Porfirije

BRUSSELS - EU spokesperson Peter Stano on Tuesday criticised Pristina's decision to ban Serbian Patriarch Porfirije and seven bishops of the Serbian Orthodox Church from entering Kosovo-Meothija, noting that the move violated arrangements for official visits and ignored the importance of the Serbian Orthodox Church for "parts of the citizens" of Kosovo-Metohija.

Patriarch Porfirije will serve the holy bishop's liturgy at the seat of the Serbian Orthodox Church in the Patriarchate of Pec.
Patriarch will serve the morning liturgy, starting at eight o'clock, Tanjug was told in the Serbian Orthodox Church.
In the Church of St. Sava in Belgrade, the celebration of Christmas will begin with the service of the midnight liturgy.

During his visit to Kosovo and Metohija, Patriarch Porfirije of the Serbian Orthodox Church visited the Visoki Deani monastery, where he was welcomed by the abbot of the monastery, Father Sava, and Bishop Teodosije.

BELGRADE - Serbian Minister of Information and Telecommunications Mihailo Jovanovic on Thursday condemned in the strongest terms a decision by Pristina to deny entry to Kosovo-Metohija to a Tanjug reporter who was to report on Patriarch Porfirije's Christmas visit to Serbian holy sites in Kosovo-Metohija.

BELGRADE - Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic said on Thursday his meeting with Patriarch Porfirije of the Serbian Orthodox Church and Republika Srpska President Milorad Dodik earlier in the day had addressed all crucial national affairs for Serbs and that joint meetings in Republika Srpska had been agreed for the near future.

BELGRADE - Montenegrin President Jakov Milatovic concluded a two-day official visit to Serbia with a meeting with Patriarch Porfirije of the Serbian Orthodox Church at the Church of St Sava in Belgrade.

"I concluded the visit to Belgrade with a meeting with His Holiness Serb Patriarch Porfirije," Milatovic wrote in a post on his Instagram profile.

Easter liturgies were held in churches across the country, after which traditional egg-tapping contests were organized in many places. The belief is that the winner of the egg tapping contest (whoever's egg does not crack) will have the best health that year.
Many officials from the country and the region congratulated the citizens of Serbia on the great holiday.

We repeated the same wish at the beginning of 2022. This time, it seems that we managed to forget about the pandemic and the pain it caused us in the previous 30 months.
However, the coronavirus did not disappear - it was only replaced by a bigger suffering.

During the ceremony where he is to be enthroned, Patriarch Porfirije serves a liturgy with several bishops.
Just to reiterate, the Pristina authorities previously forbade the director of the Government Office for Kosovo and Metohija, Petar Petkovic, to attend the enthronement.

A third mass march in support of "traditional values" ​​and the family took place last night in Belgrade.

Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic announced that the European Pride, planned for September 12-18, will be cancelled. The reason was the crisis in Kosovo and Metohija and the risk of unrest. EuroPride organizers said the event would go ahead, but without the parade.