Serbian Orthodox Church

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the Serbian Orthodox Church
May 27, 2005

THE SERBS IN KOSOVO AND METOHIJA

His Holiness Serbian Patriarch Pavle and His Eminence Metropolitan Amfilohije of Montenegro and the Littoral will be taking part today in the conference on “The Serbs in Kosovo and Metohija” organized by the University of Pristina (presently located in Kosovska Mitrovica) in cooperation with the Council for Kosovo and Metohija Studies of the Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts (SANU) in Belgrade. The conference will be held in Kosovska Mitrovica on May 27-29, 2005.

FORMAL ACADEMY ON THE OCCASION OF THE 80TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE INSTITUTE FOR NEONATOLOGY

On Thursday, May 26, 2005 at 6:00 p.m. His Grace Bishop Porfirije of Jegar attended a formal academy in the Deputies’ Club organized by the Institute for Neonatology on the occasion of the 80th anniversary of this important medical center.

Bishop Porfirije, who represented His Holiness Serbian Patriarch Pavle and the Holy Synod of the Serbian Orthodox Church at the event, spoke of the effort of the Serbian Church over the years with the “Let Us Breathe Life into Serbia” philanthropic campaign. He expressed thanks to all donors to date, especially the Princess Katherine Karadjordjevic Foundation, the largest contributor thus far to the campaign. He also thanked a new donor, the Russian oil company Lukoil, which on this occasion presented the Institute with a stationary incubator, thus joining the ranks of the generous donors to the “Let Us Breathe Life into Serbia” campaign.

Speakers who gave welcoming remarks at the gathering included Dr. Slobodanka Ilic, the director of the Institute; Dr. Tomica Milosavljevic, the Minister of Health; HRH Crown Prince Alexander II Karadjordjevic; and Dr. Richard Polin, the Director of Neonatology at Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center and Professor of Pediatrics at the College of Physicians.

[Serbian Translation Services]