The solemn rite of consecration of the newly-built Diocesan court and the hall of the church-school community in the courtyard of the Cathedral church of Saint Nicholas of Myrra in Karlovac gathered many believers from all parts of the Diocese of Gornji Karlovac on 1 September, 2019. The celebration began with the liturgical gathering which…

The health condition of His Holiness Irinej, Serbian Patriarch, who is being hospitalized at the Military Medical Academy, is stable. His recovery is in progress, and a permanent consulting body of doctors of the Military Medical Academy headed by Brigadier General Prof. Dr. Dragan Dincic expects that the Primate of the Serbian Church will reassume…

A prayerful and solemn Eucharistic gathering in St. Petersburg’s Theological Academy. – A honorary doctorate of Theology to Bishop Dr. Irinej (Bulovic) of Backa. At the beginning of the new academic year, on September 1, 2019, Metropolitan Varsonophy of St. Petersburg and Ladoga officiated Holy Hierarchal Liturgy with the concelebration of bishops of the Serbian…

Saint Sava Serbian Orthodox Church San Gabriel, California September 1, 2019 Your Eminence Metropolitan Joseph, Your Grace, Bishop Maxim, Beloved Brother Hierarchs, Reverend Clergy, Beloved Faithful in the Lord, I convey to all of you the heartfelt greetings and blessings of His All-Holiness, Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew. The people of Serbia—and the Orthodox Church of Serbia—are…

Hyatt Regency Long Beach Long Beach, California August 31, 2019 Your Eminence Metropolitan Gerasimos, Reverend Clergy, Esteemed Lay Servants of the Church, Beloved Young People, I am very pleased to be here with all of you today. As I look out and see so many happy faces—faces of our Orthodox young adults from around the…

His Eminence Metropolitan Nathanael writes to the faithful an Encyclical that explores the meaning of ‘mercy’ within our Orthodox theological and spiritual tradition. He also offers a variety of practical suggestions for ways to weave the theme of mercy into our everyday lives. “Further we pray for mercy, life, peace, health, salvation, visitation, forgiveness and…

The Holy Hierarchical Divine Liturgy on the final day of the three-day Diocesan Days and celebration of the 800th Anniversary of the Autocephaly of the Serbian Orthodox Church was officiated by His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros, Archbishop of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese with the concelebration of His Eminence Metropolitan Savas, (Greek Orthodox Archdiocese), Their Graces Bishop…

A Wonderful Assembly of all the Orthodox – View more photos HERE and HERE   On Saturday, August 31, 2019, the second day of the Diocesan Days and celebration of the 800thAnniversary of the Autocephaly of the Serbian Orthodox Church, began with a most magnificent pan-Orthodox Hierarchical Divine Liturgy officiated by Metropolitan Joseph of the Antiochian…

On Sunday, September 1, 2019, during the celebration of Ecclesiastical New year, His Grace Bishop Silvester celebrated Holy liturgy at St. Catherine women’s monastery Kiyindi – Holy Metropolis of Kampala. The Bishop thanked sister Thavoria the Abess of the Women’s Monastery for amazing work done at the center and all the mostly looking after the…