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April 30, 2004

HIS BEATITUDE THE SERBIAN PATRIARCH KYR PAVLE TO CONSECRATE FOUNDATION OF NEW CHURCH IN BOLEC

On the Sunday of the Paralytic, May 2, 2004, His Beatitude the Serbian Patriarch Kyr Pavle will consecrate the foundation of a new church in Bolec near Belgrade.

His Beatitude the Serbian Patriarch Kyr Pavle is expected to be welcomed at 7:30 a.m. Holy Archierchal Liturgy will begin at 8:00 a.m. Immediately after Holy Liturgy the consecration ceremony will take place on the foundation of the future church of the Holy Ascension, which is being built according to the plan of Mrs. Ljubica Bosnjak, the architect of the Archbishopric of Belgrade and Karlovac.

PUBLIC COMMUNIQUE REGARDING THE CELEBRATION OF THE PATRON SAINT'S DAY OF THE HOLY PETROVIC DYNASTY IN NJEGUSI

As in previous years the Metropolitanate of Montenegro and the Littoral will celebrate with prayer the Patron Saint's Day of the holy Petrovic dynasty by a Holy Archierchal Liturgy to be served by His Eminence the Metropolitan of Montenegro and the Littoral Kyr Amfilohije with his clergy in the church of St. George in Njegusi on May 6, 2004 at 9:00 a.m.

To be celebrated at the same time is the 170 year anniversary of the canonization of St. Peter of Cetinje the Miracle-Worker, as well as the 170 year anniversary of the founding of the first primary school in Montenegro in Cetinje Monastery.

INFORMATION SERVICE OF THE ORTHODOX METROPOLITANATE OF MONTENEGRO AND THE LITTORAL

PRESENTATION OF BOOK BY ABBOT JOVAN (PURIC) OF OSTROG, "LESTVICA TAJNOVODSTVENOG PUTOVANJA"

On Monday, May 3, 2004 at 7:00 p.m. in the small auditorium of Kolaceva Zaduzbina (the Kolarac Endowment) a book by Father Jovan (Puric), the abbot of Ostrog Monastery, called "Lestvica tajnovodstvenog putovanja" will be presented. The book is a collection of selected essays, homilies, lectures and sermons by Father Jovan prepared during the last 15 years.

Speaking about the book will be Father Dusan Dacic, the former rector of St. Sava Seminary in Belgrade and the chief inspector of orthodox seminaries of the Serbian Orthodox Church; Father Dr. Radomir Popovic, a professor at the Theological Faculty; Dr. Vojislav Jelic, a professor at the Faculty of Philosophy; and the author, Father Jovan (Puric), the abbot of Ostrog Monastery.


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