Children from Kosovo and Metohija guests at the Patron Saint’s Day celebration (Slava) with the Patriarch
On 21 January 2025, His Holiness Serbian Patriarch kyr Porfirije hosted children from Kosovo and Metohija on the second day of his Slava at the Parish House of the Church of Saint Sava in Belgrade.
His Holiness the Patriarch organized a festive luncheon for what he called his dearest guests from Orahovac, Osojane, Velika Hoča, Goraždevac, Leposavić, Štrpce and Kosovo Pomoravlje.
– I would have loved, and you understand this better than anyone else, to celebrate my patron saint's day on Kosovo and Metohija. I had such a wish and idea. However, after talking with Bishop Teodosije, Father Sava, and our other brothers and sisters from there, we decided that this time you would come to Belgrade so that we could celebrate here. God willing, next year we will celebrate in the Patriarchate of Peć – said Patriarch Porfirije, addressing the Serbian children from Kosovo and Metohija.
– With you here today are, and they are already known to you, Bishop Teodosije, Bishop Ilarion, Prince Filip and Princess Danica Karađorđević, along with actors, musicians, and artists: Ivan Bosiljčić, Viktor Savić, Aleksandra Radović, Andrej Šepetkovski, Pavlina Radovanović, Vlado Posavec, Mina Lazarević, Ivan Ivanov, and his daughter Kalina. We are delighted that you also have your own successful representatives here, not only in karate and judo but also in music, and we all heard how beautifully you sang the troparion that you have learned so well. Thank you – said Patriarch Porfirije.
His Holiness the Patriarch organized a festive luncheon for what he called his dearest guests from Orahovac, Osojane, Velika Hoča, Goraždevac, Leposavić, Štrpce and Kosovo Pomoravlje.
– I would have loved, and you understand this better than anyone else, to celebrate my patron saint's day on Kosovo and Metohija. I had such a wish and idea. However, after talking with Bishop Teodosije, Father Sava, and our other brothers and sisters from there, we decided that this time you would come to Belgrade so that we could celebrate here. God willing, next year we will celebrate in the Patriarchate of Peć – said Patriarch Porfirije, addressing the Serbian children from Kosovo and Metohija.
– With you here today are, and they are already known to you, Bishop Teodosije, Bishop Ilarion, Prince Filip and Princess Danica Karađorđević, along with actors, musicians, and artists: Ivan Bosiljčić, Viktor Savić, Aleksandra Radović, Andrej Šepetkovski, Pavlina Radovanović, Vlado Posavec, Mina Lazarević, Ivan Ivanov, and his daughter Kalina. We are delighted that you also have your own successful representatives here, not only in karate and judo but also in music, and we all heard how beautifully you sang the troparion that you have learned so well. Thank you – said Patriarch Porfirije.
