Biography of elected Bishop Sergije (Karanovic) of Bihac-Petrovac
7. Септембар 2017 - 11:39The solemn rite of the enthronement into the throne of bishops of Bihac-Petrovac will be performed at the Cathedral church of the Holy Apostles Peter and Paul in Bosanski Petrovac on September 10th, 2017.
The newly-elected Bishop of Central Europe Archimandrite Sergije (Karanovic) was born on 4 July 1975 in BackaPalanka, and was baptized as Zoran. His family originate from Boboljusci, near Martin Brod. He finished primary school in his native town, and in 1990, with the blessing of His Grace Bishop Irinej of Backa he attended the Seminary of Three Holy Hierarchs at Krka Monastery, Dalmatia. He finished school with great success in 1995, during the civil war in Croatia, before the suffering and exodus of the Serbs from Krajina. The same year he received blessing and a canonical release from Bishop Irinej of Backa and was accepted to the Diocese of Bihac-Petrovac, which suffered from the war destruction, in autumn 1995.
Days of Holy Martyrs of Jasenovac
12. Септембар 2017 - 13:29
The celebration of Holy New Martyrs of Jasenovac under auspices of the Diocese of Pakrac-Slavonia commenced on 3 September 2017 with a Liturgy at the monastery church of the Nativity of Saint John the Forerunner in Jasenovac, and will end on 13 September, the day when the Serbian Church marks their memory.
With the blessing of His Grace Bishop Jovan of Pakrac-Slavonia, the central event of celebration began on 8 September 2017 with the regular annual symposium "New Martyrs: Polyperspective III", which was organized by the Jasenovac Committee of the Holy Assembly of Bishops of the Serbian Orthodox Church and the Museum of Genocide Victims from Belgrade. With the blessing of His Eminence Metropolitan Porfirije of Zagreb-Ljubljana, the second part of the symposium was held in the premises of the Serbian Orthodox High School "Kantakuzina Katarina Brankovic" in Zagreb this year as well.
The Beginning of the church school year
10. Септембар 2017 - 8:22To all Church-School Congregations, Parish administrations, Parents, and
Teachers of Church and Serbian Schools, and
Folklore groups of the
Diocese of Eastern America of the
Serbian Orthodox Church
Beloved in the Risen Lord
In accordance with the rich tradition of our Holy Orthodox Church, the 2017/2018 school year will begin with prayer services for the beginning of the school year, when the whole of our diocese will collectively enroll our children in Church and Serbian Schools, as well as in Folklore groups. It is the genuine wish of the Diocese of Eastern America that this day is observed on the second Sunday of September in a spirit of Sabornost (in unity). On this day, we will in one spirit pray to the Lord to send upon our children the spirit of wisdom and understanding, but also to enlighten their hearts to enable them to absorb and adopt true teaching.
Patron saint-day of the church of Synaxis of the Serbian saints on Karaburma
12. Септембар 2017 - 12:53
On the occasion of the church slava, His Holiness Irinej, Serbian Patriarch officiated the Holy Hierarchal Liturgy at the church of Synaxis of Serbian Saints on Karaburma on 10 September 2017.
The Patriarch was concelebrated by protopresbyter-staurophors Dragan Stanisic, Ratko Aksentic, Zivadin Protic and Spasoje Zivanovic, Arhimandrite Filimon - abbot of the Kaona Monastery, presbyter Dejan Antic, as well as protodeacon Stevan Rapajic and deacons Jovo Kalinic, Aleksandar Prascevic and Nemanja Ristic.
Remembering the victims of the Concentration camp Jasenovac
12. Септембар 2017 - 12:44
Conversation on various consequences of the horrible and tacit crime of the Ustashas, committed against innocent civilians, Serbs, Romas and Jews in Jasenovac, the greatest concentration camps in the so-called Independent State of Croatia.
His Holiness Irinej, Serbian Patriarch, received Minister of Education, Science and Technological Development of the Republic of Serbia Mladen Sarcevic, PhD; State Secretary Ana Langovic Milicevic, PhD; President of the Association of the Jewish Communities of Serbia Mr. Robert Sabados; Ambassador of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Serbia and Coordinator of the Serbian-Jewish Academic Project of Diaspora LjiljanaNiksic, PhD; member of the Serbian Parliament and President of the Committee for the Diaspora and the Serbs in the region of the National Assembly Ivan Kostic, MSc; member of the Parliament and President of the Union of Serbs of the Region Mr. Miodrag Linta as well as Professor Gideon Grajf, PhD, chief of the expert group of historians GH7.
