Piece of Sacred Wood from I.M.M. Vatopediou soon in Belgradetranslated

Thousands of believers had the great spiritual blessing to watch on the afternoon of Friday, October 23, 2026, in a live connection from Pemptousia TV and the digital media of the Institute of Saint Maximus the Greek, the gathering of His Beatitude the Patriarch of Serbia etc. Porphyry with the Professor of the Holy Great Monastery of Vatopedi Elder Ephraim, in the context of the new series of teleconferences "Two choose" (Is. 1,18). The topic of the discussion was: "The presence of the Holy Zone in Serbia". On this occasion the faithful heard the joyous news that a piece of the Holy Wood from the Cross of the Lord, which had been offered by the Holy Prince Lazarus to the Holy Great Monastery of Vatopedi, will soon arrive in the capital of Serbia, Belgrade. This blessing will in fact follow the historic advent of the Holy Belt which was worshiped by more than a million Serbian faithful during her almost one month stay in Belgrade.

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Also, the Patriarch of Serbia Mr. Porphyrios said that the Patriarchate has initiated procedures to make the coming of the Holy Belt an official holiday of the local Church, the...