The head of the Serbian Orthodox Church (SPC), Patriarch Porfirije, said, at the liturgy he served in front of the Holy Belt of the Blessed Virgin Mary, that "these days there are some who do not understand what this is about".
"There are some who despise our calmness, the fact that we go to strengthen ourselves in good, to strengthen ourselves in virtue, that we come here with the desire to embrace everyone, to forgive and ask for forgiveness, that we understand that we are not perfect," said Patriarch Porphyry, in the temple of Saint Sava in Vračar, the Information Service announced.
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As he added, "it is despised, rejected and slandered by many out of ignorance, and many precisely because they did not recognize the Lord as their shepherd, because they are in error and have other messiahs".
"The Lord loves everyone and we come here, brothers and sisters, strengthened by our faith and prayer to the Most Holy Theotokos, to pray for them too, to pray that the Lord opens their eyes as well, that we never experience any kind of vindictiveness and anger in our hearts, that we never wish them any harm. We also pray for them and try to love them, to understand them and that we want their hearts to be warmed by the love of God and that their spiritual open your eyes," emphasized Patriarch Porphyry.
The SPC claims that half a million believers worshiped the Belt of the Virgin
The SPC previously announced that from the evening of May 20, when the relic was brought from the Vatoped monastery to be carried on the city's glory - Spasovdan, until yesterday at 8:00 p.m., 576.793 believers passed through the Church of Saint Sava in Vračar, bowing to the Girdle of the Blessed Virgin Mary, which caused different comments from the public.
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