Patriarch Irinej  

Newly elected Patriarch of the

Serbian Orthodox Church

Novoizabrani Patrijarh Srpski G. Irinej

 

His Holiness Patriarch Irinej (Gavrilovic) of Serbia was born in the village of Vidova, near Cacak in 1930 by his father Zdravko and mother Milijana. When he was baptized he was named Miroslav. He finished the elementary school in his village, and then in Cacak he finished the high school. After the end of the high school he enrolled and completed a seminary in Prizren, and then he finished the Faculty of Orthodox Theology in Belgrade. Upon graduation, he went into the army. Following his return from the army he was soon appointed a professor of the Prizren seminary. Before taking the office of the professor in October  1959, at the Rakovica monastery he was tonsured by His Holiness Patriarch German, gaining the monastic name of Irenej.

That same month, on St. Petka’s day, October 27, 1959 at the Ruzica church on the Kalemegdan, he was ordained to the rank of hieromonk. While he worked as the professor at the Prizren seminary he was sent to the postgraduate studies in Athens. In 1969 he was appointed as the head of the monastic school at the monastery of Ostrog, from where he returned back to Prizren and there he was appointed a rector of the Prizren Seminary. From that duty in 1974 he was elected for a vicar bishop of His Holiness Patriarch of Serbia with the title of Bishop of Moravica. A year later, in 1975 he was elected for Bishop of Nis, where he has been until now.  AXIOS, AXIOS. DOSTOJAN!

 

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 Welcome to the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary,  Serbian Orthodox Church. On behalf of the faithful of our parish, we are grateful that you are visiting our website.  Our parish consists of faithful men, women and children seeking to live a life dedicated to Christ and His Church.  This Church is the body of believing Orthodox Christians throughout the world, who share a common spiritual bond!  By worshipping, witnessing, serving and socializing together, we seek to make Christ’s presence felt in our community, and to make God’s Kingdom real in our parish.                                                                                                                                                

Our beloved parish was founded in 1952. Over the past 55 years, many dedicated priests and lay leaders have worked for the establishment of ministries and programs to assist the faithful in their journey to the Kingdom of God. We invite you to explore our web site, and we invite you to join us for worship, in the celebration of the Divine Liturgy. We are honored that you have visited our website. As a religious organization, we are always striving to find new ways to get our message out to our current and prospective members.                                                                                                                                                                                                               

This web site allows us to reach people we may have never been able to contact before.


This parish was originally founded by a small group of Serbian immigrants, but today the churuch is comprised of over 200 families Serbs and family’s of different nationalities all witnessing to the Good News of Christ, striving to reflect His love, and living according to the principles and discipline of the Holy Orthodox Church .The Church is you, your family, and your relatives. The Church is each of us. The Church is people joined together in a common, spiritual, and religious bond. The bond is Jesus Christ; thus, the Church is the body of Christ! Our Church is the body of believing Orthodox Christians throughout the world; and at the same time, it is the local assembly of believing Orthodox Christians. More and more people throughout the world are becoming aware of our precious Orthodox Christian Faith. As they learn of the unchanging truths of the One, Holy, Catholic, and Apostolic Church, they realize the stability and the continuity preserved  since the New Testament era through today.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        We invite you to learn more about our Church and our parish family by joining us for worship and fellowship.Please use this website to access the information you need about the church and as a resource for broadening your Faith. To better serve our parishioners we need to know who they are and what their needs are. We look forward to hearing from you to answer any questions you may have.                                                                                

May the peace of our Lord, God, and Savior Jesus Christ, remain with you and yours!     

 Protopresbyter Dane Popovic