Consecration of Bishop Arseny of Toplica

 

Church of Serbia – 9/2/14

His Holiness Irenaeus, Serbian Patriarch, celebrated the Hierarchal Divine Liturgy and the solemn rite of the consecration of Archimandrite Arseny (Glavcic) to the rank of Bishop of Toplica at the Belgrade’s Cathedral church today, on 31st August 2014.

His Holiness was concelebrated by Their Eminences Metropolitan Panteleon of Veria (Archdiocese of Athens), Metropolitan Georgios of Kitrous and Katerini (Archdiocese of Athens) and Metropolitan Porfirius of Zagreb-Ljubljana; Their Graces Bishop Irenaeus of Backa, Justin of Zica, John of Sumadia, Theodosius of Raska-Prizren, Irenaeus of Australia-New Zealand, Hilarion of Timok, Anthony of Moravica and Hieronim Bishop electus of Jegar; Very Venerable abbot of the Studenica monastery Archimandrite Tikhon as well as protopresbyters-stavrophors Chief Secretary of the Holy Synod of Bishops Dr. Savo B. Jovic, dean of the Faculty of Orthodox Theology protopresbyter-stavrophor Predrag Puzovic, head of the Cathedral church Petar Lukic and Professor Dr. Vladimir Vukasinovic. The solemn rite was attended also by Their Graces Bishops Gerasim of Gornji Karlovac, Sergius of Middle Europe, John Bishop electus of Slavonia and retired Bishop Basil of Zvornik-Tuzla, Very Venerable Archimandrites John (Radosavljevic) and Daniel (Ljubotinja), as well as by hieromonk Dositey from the Chilandar Monastery on Mount Athos.

Besides the relatives and friends of Bishop Arseny, many priests, monks and faithful people of the capital, the Divine Liturgy was attended also by Apostolic Nuncio in Belgrade H.E. Orlando Antonini, Roman Catholic Archbishop of Belgrade Mgr. Stanislav Hocevar, Director of the Bureau for Cooperation with Churches and Religious Communities Dr. Mileta Radojevic, Director of the Administration Office of the Patriarchate protopresbyter-stavrophor Stojadin Pavlovic, delegation of the Serbian Armed Forces led by Col. Borislav Grozdic, academician Vladeta Jerotic, head of the Publishing Foundation of the SOC Mr. Gradimir Stanic, director of the Library of the Serbian Patriarchate M.Sc. Zoran Nedeljkovic, director of the Museum of the SOC Mr. Vladimir Radovanovic, chief architect of Saint Sava Memorial Cathedral Dr. Vojislav Milovanovic, professors of the Faculty of Orthodox Theology of the University of Belgrade, professors and theologians of the Seminary of Saint Arsenius of Sremski Karlovci, prominent people from public and cultural life, representatives of media.

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