Serbian Orthodox Church

BELGRADE - Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic hosted a lunch for Serbian Patriarch Porfirije, the Holy Assembly of Bishops of the Serbian Orthodox Church and Republika Srpska President Milorad Dodik on Friday to thank them for their assistance in the fight against the adoption of a UN General Assembly resolution on Srebrenica.

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.

MERDARE - The Pristina authorities banned Serbian Patriarch Porfirije and seven bishops of the Serbian Orthodox Church from entering Kosovo-Metohija on Monday.

BELGRADE - The Serbs are a Christian nation of the Golgotha and the Resurrection and Kosovo-Metohija is where our cradle and our home and our living and our deceased are, Serbian Patriarch Porfirije said on Friday in his Easter message, pointing out absolute untruths and an unprecedented historical revisionism aimed at declaring, by simple inversion, the Serbs - the victims of multiple genocide

BELGRADE - Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic met with Republika Srpska President Milorad Dodik and Patriarch Porfirije of the Serbian Orthodox Church on Monday.

"One of the most important meetings with His Holiness Patriarch Porfirije and Republika Srpska President Milorad Dodik," Vucic wrote in a post on his buducnostsrbijeav Instagram profile.

BELGRADE - It must be said clearly whether Kosovo-Metohija is a Serbian national project or not, and the Serbian Orthodox Church must work on its relationship with the Vatican because having the pope on our side is in the interest of Serbia, says FM Ivica Dacic.

BANJALUKA - Republika Srpska is an expression of the centuries-long aspiration of the Serbs to live in freedom, in justice and in peace with everyone, Patriarch Porfirije of the Serbian Orthodox Church said on Tuesday during a holy liturgy that marked the start of Republika Srpska Day celebrations in Banjaluka.

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.

DECANI - On the third day of his trip to Kosovo-Metohija, Patriarch Porfirije of the Serbian Orthodox Church visited the Visoki Decani monastery and said peace was a spiritual category and that Kosovo was to be defended, above all, by doing good deeds.

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.