Serbian Orthodox Church picks ally of president as Patriarch
Belgrade, SerbiaAP Serbian Orthodox Church bishops elected an ally of the country’s populist president Thursday as the new leader who is succeeding the church Patriarch who died after contracting the coronavirus. Bells tolled on the sprawling Saint Sava Temple in Belgrade where senior Serbian bishops met to announce Metropolitan Porfirije as the new patriarch of […]
COVID-19 deaths of Serbian clerics highlight virus worries
AP As coronavirus cases surge globally, the COVID-19 deaths of two senior Serbian Orthodox Church clerics – one who died weeks after presiding over the funeral of the other – are raising questions about whether some religious institutions are doing enough to slow the spread of the virus. More reports are emerging about people who […]
Serbian Church leader dies after contracting COVID-19
Belgrade, SerbiaAP The leader of the Serbian Orthodox Church, Patriarch Irinej, who often criticised Western policies toward Serbia and urged close relations with Slavic ally Russia, has died after testing positive for the coronavirus, the church said Friday. He was 90. A brief church statement said that the Patriarch died shortly after 7am on Friday […]
Head of Serbian Orthodox Church in hospital with coronavirus
Belgrade, Serbia AP The Patriarch of the Serbian Orthodox Church has been hospitalized after testing positive for the new coronavirus, days after leading prayers at a large public funeral for the head of the church in Montenegro, who died after contracting the virus. The Serbian Orthodox Church said late Wednesday that the 90-year-old Patriarch Irinej […]