathedral church of the Ressurection of Our Lord Jesus Christ in Podgorica. After the Liturgy in the crypt of the church a monograph about Patriarch Gavrilo Dozic "We live in sanctity and freedom" by the author monk Pavle (Dozic)was presented. 

Russia to help saving historical shrines in Kosovo

Russia will take part in the restoration of Orthodox Christian shrines in Kosovo. In an arrangement with UNESCO, Russia will donate $ 2 mln for this in 2010 - 2011.

This money will be spent on restoring four Orthodox facilities which are included in the UNESCO World Heritage list - the monastery of the Serbian Patriarchate in Peć, monasteries in Dečani and Gračanica and the church of the Mother of God in Prizren. Russia is also organizing the necessary administrative work and expert examinations. It will send there experienced architects, engineers and experts who will take part in the restoration works.