Serbian Orthodox Church

Information Service of
the Serbian Orthodox Church
July 21, 2004

EXHIBITION OF WORKS BY STUDENTS OF THE ACADEMY OF ARTS AND CONSERVATION OPENS IN ZEMUN

The dean of the Academy of Arts and Conservation of the Theological Faculty of the Serbian Orthodox Church, Protopresbyter Dr. Radomir Popovic, opened an exhibition of icons painted by the students of the Academy at the Stara Kapetanija Gallery in Zemun on July 20, 2004. In his address to guests the dean emphasized that the Academy has been open for ten full years and that this exhibition is the third in a series of exhibitions of student works in less than two months in 2004. The Academy works according to the liturgical principle of “come and see” and does not wish to promote itself.

Saying that the icons represented a vision of the divine heavens in the direction of the Lord God, the dean officially opened the exhibition, which will continue until July 30. In addition to numerous religious art afficionados, the opening was also attended by Hieromonk Irinej Dobrijevic, consultant to the Holy Synod of Bishops and editor of the Information Service of the Serbian Orthodox Church; Protopresbyter Dr. Radovan Bigovic, a professor from the Theological Faculty of the Serbian Orthodox Church; and professors from the Academy of Arts and Conservation of the Serbian Orthodox Church.

The exhibition includes works created by the students during the course of the 2003/04 academic year. In addition to icons painted on wood and textiles, it also includes mosaics and photographic documentation of conservation works and student fresco paintings in the churches in Golubac, Peroj and Hajducica Monastery.

LITERARY AWARD TO BE PRESENTED TO BISHOP ATANASIJE JEVTIC

At a formal Academy to be held in the Atrium of the National Museum in Belgrade on Friday, July 23, 2004 at 11:45 a.m., His Grace Bishop Atanasije Jevtic of Zahumlje and Herzegovina (retired) will receive the Three-Handed Mother of God Literary Award presented by the Ivanka Milosevic Foundation from Chicago. Previous recipients include academicians Matija Beckovic and Stevan Raickovic.

His Eminence Metropolitan Amfilohije of Montenegro and the Littoral will present an icon of the Three-Handed Mother of God, and the keynote speaker regarding the works of Bishop Atanasije will be Matija Beckovic. Dragica Milosevic, the mother of Ivanka, who made a special trip from Chicago for this occasion, will present His Grace with the Charter. Also taking part in the presentation ceremony will be Dragomir Acovic, the Teofilovic Brothers, Simonida Djordjevic, Maja Vukoicic and Ivana Jagodic.

CITY OF PROKUPLJE CELEBRATES PATRON SAINT’S DAY

The Municipal Assembly of Prokuplje and the church of St. Prokopios are jointly celebrating their patron saint’s day, the feast of St. Prokopios (in Serbian, Sv. Prokopije). On this occasion His Grace Bishop Irinej of Nis served Holy Hierarchal Liturgy in the church of St. Prokopios, followed by the breaking of the slava cake at noon in the municipality. In 1993 the municipality of Prokuplje resumed celebrating the feast of its patron saint and protector of the city, whose relics rest in the local church and after whom the city on the Toplica River was named more than 600 years ago.

Source: Blic, July 21, 2004

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