Patriarch Porphyry

Beograd

18.May 2024. S.Ć./FoNet

Messages from Aleksandar Šapić and Patriarch Porfirio on Family Days

We are here to defend traditional values from trends that poison society and to respect the Church, said Aleksandar Šapić during the Belgrade Family Days tour with Patriarch Porfiri.

The Patriarch served the liturgy in the Church of Saint Sava

Reactions

14.May 2024. IM / Phonet

The embassies of Quinte and the EU are concerned about the ban on the patriarch from entering Kosovo

The Quinte and EU embassies in Kosmet announced that they expect the Government of Kosovo to meet the highest standards of human rights and be responsible for regional stability

Kosovo and the SPC

13.May 2024. MP / FoNet

Patriarch Porfirio was banned from entering Kosovo and Metohija

The Pristina authorities have forbidden the head of the Serbian Orthodox Church and the bishops to enter the territory of Kosovo and attend the Assembly of the Serbian Orthodox Church in the Patriarchate of Peć, announced the Serbian Orthodox Church.

Beograd

03.September 2023 S.Ć.

Opponents of Pride: We are the ones who suffer

The participants of the "I will not have a gay parade in Belgrade" protest, after the well-known rhetoric, went to the Government building to submit a request to ban the Pride Parade.

Politics

03.August 2023 M.S

Vučić: We will continue to invest in Republika Srpska and no one can stop us from doing so

On the basis of the agreement on special and parallel relations, Serbia has invested more than one billion euros in Serbia since 2014, while Serbia and the Republika Srpska jointly invested about 2,1 million convertible marks (1,07 million euros) in the construction of kindergartens. broadcast by RTS

SPC

28.June 2023 Z.S.

Patriarch Porphyry in a new "offensive" on gender-sensitive language

At the meeting of the patriarch of the Serbian Orthodox Church (SPC) Porfiri and a group of Serbian linguists, it was judged that the provisions of the Law on Gender Equality are "unconstitutional and harmful". The patriarch said that it is about the "transformation" of the consciousness of the individual and society as a whole, through language

SPC

30.May 2023. BG

Patriarch Porfirije: Every day he prays for peace in Kosovo

Prayer will be offered every day at 18 pm in the church of Saint Sava in Vračar in front of the relics of Saint Bishop Nikolaj Srpski, the Serbian Orthodox Church announced.

SPC

23.May 2023. BG

Porphyry: Beautiful about women and on the trail of gender-sensitive language

"The Church sees every woman - mother, sister, daughter, colleague, neighbor or casual passer-by - as the most sublime and holy gift of God to the human race," the patriarch said in a written statement.

SPC and politics

18.May 2023. MN

Porfirije supported Vučić: "Dear Mr. President, Blessed"

Patriarch Porfirije said yesterday that he and the archbishops of the Serbian Orthodox Church feel the Presidency of the Republic of Serbia as their home and that they support everything that is done in that institution for the good of the people and Serbia. Porfirije preached to Aleksandar Vučić two days before the opposition's new protest on May 19 in Belgrade

Gender equality

15.May 2023. I.Đ.

DS: Patriarch Porphyry to apologize to the women

"'Poor and wretched person' certainly does not fit into the noble and spiritual narrative that is expected from the patriarch," notes the Democratic Party.

Society

13.May 2023. S.Ć.

How Šapić and the patriarch defend the family: With a series of small events at the celebration and insults

In order to defend the family from Europride, the mayor of Belgrade, in agreement with the Serbian Orthodox Church, established Family Days, where 100.000 people will gather, and Patriarch Porfirije protects her by calling the interlocutor a "bad one".

Society

05.march 2023 S.Ć.

Litians told the police: Go to Kosovo

The litigants who walked today in Belgrade for the salvation of Kosovo clashed with the police in front of the Church of Saint Sava while Patriarch Porfirije served the liturgy in it, although they said that their rally was religious and not political.

SPC

04.February 2023. S.Ć.

St. Sava Temple: Entrance fee for tourist visits

From February 1, the entrance fee to the Temple of Saint Sava for tourist visits was supposed to start. For groups, the price should be 350 dinars, and for an individual tour, 600 dinars. It is not specified whether this also applies to citizens of Serbia. Patriarch Porfirio's blessing is still awaited

Interview

22.January 2023 Jelena Jorgacevic

Milica Andrić Rakić: It is important for the SPC to be part of the normalization agreement

"The Serbian community would like the Church to participate directly, more precisely, for its representatives to be part of the official delegation. However, the representatives of the Diocese of Raško-Prizren would not like to be in the official delegation, but to have direct contacts with the technical team of Miroslav Lajčak"

Merry Christmas

07.January 2023 MB

Christmas epistles: Messages of peace from Patriarch Porphyry, Metropolitan Ioanniki and Bishop Grigori

In the epistle of Patriarch Porfiry, all direct and indirect participants in the war in Ukraine are asked to find the strength in themselves to establish peace, end the suffering and return the refugees to their places. We hope that the peace of God will reconcile the brothers, that the divisions and schisms in the Montenegrin society will be overcome, Metropolitan Ioannikije said. Bishop Grigorije spoke about the importance of inner and outer peace, emphasizing that the former should not be understood as "reconciliation with some kind of deprivation or some kind of voluntary handicap".

On the spot: Enthronement of Patriarch Porphyry

19.October 2022 Jelena Jorgacevic

The better side of history

Already at the beginning of his sermon, Patriarch Porfirije called for peace with the Albanians, for forgiveness and reconciliation. It is clear that politicization has been avoided and that this is a big win for everyone, except for those who live off nationalist skirmishes over the hump of the people.

On the spot

14.October 2022 Jelena Jorgacevic

Enthronement of Patriarch Porphyry: Both Serbs and Albanians are equally children of God

Already at the beginning of his speech, Patriarch Porphyry called for peace with the Albanians. He chose to mention the beautiful moments of the common history (and not to mention those other moments), the close ties between Muslims and Orthodox, saying that God does not look at who is who, but that everyone is God's children

Sketches from history

09.October 2022 J. Jorgacevic

Enthronement of the Patriarch: Still, it's good this way

Almost a hundred years ago, the ceremonial enthronement of Patriarch Dimitrije, the first patriarch of the renewed Serbian Patriarchate (1920), was held in Peja. In the Peć Patriarchate monastery, the Skopje theater troupe is playing, the orchestra of the Royal Guard is playing, and the choir is singing. Cannon shots ring out all around. The people of Peja are finally happy, writes a journalist from "Politika". And this is a town where "desperate people live, victims of some heavy fog of uncertainty and insecurity", there are few roads, and those that do exist are not safe

News

04.October 2022 S.Ć.

Biology textbook: The victory of the church over science

The Ministry of Culture accepted the assessment of the Working Group, which was formed on its behalf, that in the biology textbooks of seven publishers, the lesson on sex and gender identity should be urgently changed, which was demanded by the top of the Serbian Orthodox Church because they supposedly "propagate gender ideology".

News

19.September 2022 S.Ć.

Helsinki Committee on Religious Education: SPC must not educate our children

The Helsinki Committee for Human Rights issued an appeal to abolish religious education in schools. The board requires the state to respect the Constitution and the principles of secularism and cites evidence that the church has a huge influence on the state. This June, Patriarch Porfirius criticized school principals for preventing students from opting for religious studies

I remember

17.September 2022 Ivan Ivanji

Homosexuals in SFRY: Breaking taboos in socialist conservatism

A long time ago, Jovan Ćirilov once told me that he was against the gay parade, because sexual orientation should be a private matter, but I am convinced that in such a situation he would go for a walk on Saturday and be in the front rows, because he always fought for freedom

On the spot

08.September 2022 Filip Mirilović

Europride: If the Pride Parade is banned, it will turn into a protest

Homophobes, regime agitators, right-wingers and other "traditionalists" turned up, with the blessing of the church, for the two-hour walk of those who in Balkan society are forced to ask themselves "why they are less valuable". For them, a free walk in the city is a dream of some fairer times

Comment

07.September 2022 Ivica Dobrić

SPC against Europride: Citizen Perić versus Patriarch Porfirije

Therefore, if we understood the Christian and Orthodox logic of the priest Porfirio, the real danger is not in the announced walk, but in the fact that gays and lesbians, if we start beating and killing them, will start, as deviant as they are, to multiply rapidly. That is why we should not beat and kill them. Not because they are people like us, like citizen Perić and priest Porfiri, but because they are the ultimate evil that multiplies under beatings

News

06.September 2022 S.Ć.

Patriarch Porfirije: Europride should be cancelled

The Patriarch of the Serbian Orthodox Church supported the cancellation of Europride in Belgrade. He says that this is in the spirit of Orthodox Christians and that members of "other religions and nations with whom we live" also think so. The head of the Serbian Orthodox Church also said that "evil is not cured or defeated by violence, it only multiplies in that way."

News

25.December 2021 Written by: Sonja Ćirić

The Law on Cultural Heritage: A Story of Traitors and Patriots

Patriarch Porfirije warned that AP Vojvodina is mentioned in six articles of the draft Law on Cultural Heritage, and none mentions AP Kosovo and Metohija, so it could be concluded that the southern Serbian province is "excluded from the system of state care". The Ministry of Culture immediately adopted those remarks