Tag: SPC
Serbian Orthodox Church Holy Assembly Of Bishops Discusses Kosovo
30/5/13 BELGRADE – The Serbian Orthodox Church (SPC) Holy Assembly of Bishops discussed again on Thursday the situation and the SPC mission in the areas ... Read More
Patriarch and president meet and urge “unity”
TANJUG - 13/5/13 BELGRADE -- Serbian Orthodox Church (SPC) Patriarch Irinej and President Tomislav Nikolić met on Monday and urged "absolute unity and responsibility". This ... Read More
No conflict between Church and State
9/5/13 BELGRADE – Bishop Irinej of Backa, spokesperson for the Serbian Orthodox Church (SPC), stated on Wednesday that there is no conflict between the state ... Read More
Serbian Orthodox Church (SPC) criticized Brussels agreement
23/4/13 BELGRADE – The Holy Synod of the Serbian Orthodox Church (SPC) believes that the initial agreement proposal between Belgrade and Pristina in Brussels constitutes ... Read More
Ninth anniversary of anti-Serb violence in Kosovo
Tanjug - 18/3/13 BELGRADE -- The Serbian government and the Serbian Orthodox Church (SPC) are today marking the ninth anniversary of pogrom in Kosovo. During ... Read More
Bishop warns of “toughest times” for Serbs since 2004 pogrom
TANJUG - 25/1/13 BELGRADE -- A SPC bishop based in Kosovo has said that the position of the Serb people in Kosovo and Metohija (KiM) ... Read More
MOC welcomes proposal for talks with SPC
TANJUG 1/11/2012 SKOPJE -- The Macedonian Orthodox Church (MOC) has reacted to Serbian President Tomislav Nikolić's proposal for resolving a dispute with the Serbian Orthodox ... Read More
Patriarch: Talks possible only in line with canons
TANJUG 1/11/2012 BELGRADE -- Serbian Patriarch Irinej says the Serbian Orthodox Church (SPC) "will joyfully accept the talks with non-canonical Macedonian Orthodox Church (MPC)". However, ... Read More
“Differences with Roman Catholics should be overcome”
NIN, Tanjug 12/10/2012 BELGRADE -- Serbian Orthodox Church (SPC) Patriarch Irinej has spoken in favor of Roman Catholic Pope Benedict XVI visiting Serbia, Belgrade-based NIN ... Read More
SPC condemns possible removal of church in Kosovo
Tanjug 7/9/2012 GRAČANICA -- The Serbian Orthodox Church (SPC) Raška-Prizren Eparchy opposed on Tuesday the removal of an unfinished church in Priština. The eparchy also ... Read More
SPC metropolitan:Pope should first visit Jasenovac
20/8/2012 NOVI SAD – Metropolitan Jovan of Zagreb, Ljubljana and the entire Italy stated on Sunday that before coming to Serbia, head of the Roman ... Read More
Patriarch: Church will never agree to surrender of Kosovo
Tanjug 12/7/2012 BELGRADE -- Serbian Orthodox Patriarch Irinej called for unity among Serbs, adding that the Church (SPC) would never agree or come to terms ... Read More
Kosovo is Serbian Jerusalem, Patriarch Says
TANJUG 29/6/2012 GRAČANICA -- Serbian Orthodox Church (SPC) Patriarch Irinej has said in Gračanica that Kosovo was, is, and will be the holy Serb land ... Read More
Six Vraniskovski’s associates ordered detention
Tanjug 23/5/2012 A Macedonian court issued orders for six people suspected of involvement in money laundering together with Serbian Orthodox Church Archbishop of Ohrid Jovan ... Read More
NIS to help preserve Orthodox temples
12/4/2012 BELGRADE -- Serbian Orthodox Church (SPC) Patriarch Irinej and Oil Industry of Serbia (NIS) Director Kirill Kravchenko have signed a protocol on a long-term ... Read More
Montenegro “wants to humiliate SPC”
26/3/2012 PODGORICA -- Metropolitan of Montenegro and the Littoral Amfilohije Radović has stated that Montenegro wants to humiliate the Serbian Orthodox Church (SPC). He explained ... Read More
Russian envoy receives top Church honor
7/2/2012 BELGRADE -- Russian Ambassador to Serbia Aleksandr Konuzin has received the highest honor given by the Serbian Orthodox Church (SPC). SPC Patriarch Irinej presented ... Read More
SPC head organizes reception at Patriarchy
TANJUG 12/1/2012 BELGRADE -- Serbian Orthodox Church Patriarch Irinej on Wednesday organized the Christmas reception at the Patriarchy building in Belgrade. The reception was attended ... Read More
Church: EU has alternative, Serbs Should Persevere
B92 2/12/2011 BELGRADE -- The Serbian Orthodox Church (SPC) has issued a statement sending a message to both the Serbian authorities in Belgrade, and the ... Read More
UNESCO to help preserve cultural heritage in Kosovo-Metohija
Tanjug 26/11/2011 UNESCO Director General Irina Bokova sent a letter to Patriarch Irinej of the Serbian Orthodox Church (SPC) in which she asserted that the ... Read More
FM to UNESCO: Don’t allow theft of our heritage
TANJUG 31/10/2011 PARIS -- Monasteries and churches of the Serbian Orthodox Church (SPC) cannot belong to the so-called "Republic of Kosovo", FM Vuk Jeremić says. ... Read More