Serbian Orthodox Church

BELGRADE - Bishop Irinej of Backa, spokesperson for the Serbian Orthodox Church (SPC), denied that Patriarch Irinej accepted an invitation to visit the Vatican, claiming that Bishop of Zrenjanin Ladislav Nemet fabricated the story based on the recent meeting between SPC leader and Archbishop of the Roman Catholic Church Dominique Francois Joseph Mamberti in Belgrade.

Serbian Church denies patriarch was invited to Vatican

BELGRADE -- A spokesman for the Serbian Orthodox Church has denied that Serbian Patriarch Irinej was invited to visit the Vatican and meet with the Catholic pope.

BELGRADE - Bishop of Zrenjanin Vladislav Nemet has confirmed to the daily Dnevnik from Novi Sad that Serbian Orthodox Church (SPC) Patriarch Irinej has been invited to the Vatican to visit Pope Francis and that he and the SPC have accepted the invitation.

"Patriarch accepted invitation to visit Vatican"

BELGRADE -- Serbian Orthodox Patriarch Irinej has accepted an invitation to visit Catholic Pope Francis in the Vatican, says Catholic Bishop of Zrenjanin Ladislav Nemet.

Religious hardliners in Serbia are being accused of abuse of minors - and even of breaking the law - in connection with a controversial summer camp.

The 15 children attending the St Lazar’s Summer Youth Camp this July in the Kučaj mountains of eastern Serbia were taught to wear military uniform and shoot from replica Kalashnikov rifles.

Anniversary of Serb exodus during Operation Storm marked

BELGRADE, BANJA LUKA -- The 19th anniversary of Serb exodus from Croatia in Operation Storm was marked in Serbia and the Serb Republic (RS) in Bosnia on Monday.

BELGRADE - The 19th anniversary of Serb exodus from Croatia in Operation Storm and the continuation of the military action known as Operation Mistral in the territory of Bosnia-Herzegovina (BiH) was marked in Serbia and Republika Srpska (RS) on Monday by commemoration services and honouring the victims.

BELGRADE - The 100th anniversary of the beginning of World War I was marked at the reconstructed Russian cemetery entitled Russian necropolis in Belgrade on Friday, and the commemorative service to honour the victims was attended by Serbian and Russian officials and dignitaries of the Serbian Orthodox Church and the Russian Orthodox Church.

BELGRADE - Director of Serbian government's Office for Kosovo-Metohija (KiM) Marko Djuric said that Serb representatives in the province are ready to participate in the new Kosovo government, but only under certain conditions.

VIENNA - Bishop Andrej of Austria-Switzerland of the Serbian Orthodox Church (SPC) was enthroned at the Resurrection of Christ Cathedral in Vienna in the presence of political and religious representatives of Serbia and Austria on Sunday.