Serbian Orthodox Church

Information Service of
the Serbian Orthodox Church
September 26, 2005

METROPOLITAN AMFILOHIJE VISITS
ARCHBISHOP ANTONIO OF KRASNOYAR

Yesterday His Eminence Metropolitan Amfilohije of Montenegro and the Littoral began an extended visit to His Eminence Archbishop Antonios of Krasnoyar and Eniseya as part of the “Days of Serbia and Montenegro Spirituality and Culture” event.

The event began with Holy Hierarchal Liturgy served by the two hierarchs in the church of the Holy Trinity in Krasnoyar. After Liturgy, Metropolitan Amfilohije was accompanied by his host to the renowned chapel of the Holy Great-Martyr Paraskeva, protectress of Krasnoyar, and to the church of Holy Father Nikolai, build in memory of the victims of repression throughout the ages. Metropolitan Amfilohije also visited the famous Parade Square on the banks of the Eniseya River.

At a formal dinner held in his honor last night, Metropolitan Amfilohije spoke with the governor of the district of Krasnoyar Aleksandr Hlaponyin, whom he presented with small gifts and invited to visit Montenegro.

This morning Metropolitan Amfilohije visited cathedral of the Protection of the Most Holy Theotokos in Krasnoyar and then, upon the invitation of the rector of the Krasnoyar Pedagogical University, he gave a lecture to the professors and students of this institution of higher learning on the theme “Man – Bearer of eternal life”.

Metropolitan Amfilohije and his host Archbishop Antonije, who visited the Metropolitanate of Montenegro and the Littoral last year, then visited the renowned Krasnoyar Museum of Paleontology, Ethnology and Arts, one of the most well known museums in Russia.

This evening the two hierarchs will attend a formal vigil in honor of tomorrow’s feast of the Elevation of the Holy Cross in the city of Lesosibirsk, and tomorrow on the day of the feast they will serve Holy Hierarchal Liturgy in this city.

Source: Svetigora Press, R.V.

LECTURE OF METROPOLITAN NIKOLAJ OF DABRO-BOSNIA

On Wednesday, September 23, 2005, His Eminence Metropolitan Nikolaj of Dabro-Bosnia gave a lecture “To Serbian Youth” as part of the “Spiritual public forum – Orthodox conversations” of the Christian Cultural Center in Sarajevo.

During the lecture, which was given in St. Tekla Hall in the Old Sarajevo Church, about the great tasks before Serbian youth, Metropolitan Nikolaj emphasized that every young person derives life and spiritual strength for his or her growth, training and spiritual strength from three pillars or churches: the church of birth – the family, the church of consecration – the Church, and the church of learning – school.

Source: Metropolitanate of Dabro-Bosnia

PATRONAL FEAST IN BRIBIR

On the feast of Sts. Joakim and Ana, September 22, 2005, His Grace Bishop Fotije of Dalmatia served Holy Hierarchal Liturgy in Bribir on the day of its patronal feast.

Bishop Fotije wished the gathered faithful a happy patronal feast and in his homily, he expressed great joy at the restoration of this parish church dedicated to holy and righteous Joakim and Ana. Bishop Fotije emphasized that through such acts of effort and love, the Serbs living here can remain the faithful guardians of Orthodox tradition.

Source: Diocese of Dalmatia

RADIO SVETIGORA’S “LIVE WIRE” RECEIVES AWARD AT INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL IN SOMBOR

At the tenth international Festival of Reporting, which concluded yesterday in Sombor, in competition with reporters from at home and abroad, a feature report by Radio Svetigora’s “Live Wire” received a bronze plaque.

The documentary story of Professor Dr. Cedomir Vukmanovic, recorded on the tape recorder of journalist Zoran Grgurevic, is a shocking testimony of the suffering of flight from Montenegro, Old Raska and Herzegovina in Slovenia during May 1945.

Dr. Cedomir Vukmanovic, a living witness of this suffering, is the son of priest-martyr Luka Vukmanovic Crmnicki who perished in during the flight together with one hundred priests of the Metropolitanate of Montenegro and the Littoral.

The author of the feature report, Zoran Grgurevic, is one of the editors of Radio Svetigora. He has been a journalist since 1972. He has received a number of awards for his radio work in the former Yugoslavia.

Source: Svetigora Press, S.K.

PRESS CONFERENCE OF ANDREI VOZNESENSKY REGARDING THE THREE-HANDED THEOTOKOS LITERARY AWARD

The celebrated Russian poet Andrei Voznesensky, the laureate of the Three-Handed Theotokos International Literary Award presented by the Ivanka Milosevic Foundation from Chicago, will hold a media conference in the Serbian Writers’ Association on Wednesday, September 28, 2005 at 11:00 a.m.

The Three-Handed Theotokos, the first literary award of the Orthodox world, was presented this year to two literary creators: Mr. Andrei Voznesensky for 2004 and Metropolitan Amfilohije of Montenegro and the Littoral for 2005.

The awards will be presented at a Formal Academy in the Atrium of the Serbian National Museum in Belgrade on Thursday, September 29, 2005 at 7:00 p.m.

We invite all representatives of the media in Serbia to attend these events.

[Serbian Translation Services]