Serbian Orthodox Church

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Avgust 29, 2005

METROPOLITAN AMFILOHIJE CONSECRATES RESTORED CHURCH IN TREBALJEVO NEAR KOLASIN

His Eminence Metropolitan Amfilohije of Montenegro and the Littoral served Holy Hierarchal Liturgy on the feast of the Dormition of the Most Holy Theotokos in a church dedicated to this holiday in Trebaljevo near Kolasin.

“If ever we needed to repeat the words of the Holy Prophet, ‘This is a day created by the Lord’ then it is today. We rejoice and find happiness on this day,” said Metropolitan Amfilohije in his archpastoral sermon after Holy Liturgy served, for the first time in 64 years in the renewed and consecrated church of the Dormition of the Most Holy Theotokos in Trebaljevo near Kolasin.

“In every age history has witnessed that when people neglect the Holiness of life, the Holiness of marriage, creation, when everything among the human race has been subordinated to pleasure, to hedonism, it has been the sign of the coming ruin and disappearance of that civilization. The only salvation lies in what we are doing here today, in renewal of our soul, our faith, our knowledge of God and, through this, the renewal of brotherly love. Without love of God there can be no brotherly love. You have renewed this church, which is a sign of renewal of faith and the renewal of mutual love among brothers,” said the Metropolitan.

“We are separated by our different comprehensions, we are separated into different parties but God’s Church is not separated, it unites those who are reasonable. In its diversity there is something that is common, indestructible, intransigent, something that must not be subordinated to anything else and that is, in fact, God’s Church. Why do we have amongst ourselves for the first time in history people who want to create some sort of false church of their own based on some sort of philosophical or national idea? This is a sign of ignorance, of alienation from God and from the Church, a sign of lack of baptism or inadequately conducted baptism. God’s Church passes through the ages and in it all peoples are one in Jesus Christ,” said Metropolitan Amfilohije.

Today’s holiday and celebration in Trebaljevo were magnified by a group baptism. During Holy Liturgy Metropolitan Amfilohije anointed 22 newly baptized servants of the Lord.

Source: Svetigora Press (Z.K./S.K)

NEW ORDINATIONS AT KRKA MONASTERY

On the Apodisis of the Transfiguration, August 26/13, 2005 His Grace Bishop Fotije of Dalmatia served Holy Hierarchal Liturgy in Krka Monastery. On that occasion Bishop Fotije also ordained Simon (Kuzmanovic), a brother of Krka Monastery, a hierodeacon, and Djordje Veselinovic from Zelengrad, a graduating student of the Faculty of Theology in Belgrade, a priest.

In his sermon Bishop Fotije emphasized the importance of the priest’s and deacon’s offices according to the Holy Scripture of the New Testament, pointing out their respective roles in the Holy Liturgy from whence they originate and, at the same time, led by their Bishop, where they should gather the faithful.

Source: Diocese of Dalmatia

[Serbian Translation Services]