Order of St. Sava the Second Degree to Mr. Dmitry Vladimirovich Tabachnik, Minister of Education and Science of Ukraine

His Holiness Irinej, Serbian Patriarch awarded on Friday, March 16, 2012 in the Serbian Patriarch in Belgrade, Dmitry Vladimirovich Tabachnik, Minister of Education, Youth and Sport of Ukraine with the Order of St. Sava of the Second Degree, in the presence of Vicar Bishop Andrej of Remesiana, as well as representatives of Embassies of Ukraine in Serbia.

Upon the decision of the Holy Synod of Bishops of the Serbian Orthodox Church it is said that the Order of St. Sava of the Second Degree is awarded for the active love towards the Serbian Orthodox Church, especially expressed with the brave and persistent effort to preserve Orthodox sanctities and Serbian people in Kosovo and Metohija.