Serbian Orthodox Church

BELGRADE - Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia will in mid-November visit Belgrade, where he will, with Patriarch Irinej of the Serbian Orthodox Church, consecrate a monument to the Russian Emperor Nicholas Romanov, recently erected in Devojacki park, the Belgrade Patriarchate has confirmed to Tanjug.

KFOR thanked for protecting Serb monastery

DEČANI -- Marko Đurić and Visoki Dečani Monastery Abbot Sava Janjić on Monday expressed gratitude to the KFOR commander for providing protection to the holy site.

BELGRADE - Dignitaries of the main religious communities in Kosovo-Metohija condemned the recent acts of vandalism in the Decani Monastery.

They agreed that these despicable acts, followed also by some web attacks, were sought to undermine the inviolable principles of tolerance and reconciliation in Kosovo society.

BELGRADE - Stefan Nemanja, the founder of the Nemanjic dynasty, represents a beacon for new generations that defines the direction for preserving the Serbian state, Serbian President Tomislav Nikolic said at an international conference marking a great anniversary - 900 years since the birth of the creator of a strong medieval Serbian state.

BERLIN - On the occasion of seven centuries of existence of the Banjska Monastery in Kosovo-Metohija, the ensemble of the Serbian National Theatre from Pristina staged a play entitled "Banjsko zlato" (the Gold of Banjska) at the Serbian Orthodox Church (SPC) in Dusseldorf.

BELGRADE - The Diocese of Backa of the Serbian Orthodox Church (SPC) has called on all citizens, particularly the Diocese's believers in the Serbian province of Vojvodina, to refrain from any form of violence towards their fellow citizens of Albanian ethnicity and Muslim religion.

BELGRADE - Patriarch Irinej of the Serbian Orthodox Church (SPC) will visit the Hilandar monastery at Mt. Athos in Greece, following the liturgy and memorial service to victims of World War I which he will serve at the Serbian military cemetery of Zeitenlik, on the occasion of the 100 years since the onset of WWI.

BELGRADE - A military parade to celebrate seventy years since the liberation of Belgrade from Nazi occupation in World War II, attended by Serbian President Tomislav Nikolic and Russian President Vladimir Putin, began with a gun salute and the sounds of the Serbian anthem in the afternoon on Thursday.

KOSOVSKA MITROVICA - Unidentified perpetrators attacked the parish house in the Serb part of Orahovac, Kosovo, some fifteen minutes after the soccer match between Serbia and Albania was abandoned late Tuesday.

The Montenegrin church on Sunday demanded an investigation into its Serbian rival's decision to lease a piece of land to a Qatari investor for the construction of the tourist complex on the coast.