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First liturgy after enthronment: Patriarch Porfirije offers the publican’s humility as a model of spiritual health

Serbian Patriarch Porfirije celebrated his first official Patriarchal Liturgy this Sunday at Saint Sava Cathedral in Belgrade. In his homily, he said that man’s natural state is illustrated by the publican’s humility. Only by following his model can we function healthily: “To be Christian means to be authentically human,” he said. “What seems great, powerful and…

Feb 22, 2021Ștefana Totorcea

The mission of the Church is to build peace, new Serbian Patriarch says at enthronement ceremony

Metropolitan Porfirije Perić officially became the 46th Patriarch on the Throne of St. Sava, after his enthronement as the new Archbishop of Pec, Metropolitan of Belgrade-Karlovac and Patriarch of Serbia Hundreds gathered on Friday at St. Michael’s Cathedral in Belgrade to attend the enthronement ceremony of His Beatitude Porfirije, the new Patriarch of the Serbian…

Feb 22, 2021Aurelian Iftimiu

Dacia Felix Bishop about Serbian Patriarch Porfirije: “He knows very well the realities of this blessed, multiethnic space”

His Grace Bishop Daniil of Dacia Felix conveyed congratulations to the newly elected Patriarch of the Serbian Orthodox Church after his enthronement at St Michael Cathedral in Belgrade on Friday. “The election and enthronement of Metropolitan Porfirije of Zagreb and Ljubljana as new Patriarch of the Serbian Orthodox Church is a spiritual joy for the…

Feb 20, 2021Aurelian Iftimiu

Serbian Patriarch Porfirije’s first statement: I entreat all to pray for me

Immediately after his election, the new Patriarch of the Serbian Orthodox Church urged everyone to pray to God for him. “Today, I call God’s blessing upon all our brothers and sisters—the children of our Church of St. Sava, and all people of goodwill and upon the whole world. I entreat all to pray to God…

Feb 19, 2021Aurelian Iftimiu

Metropolitan Porfirije of Zagreb is the new Patriarch of Serbia

Serbian Orthodox Church elected its new Patriarch, Metropolitan Porfirije of Zagreb-Ljubljana, on Thursday, February 18th, 2021. After the Liturgy, the Electoral Assembly choose three names which were put it in Gospel. Archimandrite Matej picked the winning envelope. The grace of Holy Spirit, Serbian Orthodox Church elected the new Patriarch, Porfirije Peric. Immediately after the election,…

Feb 18, 2021Sorin Ioniţe

Patriarch of Romania congratulates new Patriarch of Serbia

His Beatitude Daniel, Patriarch of the Romanian Orthodox Church, sent a message of congratulation to His Beatitude Porfirije, the new Patriarch of Serbian Orthodox Church: Bucharest, 18 February 2021 His Beatitude PORFIRIJE, Patriarch elect of the Serbian Orthodox Church Your Beatitude, On the occasion of Your Beatitude’s election as Primate of the Serbian Orthodox Church,…

Feb 18, 2021Sorin Ioniţe

Antioch Patriarchate about COVID-19 vaccines: “It is a personal decision”

The Patriarchate of Antioch published a statement on the anti-Covid-19 vaccines noting that ‘the Church considers that the matter of vaccination is not the speciality of the field of theological and spiritual studies, but rather specific to the field of medical sciences and its authorities.’ Church encourages scientific research The text structured in seven points…

Feb 15, 2021Aurelian Iftimiu

US Orthodox Bishops reaffirm life’s sanctity: All humans, whether in the womb or in the world, are made in the image of God

The Assembly of Canonical Orthodox Bishops of the United States of America published a message reaffirming the sanctity of life based on the firm conviction that life starts at the moment of conception. “All humans, whether in the womb or in the world, are made in the image and likeness of God, possessing God-given beauty…

Feb 7, 2021Aurelian Iftimiu

‘We suffer together with the entire Romanian people’, Ecumenical Patriarch says after Bucharest hospital fire

His Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew sent on Monday a letter to His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel in which he expressed the “deep compassion” of the Ecumenical Patriarchate following a fire that broke out at the Matei Balş National Institute for Infectious Diseases in Bucharest. “We pray for the rest of the souls of the innocent victims…

Feb 5, 2021Aurelian Iftimiu

We are called to embody the gifts on Nativity in works of benevolence and charity, Patriarch of Antioch says in Christmas message

In his pastoral letter for Christmas, Patriarch John X of Antioch sent a message of hope, consolation and trust. The Divine Infant brings hope and trust, and we are called to welcome Him with the gifts of our good deeds in favour of those in need. “In the night of the present times, here comes…

Dec 24, 2020Aurelian Iftimiu

Ecumenical Patriarch’s Christmas Message: Pandemic does not affect the innermost relationship of the faithful with Christ

In his Christmas message, Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew stressed that the Christmas Fast – the journey to the great feast of the Nativity of the Saviour – was different this year in terms of external conditions caused by the pandemic, but all this does not affect the innermost relationship of the faithful with Christ. Our church…

Dec 24, 2020Aurelian Iftimiu