Serbian Orthodox

Why Pope Francis isn’t welcome in Serbia

May 16, 2013 Featured News

Sasa Milosevic - 15/5/13 The Roman Catholic Church’s alleged role in the Ustase slaughter of hundreds of thousands of Serbs during World War II has not been forgiven. BELGRADE, Serbia — Though he washed the feet of a Serbian Muslim girl in an Italian prison on this year’s Holy Thursday Mass, Pope Francis is still not [...]

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No conflict between Church and State

May 9, 2013 Featured News

9/5/13 BELGRADE – Bishop Irinej of Backa, spokesperson for the Serbian Orthodox Church (SPC), stated on Wednesday that there is no conflict between the state and the Church, stressing that they are only holding different viewpoints. At a debate dubbed “State-Church – secular and religious tolerance” held at Tanjug’s Press Center, the Bishop noted that [...]

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Iconographer’s 6-Year Project Lights Up New York Serbian Orthodox Church

May 3, 2013 News

Melissa Barnhart , CP Contributor 3/5/12 The Rev. Rastko Trbuhovich, the parish priest at St. Stephen Serbian Orthodox Church in Lackawanna, N.Y., said he’s proud to welcome the visitors who are flocking to his church to view the completed work of Father Theodore Jurewicz, an American painter and iconographer who last month completed a six-year project of [...]

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Alleged child molester, bishop Kacavenda, “punished” by Serbian Orthodox Church

April 27, 2013 News
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27/4/13 BELGRADE – Bishop of Zvornik and Tuzla, Vasilije Kacavenda, who has been retired by Serbian Orthodox Church, will leave his lavish palace in Bijeljina and move into a cell of the male monastery Vasilije Ostroski in the center of Bijeljina or monastery Sisatovac on Fruska Gora, reports news magazine “Kurir”. Recently, after the affair [...]

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Serbian Orthodox Church (SPC) criticized Brussels agreement

April 23, 2013 Featured News

23/4/13 BELGRADE – The Holy Synod of the Serbian Orthodox Church (SPC) believes that the initial agreement proposal between Belgrade and Pristina in Brussels constitutes ‘an indirect and silent but still practical’ recognition of the government system in Kosovo-Metohija which is independent of Serbia’s government structures, and warns that the price of Serbia’s potential EU [...]

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Serbian Orthodox Church against deal with Kosovo Albanians

April 9, 2013 Featured News

Associated Press 9/4/13 BELGRADE, Serbia – The influential Serbian Orthodox Church has appealed against a deal with Kosovo Albanians that would pave the way for Serbia’s EU membership. The EU has given Serbia until Tuesday to say whether it would relinquish the control of northern of Kosovo — one of the most difficult issues dividing [...]

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Theodor Saturday and Sunday of Orthodoxy in Nis

April 2, 2013 News

1/4/13 – Serbian Orthodox Church In the first week of the Great Lent, also called the Sunday of Orthodoxy because we remember the triumph of the Orthodox Church over the iconoclasts, His Grace Bishop Jovan of Nis served the Divine Liturgy in the Cathedral church in Nis. The clergy of the Cathedral church concelebrated to [...]

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Sunday of Orthodoxy in Vienna

March 30, 2013 News

Serbian Orthodox Church – 28/3/13 In the Diocese of Austria-Switzerland on Sunday of Orthodoxy the remembrance of the victory of the Holy Church over iconoclasm was celebrated. His Grace Bishop Dr. Irinej of Backa, the Administrator of the Diocese of Austria and Switzerland, celebrated the Divine Liturgy in Vienna’s church of the Resurrection of Christ [...]

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Celebration of the Military Medical Academy’s Day

March 8, 2013 Featured News

Serbian Orthodox Church – 8/3/13 The 169th anniversary of the Military Medical Academy was marked on 1 March 2013 with a solemn ceremony at the AF Guard Club. The jubilee’s celebration attended: His Holiness Irinej, Serbian Patriarch; Tomislav Nikolic, President of the Republic of Serbia; Aleksandar Vucic, First Deputy Prime Minister of the Government and [...]

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National Library marked its day

March 2, 2013 Featured News

1/3/13 Serbian Orthodox Church The National Library of Serbia marked the 181th anniversary of its existence with various manifestations. During the central ceremony a traditional award of the Library was presented for the best among the most read books. This year’s laureate is Slobodan Tisma for his novel Bernardi’s room (Bernardijeva soba). Yesterday’s celebration of [...]

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Saint Simeon the Myrhh-Gusher solemnly celebrated at Studenica monastery

March 2, 2013 News

  1/3/13 Serbian Orthodox Church In attendance of  a great  number of the faithful of the area of Studenica, the feast day of Saint Simeon the Myrrh-Gusher – Patron Saint-day of the small church within the Studenica monastery – was solemnly marked with the Divine Liturgy. His Grace Bishop Jovan of Sumadia, bishop administrator of [...]

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Distinguished people receive high acknowledgments of the Serbian Church

February 22, 2013 News

22/2/13 His Holiness Irinej, Serbian Patriarch, on 18 February 2013, handed over high distinction of the Serbian Orthodox Church to the deserved individuals for their contribution in the fields of economy, science, art, culture and for  the improvement of the human rights and freedom. For the expressed unselfish love towards the Hoy Mother Church, the [...]

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Pristina hopes to resolve northern issues

February 16, 2013 News

Safet Kabashaj for Southeast European Times in Pristina — 15/02/13 The Kosovo government and the international community are mounting pressure on local Albanian authorities to accept laws and a Supreme Court ruling. The Kosovo government is attempting to work out a solution in the north with Albanian local authorities so they will comply with a [...]

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Two centuries of Njegoš

February 7, 2013 News

Serbian Orthodox Church His Holiness Irinej, Serbian Patriarch, met on 5 February 2013 with the delegation of the Committee for celebration of 200th anniversary of the birth of Bishop Petar I Petrović Njegoš. The delegations consisted of: academician Matija Bećković, president of the Committee; corresponding member of the Serbian Academy of Sciencies and Arts (SASA) [...]

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Forty-day Memorial Service for Bishop Hrizostom of Zica

February 1, 2013 News

Serbian Orthodox Church On Saturday, 26 January 2013, on the feast of the Apodosis of Theophany, the forty day memorial for Bishop Hrizostom of Zica of blessed repose was served at the monastery of Rujan. Bishop Jovan of Sumadia, Administrator of the Diocese of Zica, celebrated the Divine Liturgy along with Bishop David …

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Opening of the Edict of Milan in Niš

January 20, 2013 Featured News

20/1/13 – Serbian Orthodox Church The celebration of the 1700th anniversary of the Edict of Milan in Serbia officially began  on 17 January 2013, with the concert of the Sretenje monastery choir at the National Theater in Niš. Mr. Tomislav Nikolić, the President of the Republic of Serbia and His Holiness Irinej, Serbian Patriarch addressed [...]

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Christianity in Niš Throughout Centuries

January 20, 2013 Featured News

20/1/13 – Serbian Orthodox Church The exhibition entitled Christianity in Niš throughout Centuries was opened at the Synagogue gallery in Niš on 10 January 2013. Besides the high dignitaries of the city of Niš, there was also present His Grace Bishop Jovan of Niš, who delivered the welcome speech. Source:  

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Will the Roman Catholic Church apologize for the genocide of Serbian Orthodox Christians?

January 19, 2013 Featured News
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Ivan Simic – 19/1/13 The recent decision by the Hague “International” Tribunal to acquit two Croat generals  for their roles in Operation Storm, despite the preponderance of evidence implicating them in the largest single act of ethnic cleansing in Europe since the end of WWII,  as well as the recent acquittal of Albanian Ramush Haradinaj for [...]

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Christmas Liturgy at Cathedral Church

January 9, 2013 Featured News

Serbian Orthodox Church – 7/1/2012 His Grace Bishop Atanasije of Hvosno, Vicar of the Serbian Patriarch, celebrated this morning the Divine Liturgy, on the joyful feast day of the Nativity of the Lord, at the Cathedral Church of Saint Michael the Archangel in Belgrade. Besides lots of people, Serbian Patriarch Irinej and Mr. Tomislav Nikolic, [...]

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Constantine’s Jubilee

January 5, 2013 Featured News
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5/1/2013- Serbian Orthodox Church Towards the jubilee of one of the most important events in the history of civilization – 1700 years since the publishing of the Edict of Milan of Holy Emperor Constantine the Great – editorial staff of the Information Service of the Serbian Orthodox Church launched at the end of 2012 a [...]

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Serbian Orthodox Monastery of Assumption of the Virgin Destroyed

January 4, 2013 Featured News
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Kisha D Dorado Delegate and Correspondent OCP News Service 04/01/2013 Belgrade: Albanians last night completely destroyed the monastery “Assumption of the Virgin” in southern Serbia. Monastery of the Assumption of Virgin” which is located in the vicinity of Vladicin Han was vandalized last night. The door was smashed, and the entire interior were broken. The [...]

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Funeral service for Bishop Hrizostom of Zica of blessed repose

December 27, 2012 News

Serbian Orthodox Church – 20/12/12 At the funeral service also Their Graces Bishops celebrated: Vasilije of Zvornik-Tuzla, Vasilije of Srem, Nikanor of Banat, Irinej of Backa, Justin of Timok, PAhomije of Vranje, Jovan of Sumadia, Ignjatije of Branicevo, Fotije of Dalmatia, Joanikije of Budimlje-Niksic, Grigorije of Zahumlje-Herzegovina, Milutin of Valjevo, Teodosije of Raska-Prizren, Maxim of [...]

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Svetionik – an Apple mobile device app with the Orthodox Christian Calendar and Reminder

December 15, 2012 Featured News

15/12/12 With the blessing of the Holy Synod of Bishops of the Serbian Orthodox Church, the Diocese of Raška and Prizren has made available SVETIONIK – an Apple mobile device app with the Orthodox Christian Calendar and Reminder  for 2013. A part of the profit from this app will be used for the reconstruction of [...]

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Serbian Orthodox Church Accuses Government Of ‘Suicide’ On Kosovo

December 8, 2012 Featured News

By Bojana Barlovac -8/12/22 Scenting a softening of Serbia’s claim to the former province, the Serbian Orthodox Christian Church has accused the government of being an accomplice to international plans to ‘cut its jugular and take out Serbia’s heart’. In a strongly worded letter, the Holy Synod of the Serbian Orthodox Church has demanded that [...]

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What’s That Building? The Serbian Orthodox Cathedral Of St. Sava

December 4, 2012 News

Alyssa Rinaldi - 3/12/2012 There are some buildings that just don’t seem to fit on this rather cramped island of ours. One of these buildings is the Serbian Orthodox Church of St. Sava. Similar to the house of the little old man in UP, this church built in the mid nineteenth century has seen the buildings around [...]

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