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Solemn Procession in honour and glory of Our Holy Father Basil of Ostrog the Wonderworker went through streets of Niksic

by OCP May 15, 2012 Featured News

Serbian Orthodox Church 15/5/2012 His Holiness Irinej, Serbian Patriaarch, His Eminence Metropolitan Amfilohije of Montenegro and the Littoral and Their Graces Bishops retired Atanasije of Zahumlje-Herzegovina, Nikanor of Banat, Filaret of Milesevo, Joanikije of Budimlje-Niksic, Grigorije of Zahumlje-Herzegovina and Maxim of Western America with great number of priests and believers led on Saturday, May 12 [...]

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His Holiness Irinej, Serbian Patriarch blesses newly-built Monastery of St. Sava in Golija

by OCP May 15, 2012 News

Serbian Orthodox Church 14/5/2012 His Holiness Irinej, Serbian Patriarch consecrated today newly built monastery of St. Sava in Golija with the concelebration of Their Graces Bishops retired Atanasije of Zahumlje-Herzegovina, Nikanor of Banat, Filaret of Mileseva, Joanikije of Budimlje-Niksic, Grigorije of Zahumlje-Herzegovina and Maxim of Western America on Sunday, May 13, 2012 and he served [...]

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Announcement of the Holy Synod of Bishops of the Serbian Orthodox Church on the occasion of the latest imprisonment of Archbishop John

by OCP May 15, 2012 Featured News
His Eminence Archbishop Jovan VI Archbishop Of Ohrid And Metropolitan Of Skopje (Serbian Orthodox Church)

Serbian Orthodox Church 14/5/2012 After years of persecution, harassment, arrests and imprisonments, His Beatitude the Archbishop of Ohrid and Metropolitan of Skopje kyr Dr. John, pan-Orthodoxly renowned and recognized canonical Prelate of the ancient Ohrid Archbishopric, was sentenced yesterday, May 11th, to two and a half years in prison under false charges of alleged fraud [...]

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Bishop Teodosije: Poor conditions for the return of Serbs to Prizren

by OCP May 13, 2012 Featured News

Radio Serbia 12/5/2012 Prizren and other towns in southern and central Kosovo and Metohija are not safe for the return of Serbs yet, said the head of the Eparchy of Raska and Prizren within the Serbian Orthodox Church, Bishop Teodosije, on a visit to the partly renovated Church of St Saviour in Prizren. Prizren and [...]

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Session of the Plenary of the Patriarchate Steering Committee of the Serbian Orthodox Church

by OCP May 5, 2012 News

4/5/2012 Before the beginning of the regular year’s session of the Plenary of the Patriarchate Steering Committee of the Serbian Orthodox Church on May 3, 2012 His Grace Bishop Jovan of Sumadija served the Invocation of the Holy Spirit in the Patriarchate Chapel of St. Symeon the Myrrh-Gushing, in the presence of His Holiness Irinej, [...]

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Inter-cultural dialogue through monasteries in Kosovo

by OCP April 27, 2012 Featured News

By Reverend Donald Reeves MBE 27/4/2012 Soul of Europe Website: The Orthodox monasteries and the municipalities of Peć and Dečani have to start creating the basis for healthy community relations in order to ensure that the former become centres of inter-cultural dialogue, rather than a focus for conflict. In early April, the president of the [...]

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Montenegro “wants to humiliate SPC”

by OCP March 26, 2012 Featured News
Metropolitan Amfilohije Radović

26/3/2012 PODGORICA — Metropolitan of Montenegro and the Littoral Amfilohije Radović has stated that Montenegro wants to humiliate the Serbian Orthodox Church (SPC). He explained that requests to register the SPC in Montenegro and “persecution of its priests” were an attempt to humiliate the SPC. Amfilohije said that people from the Social Democratic Party were [...]

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Inter-religious leaders in Slovenia join forces to defend the family

by OCP March 24, 2012 News

23/03/2012 Polls open Sunday, March 25, in Slovenia for a referendum on the Family Code, which seeks to legalize same-sex unions, allowing them to adopt children. In view of the upcoming vote, representatives from the Catholic, Orthodox and Muslim communities in the country have signed a joint declaration which reaffirmed the importance of family based [...]

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Orthodox church in Kosovo desecrated

by OCP March 5, 2012 Featured News

TANJUG 4/3/2012 GNJILANE — Serbian Orthodox Church of St. George in the village of Stanišor was burgled Friday night and money was stolen from the register, Kosovo police have confirmed. Kosovo police regional spokesman Ismet Hasani told Tanjug that the police had inspected the scene and determined that a burglary took place and that the [...]

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Order of Saint Despot Stephen to Milovan Vitezovic and Miodrag Vujovic

by OCP February 29, 2012 News

24/2/2012 Serbian Church His Holiness Irinej, Serbian Patriarch awarded on February 22, 2012 in the Serbian Patriarchate in Belgrade Messrs Milovan Vitezovic and Miodrag Vujovic with the Order of Saint Despot Stephen Lazarevic in the presence of the members of the Holy Synod of Bishops of the Serbian Orthodox Church Their Graces Bishops: Vasilije of [...]

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Dr Dragutin Trickovic receives Order of Saint Sava of the Third degree

by OCP February 17, 2012 News

Serbian Church 16/2/2012 The Holy Holy Hierarchal Liturgy of the Serbian Orthodox Church gave primarius Dr Dragutin Trickovic, director of the Dr Vukan Čupić Mother and Child Health Care Institute of Serbia in New Belgrade, with the highest distinction of the Serbian Orthodox Church – Order of Saint Sava of the Third Degree, for active [...]

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Russian envoy receives top Church honor

by OCP February 7, 2012 Featured News

7/2/2012 BELGRADE — Russian Ambassador to Serbia Aleksandr Konuzin has received the highest honor given by the Serbian Orthodox Church (SPC). SPC Patriarch Irinej presented the Order of St. Sava 1st Class to the diplomat in a ceremony in Belgrade on Monday. The Church said the honor was given as sign of gratitude for Konuzin’s [...]

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The Beloved Son of Serbian Orthodox Church Novak Djokovic wins Australian Open 2012

by OCP January 29, 2012 Featured News
Novak Djokovic of Serbia

Novak Djokovic belongs to the Serbian Orthodox Church. Read his biography here: 30/1/2012 By Ian Ransom Djokovic grinds down Nadal to win Australian Open MELBOURNE, Jan 30 (Reuters) – A fatigued Novak Djokovic stared down a ferocious challenge from Rafa Nadal to defend his Australian Open title early on Monday in the longest grand slam [...]

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ST. SAVA

by OCP January 28, 2012 Featured News

27/1/2012 On January 27, the Serbian Orthodox Church celebrates the Day of St. Sava, the first Serbian Archbishop. Wherever they live, the Serbs spend this whole week organizing events and festive gatherings to celebrate this extraordinary man who made his mark on history and culture of the Serbian people and paved the way for future [...]

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Archbishop Jovan transferred to the strictest closed section of the “Idrizovo” prison

by OCP January 21, 2012 Featured News

19/1/2012 Archbishopric of Ohrid and Metropolitanate of Skopje – Serbian Orthodox Church His Beatitude Archbishop of Ohrid and Metropolitan of Skopje Jovan, on January 16th, in the afternoon hours, was transferred from the prison reception section to the closed section of the “Idrizovo” prison. Although the procedure of deciding whether he should be allowed a [...]

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Patriarch calls on Serbs to stay in Kosovo-Metohija

by OCP January 6, 2012 Featured News

Emg.rs, Tanjug 6/1/2012 Patriarch of Serbia Irinej called on Thursday in the Christmas encyclical Serbs in Kosovo-Metohija to keep their home fire burning, and stay with their Church and holy sites in the land of their ancestors. Patriarch of Serbia Irinej called on Thursday in the Christmas encyclical Serbs in Kosovo-Metohija to keep their home [...]

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Communique of the Holy Synod of Bishops of the Serbian Orthodox Church

by OCP December 5, 2011 Featured News

5/12/2011 The Holy Synod of Bishops of the Serbian Orthodox Church with this appeal addresses all participants of the drama in the northern region of Kosovo and Metohija, with the warm prayer to God, the only Source of true peace, unity and love among peoples and nations, that they not allow this drama to be [...]

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Politics and culture continue to clash in Prizren

by OCP December 1, 2011 Featured News
The remains of the 14th century St. George Serbian Orthodox Church in Prizren's historic centre. [Reuters]

By Muhamet Brajshori for Southeast European Times in Pristina 01/12/11 Kosovo’s parliament refuses to adopt a law to preserve cultural monuments in Prizren’s historic centre, despite it originating in the Ahtisaari plan for independence. A draft law to regulate the protection of historical-cultural monuments in the centre of Prizren — a town in southern Kosovo [...]

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Today begins with Christmas Fast

by OCP November 28, 2011 News

28/11/2011 The believers of the Serbian Orthodox Church today are beginning weeks of the Christmas fast, with which they prepare to celebrate one of the greatest Christian holiday – the birth of Jesus Christ Christmas. Christmas fast or small forty days (cetrdesetnica) lasts from 28 November to communion of believers in the Christmas liturgy in [...]

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Prayerful remembrance of Serbian Patriarch Pavle

by OCP November 15, 2011 Featured News

14/11/2011 On the occasion of the death of Serbian Patriarch Pavle, His Holiness Irinej, Serbian Patriarch will serve the Holy Hierarchal Liturgy and the memorial service in Belgrade’s Cathedral church with a beginning at 7 am, while His Grace vicar Bishop Atanasije of Hvosno will serve the Holy Liturgy and the memorial service in the [...]

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Communique From the Serbian Orthodox Church

by OCP November 2, 2011 Featured News

2/11/2011 The Committee of the Holy Assembly of Bishops for the preparation of marking the 1700th anniversary of the Edict of Milan as a co-organizer along with the Association of non-government organizations of South-East Europe – CIVIS, Austrian foundation PRO ORIENTE and Swiss PEACE AND CRISIS MANAGEMENT FOUNDATION organizes a promotion of the book – [...]

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Promotion of a new book: Full Serbian Translation of the Holy Bible

by OCP November 2, 2011 Featured News

2/11/2011 On Friday, October 28, at the Book Fair there was a presentation of the first edition of the Holy Bible Old and New Testament with translated deuterocanonical books of the Old Testament, which were translated into the modern Serbian language by His Eminence Metropolitan Amfilohije of Montenegro and the Littoral and retired Bishop Atanasije [...]

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FM to UNESCO: Don’t allow theft of our heritage

by OCP October 31, 2011 News

TANJUG 31/10/2011 PARIS — Monasteries and churches of the Serbian Orthodox Church (SPC) cannot belong to the so-called “Republic of Kosovo”, FM Vuk Jeremić says. Addressing the UNESCO General Conference in Paris on Monday, Jeremić stated: “In this organization, we are supposed to protect and nurture cultural identities, not be complicit in politicized attempts to [...]

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Ecumenical Patriarch: Serbian Church knows to oppose to injustice and force with Sacrifice and Power of Cross

by OCP October 25, 2011 Featured News

25/10/2011 His Holiness Irinej, Serbian Patriarch, accompanied by Their Graces Bishops Hrizostom of Zica, Irinej of Backa, Jovan of Sumadija and Andrej of Remesiana and deacon Aleksandar Sekulic, ends today its first peaceful visit to the Ecumenical Patriarchate afther the election and the introduction to the throne of the Serbian Patriarchs. After that there will [...]

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Patriarch calls on northern Kosovo Serbs to Persist

by OCP October 15, 2011 News

14.10.2011 TANJUG PEĆ — Patriarch Irinej of the Serbian Orthodox Church backed on Friday the right of northern Kosovo Serbs to defend themselves by putting up roadblocks. He called on the local Serb population to persist in the fight for their rights. Irinej today served liturgy at the Patriarchate of Peć, located in western parts [...]

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