Bishop Irinej with Serbian youth in New York

On the feast of Saints Cyrus and John, His Grace Bishop Irinej of Eastern America celebrated the Hierarchical Divine Liturgy for the faithful Serbian community of New York City, concelebrated by Presbyter Milan Dragovic, parish priest, and Protodeacon Milos Zdralic at St. Eleftherios Greek Orthodox Church in Manhattan.

In Memoriam: Protopresbyter-stavrophor Adam Yonitch, Jr., Lt. Col. USAFR

imageThe Very Reverend Protopresbyter-Stavrophor Adam Yonitch, Jr., Lt. Col. USAFR, 70, of Hempfield Township, reposed in the Lord on Sunday, July 11, 2021, in Excela Health Westmoreland Hospital, Greensburg.  He was born April 27, 1951, in Latrobe Hospital, a son of the late Adam Sr. and Irene (Bilky) Yonitch, grandson of the late Janko and Martha (Baltich) Yonitch.  He graduated from Franklin Regional Junior-Senior High School in 1970, and from St. Tikhon's Russian Orthodox Seminary in South Cannan, PA in 1975.  He also received a Master of Science in religious studies from Marywood College in Dunmore, PA.

He married his wife, Roberta Lee Bazala, on May 8, 1976, at Holy Ascension of Our Lord Serbian Orthodox Church in Youngwood.  He was ordained Deaconate at St. Sava Cathedral in Parma, OH by Bishop Sava, ordained to the Holy priesthood at Holy Ascension of Our Lord Serbian Orthodox Church in Youngwood.  He then studied under Fr. Nenad Resanovich before being assigned to his first parish.

Bishop Grigorije in Friedrichshafen and Munich

His Grace Bishop Grigorije of Dusseldorf and All Germany celebrated the Holy Hierarchical Liturgy in the church of Holy Serbian New Martyrs in Friedrichshafen on 11 July 2021.

In the prayerful presence of the faithful people of the parish, the Bishop was concelebrated by the protopresbyter-staurophor Milorad Jovanovic, the competent parish priest, the protodeacon Milorad Marijanovic and the deacon Dejan Ristic. On the feast of the Holy Apostles Peter and Paul, His Grace Bishop Grigorije served the Holy Hierarchical Liturgy in the church of St. John Vladimir in Munich.

The feast day of Sts Peter and Paul in Cetinje Monastery

The feast day of Holy Apostles Peter and Paul was conciliarly and prayerfully celebrated in Cetinje Monastery on 12 July 2021.

The Holy Hierarchical Liturgy was officiated by Metropolitan Aristarch of Kemerovo and Prokopijevo from the Russian Orthodox Church, while the elected Metropolitan Joanikije of Montenegro and the Littoral, Bishop Kirilo of Buenos Aires and South-Central America, with the clergy and monastics concelebrated in the prayerful participation of the faithful.

The feast day of Sts Peter and Paul in Cathedral church in Novi Sad

Bishop Irinej: After suffering, calvary, torment and trouble, the apostles are the first. The essence of their primacy is that they serve everyone else, and no one serves them. By serving others - their neighbors - they serve God, and by serving the Living God, they serve, therefore, their neighbors as well. To be the first means: to make the greatest sacrifice, to serve everyone and, through that, to serve the Lord Christ, Who made Himself, as Lord and the Lord of everything and everyone, the Servant of the Lord, the Servant of our salvation and the salvation of all creation.

His Grace Bishop Irinej of Novi Sad and Backa officiated the Holy Hierarchical Liturgy in the Cathedral church in Novi Sad on the feast day of Holy Apostles Peter and Paul, on Monday, 12 July 2021. His Grace Bishop Irinej was concelebrated by the clergy of the Cathedral church and deacons of Novi Sad.