From the request to ban entry into the European Union due to his relationship with Ratko Mladić, through the condemnation of the Islamic Community in Bosnia and Herzegovina, to the court proceedings in Slovenia, Patriarch Porfirije found himself at the center of several disputes with neighboring countries.
"Even in the most difficult times, we were creators and builders who are still admired by the whole world today," says SPC patriarch Porfirije.
The Belt of the Blessed Virgin Mary, which was kissed by more than 915.000 believers, was escorted from the Church of Saint Sava on Saturday, June 6, with a church and military ceremony
The belt of the Blessed Virgin Mary will be in the church of Saint Sava until Saturday, June 6. Queues are still huge, waiting more than eight hours for a kiss
"We also pray for them and try to love them, understand them and want their hearts to be warmed by the love of God and their spiritual eyes to be opened," says Patriarch Porfirio
The Belt of the Blessed Virgin Mary will remain in the Temple of Saint Sava in Belgrade until June 5, announced Patriarch Porfirije, following the decision of the Vatoped Monastery to extend its display due to the great interest of believers. According to unofficial data, on Wednesday, believers waited up to nine hours to pay homage to the belt of the Blessed Virgin Mary.
The belt of the Blessed Virgin Mary will be at the head of the Salvation Day procession in Belgrade this Thursday evening. Nevertheless, the great religious event is taking place at a time when the SPC is facing the affair of the secret recording of the election for the patriarch and increasingly frequent questions about the relationship of the top of the Church with the regime of Aleksandar Vučić
The Serbian Patriarch Porfirije celebrated the Holy Bishop's Liturgy today in the Patriarchate of Pec, stressing the importance of love for our neighbors, but also for those who do not understand and sometimes do not accept us. Students in the blockade sent sincere wishes for peace, love and hope to the believers
In his Easter message, Patriarch Porphyry warns of global crises, calls for unity with the Serbs in Kosovo and Metohija, and says that the circle of hatred can only be broken by forgiveness
The case in which Patriarch Porfirije (pictured) is facing the possibility of proceedings being initiated against him due to mobbing - which is in extreme opposition to Christian values - has left a bitter impression on part of the public in Serbia, first of all among those who naively believe that such things do not happen in the Church. However, connoisseurs of church affairs have known for a long time that cases of mobbing against priests that go public are unfortunately only the tip of a huge iceberg, about which little is said.
If at all there is to be a trial of Patriarch Porfirio before a Slovenian court, it would almost certainly be a trial in absentia. Because the appearance of the head of the Serbian Orthodox Church in front of a foreign court would, at the very least, be an extraordinary national humiliation
The Prosecutor's Office in Slovenia filed an indictment against Porfirio for abusing a priest in the workplace, writes the Nova portal
The regime has a "cockroach instinct when it comes to survival" and will seize any opportunity to exact revenge. Metropolitan Justin felt that on his own skin
The head of the Serbian Orthodox Church, Patriarch Porfirije, warned in his Christmas epistle that internal political tensions in Serbia have led to deep divisions and called for overcoming them. What do they think about the student rebellion, the heads of the Serbian Orthodox Church said several times last year
The exhibition of icons by contemporary authors from 12 countries reveals that contemporary and Byzantine artistic views, combined, give a new level to this traditional and above all church art
The commemorative ceremony on the occasion of 30 years since the Storm took place under heavy rain with speeches by Milorad Dodik and Aleksandar Vučić about the Serbian people that the West wants to destroy
Do the parts of today's sermon by Patriarch Porfiri, the speech at the protest in Užice by the priest Milić Dragović, and the call of the Eparchy of Žička to the representatives of the authorities not to forget to protect the people, hint at the new attitude of the SPC towards the authorities
Tonight at 19:XNUMX p.m. the Spasovdanska Litia starts. Along with Patriarch Porphyry, the hand and scepter of Saint Sava will lead it, the SPC announced, in order to bless and reconcile the quarreling Serbian race.
In a new guest appearance on Pink TV on Wednesday (April 23), Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić did not say much new - he confirmed that he is going to Moscow on Victory Day over Fascism, and he also spoke about the color revolution
The President of Russia, Vladimir Putin, in his conversation with Patriarch Porfiry, pointed out that Russians and Serbs are united by the Orthodox faith and a common culture based on it.
"True and real fear and all the problems and frustrations that we have inside and outside of us are nothing but precisely the fear of that enemy called death," emphasized Patriarch Porphyry
"The criminal act of NATO aggression brought us back to ourselves and to values that must not be questioned," said Patriarch Porphyry at the state commemorative meeting on the anniversary of the NATO bombing
I know for sure that Porfirije respects everyone's conscience as a sacred space, that the patriarch, with a gesture that now seems above all gestures to me, shows, in Eucharistic terms, "the end of everything with images", that is, how he agrees with the original demands of the students, how he agrees with Dr. Perišić's principled views and how he inherits the peace-making spirit of Patriarch Pavle. I accept being accused of naivety, but not of manipulation: the good Pavle would have shut up those healing, mystical 15 minutes with the students
The Serbian Orthodox Church pointed out that anyone who knew Patriarch Pavle or who listened to his sermons or read interviews and theological texts "knows that any, even the mildest, political engagement was absolutely impossible in his case."
From the announcement of the Serbian Orthodox Church, a simple conclusion follows: the protesting students are antichrists, and Aleksandar Vučić is the embodiment of Svetosava values.
The head of the Serbian Orthodox Church, Porfirije, won the first place in the survey of the Empowered Association called "Misogine of the Year". Offensive statements about gender-sensitive language and silence on the rise of violence against women are just some of the reasons why the patriarch holds this title.
"We are one family, we are one family. We are once connected by faith, fathers and forefathers and their faith," said Patriarch Porphyry at the end of the liturgy on the occasion of St. John's Day
