Serbian Orthodox Church

Information Service of
the Serbian Orthodox Church
February 24, 2005

SPIRITUAL PUBLIC FORUMS IN SMEDEREVSKA PALANKA

His Grace Bishop Jovan of Sumadija has blessed the initiative of Mr. Radoslav Cokic, the president of the municipality of Smederevska Palanka, to organize a spiritual public forum each month in Smederevska Palanka for the purpose of enriching Orthodox culture. The first lecture will be held on March 10 and the lecturer will be His Grace Bishop Jovan of Sumadija on the topic “St. Sava, the Eternal Teacher of the Serbian people”. The spiritual public forum in Smederevska Palanka will be held in the large conference room of the Municipal Assembly building.

GRADUATES OF ST. PETER OF CETINJE SEMINARY SET OUT ON PILGRIMAGE TO HOLY LAND

Graduates of the St. Peter of Cetinje Seminary departed on a journey to the Holy Land and the Sinai Peninsula. His Grace Bishop Joakim of Velic and the first rector of the restored Cetinje Seminary, Protopresybter-Stavrophor Momcilo Krivokapic, will lead the group of pilgrims, including professors and students of the Cetinje Seminary.

This year’s graduating class of the Cetinje Seminary is the tenth since the schools restoration in 1992. Following the example of the first graduating class of the school, which visited Jerusalem and the Holy Land on its graduation trip, the administration decided that the class on the school’s ten-year anniversary would follow in their footsteps.

During the course of their pilgrimage from February 23 to March 9, the seminarians will venerate the Holy Shrines of the Holy City of Jerusalem, the Jordan Valley, the Tiberiad and Mt. Sinai. The professors and students of the Cetinje Seminary will also be received by His Holiness the Patriarch of Jerusalem, the rector of the Jerusalem Seminary, and the elders of numerous monasteries in the region. As well, the pilgrims of Cetinje are planning, by the grace of God, to visit the Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial Center.

Source: Svetigora Press

FIRST ORTHODOX TV CHANNEL
CREATED IN DIOCESE OF EKATERINBURG

On 13 January 2005, the Day of the Russian Press, the television station of the Ekaterinburg diocese was created, which will begin broadcasting on January 31. This is the first Orthodox TV station in Russia, which plans to broadcast 17 hours daily to all cities of the Ekaterinburg region. Seven hours each day are to be dedicated to religious programs, with the remaining ten hours used to transmit educational and informational programs.

The station is part of the diocesan Department of Information and Publishing, which already includes a print shop, publishing house, information agency, several newspapers and magazines, as well as a 24-hour Orthodox radio station.

Source: www.orthodoxeurope.org

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