Which state officials attended enthronement of new Serbian Orthodox Church Patriarch Porfirije

Photo: Nikola Tomic, Tanjug/Rade Prelic

The Holy Liturgy, at which the solemn act of enthronement of the new Serbian Patriarch Porfirije took place, was served today in the Cathedral Church of St. Michael the Archangel in Belgrade, the Serbian Orthodox Church (SPC) announced.

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The liturgy at which the solemn act of enthronement of His Holiness Porfirije into the holiest throne of the Archbishop of Pec, the Metropolitan of Belgrade and Karlovci and the Patriarch of Serbia started at 9 am.

Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic attended the ceremony, arriving at the church with the Serb member of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Milorad Dodik.

Serb Republic (RS) President Zeljka Cvijanovic and BIA agency director Bratislav Gasic were also there.

The ceremony of enthronement of the new patriarch was attended by Minister of Justice Maja Popovic, Minister of Labor, Employment, Veteran and Social Affairs Darija Kisic Tepavcevic, the Deputy Prime Minister in the Government of Serbia and Minister of Culture and Information Maja Gojkovic, Foreign Minister Nikola Selaković, and Interior Minister Aleksandar Vulin.

The enthronement of Patriarch Porfirije was also attended by Belgrade Mufti Mustafa Jusufspahic, and the Catholic archbishop of Belgrade, Stanislav Hocevar.

The liturgy was attended by Vladimir Bozovic, ambassador of Serbia to Montenegro, who has been declared a "persona non grata" in that country, Director of the Administration for Cooperation with Churches and Religious Communities Vladimir Roganovic, Director of the Office for Kosovo and Metohija Petar Petkovic, Prince Filip and Princess Danica Karadjordjevic and prominent public figures.

(Telegraf.rs)