Easter in Sarajevo

Easter in Sarajevo
Easter in Sarajevo
Easter in Sarajevo
Easter in Sarajevo

The greatest and most joyful feast-day of Orthodox Christians, and therefore of Orthodox Serbs, was celebrated solemnly in the city of Sarajevo, capital city of Bosnia and Hercegovina, on April 28, 2019. All the churches, both in the Ffederal Sarajevo as well as in Eastern (Serbian) Sarajevo, were full of Orthodox Serbs who participated in the celebration of the radiant Resurrection of Christ.

Easter celebrations in the Cathedral church in Trebinje, Hercegovina

Easter celebrations in the Cathedral church in Trebinje, Hercegovina
Easter celebrations in the Cathedral church in Trebinje, Hercegovina
Easter celebrations in the Cathedral church in Trebinje, Hercegovina
Easter celebrations in the Cathedral church in Trebinje, Hercegovina

Festal solemnities of the Resurrection of the Lord in the Cathedral church of Holy Transfiguration of the Lord in Trebinje started  with Paschal matins. Diocesan Bishop Dimitrije of Zahumlje-Herzegovina officiated the Divine Liturgy with concelebration of the Bishop Emeritus Atanasije and the clergy of the Cathedral church.

Celebration of the Resurrection of Christ in Karlovac

Celebration of the Resurrection of Christ in Karlovac
Celebration of the Resurrection of Christ in Karlovac
Celebration of the Resurrection of Christ in Karlovac
Celebration of the Resurrection of Christ in Karlovac

The Feast-day of the Resurrection of Christ was celebrated with the solemn Liturgy in the Cathedral church of Saint Nicholas of Myra in Karlovac, being officiated by His Grace Bishop Gerasim of Gornji Karlovac with the concelebration of local priests.

The Patron Saint-day of Serbian Patriarch Irinej

The Patron Saint-day of Serbian Patriarch Irinej
The Patron Saint-day of Serbian Patriarch Irinej
The Patron Saint-day of Serbian Patriarch Irinej
The Patron Saint-day of Serbian Patriarch Irinej

The highest representatives of the Serbian people attend the celebration of the Patriarch’s Patron Saint-day of the Serbian Patriarch Irinej.

His Holiness Irinej, the Serbian Patriarch, received President of the Republic of Serbia, Mr. Aleksandar Vucic, and Chairman of the Presidency of the Bosnia and Herzegovina, Mr. Milorad Dodik, at the Serbian Patriarchate in Belgrade on the occasion of Saint Lazarus Saturday, the Patron Saint-day (Slava) of His Holiness, on 20 April 2019.

The Palm Sunday in the Cathedral church in Belgrade

The Palm Sunday in the Cathedral church in Belgrade
The Palm Sunday in the Cathedral church in Belgrade
The Palm Sunday in the Cathedral church in Belgrade
The Palm Sunday in the Cathedral church in Belgrade

His Holiness Irinej, the Serbian Patriarch, celebrated the Holy Hierarchal Liturgy in the Cathedral church of the Holy Archangel Micahel in Belgrade on the Feast day of the Entry of the Lord Jesus Christ into Jerusalem, 21 April 2019.

The Patriarch was concelebrated by the abbot of the monastery of Rajinovac, archimandrite Serafim (Kuzic), arhimandrite Nikifor (Milovic) from the Diocese of Budimlje-Niksic, Montenegro, and by many priests and deacons.