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July 13, 2004

PATRIARCH CONSECRATES CHURCH OF HOLY APOSTLES PETER AND PAUL IN ARANDJELOVAC

His Holiness Serbian Patriarch Pavle and His Grace Bishop Jovan of Sumadija together with hierarchs of the Serbian Orthodox Church served Holy Hierarchal Liturgy on the feast of St. Peter and consecrated the church of the Holy Apostles Peter and Paul built with many donations and contributions. In addition to the church of the Holy Archangel Gabriel (Sv. Arandjeo) after whom the city of Arandjelovac was named, a second church has been built in this city in Sumadija 145 years later.

RESIDENTS OF KOSTOLAC CONTINUE TRADITION

In the Diocese of Branicevo Presbyter Aleksandar Mihailovic of the church of St. Maxim the Confessor baptized 14 residents of Kostolac in the Dunavac River near town. The faithful arrived with their godparents (kumovi) and family members on the beach at Kostolac and were happy to allow the hand of Father Aleksandar to submerge them in the waters of the Dunavac. After the baptism the entire group went to the new and yet incomplete church of St. Maxim the Confessor for Holy Liturgy. Father Aleksandar said that a tradition of group baptism in Kostolac on the feast of Sts. Peter and Paul is in the process of being established. Last year 35 faithful were baptized on this day.

Source: Vecernje Novosti daily, Belgrade, July 13, 2004

HOLY HIERARCHAL LITURGY SERVED IN BANJSKA

Four monks arrived yesterday in the restored St. Stefan Monastery in Banjska, the endowment of Serbian King Milutin. They are the first monks to take up residence here in 520 years. On this occasion His Grace Bishop Artemije of Raska-Prizren and Kosovo-Metohija served Holy Hierarchal Liturgy with the concelebration of members of the clergy and monks from the holy shrines of Kosovo and Metohija. The restored monastery will be consecrated on August 15, the feast of the Holy Archdeacon Stefan.

Source: Vecernje Novosti daily, Belgrade, July 13, 2004

FEAST OF HOLY APOSTLES PETER AND PAUL

All Orthodox churches celebrated the feast of Holy Apostles Peter and Paul with an especially interesting event by the members of the Fisherman’s Guild of Zemun near Belgrade. After a festal liturgy in the Zemun church of St. Nicholas the church priest, Protopresbyter Djordje Popovic, cut the slava cake in the presence of representatives of the Fisherman’s Guild and local government officials. Fr. Djordje reminded all present of the mission of the Holy Apostles Peter and Paul, formerly the fisherman Simon and the scribe Saul in their secular lives who devoted the rest of their lives to teaching and spreading Christianity.

Source: Borba daily, Belgrade, July 13, 2004

ST JOVAN MONASTERY NEAR LESKOVAC TO GET ELECTRICITY

The Leskovac Power Supply Company has successfully installed long distance cabling and a distribution station to the famous Jasunjski monastery dedicated to St. Jovan (John). Consequently, this exceptionally valuable building of Serbian medieval culture will get electricity for the first time. On the occasion of the activation of the long distance cable, the low voltage network and distribution station, academician Gojko Subotic reminded of the importance of the monastery, a unique building of medieval culture in the south of Serbia built in 1517.

Source: Politika daily, Belgrade, July 13, 2004

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