Porfirije Perić
Serbian Church Elects Patriarch Deemed Close to President
Bishops of Serbia's powerful Orthodox Church on Thursday elected Porfirije Peric as their 46th patriarch.
The new Archbishop of Pec, Metropolitan of Belgrade and Karlovac and Patriarch of Serbia had previously, since 2014, been Metropolitan of Zagreb and Ljubljana.
Porfirije - a new patriarch of the Serbian Orthodox Church PHOTO / VIDEO
Metropolitan of Zagreb-Ljubljana Porfirije has been elected the new patriarch of the Serbian Orthodox Church.
Who is the new patriarch? Screenshot/ TV B92
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In fact, German was not elected under the present-day lottery system. The Church introduced the "apostolic vote" only in 1990, precisely to stop the state from meddling in the process.