Serbian Church: "Children of Saint Savvas, pray for the health of Metropolitan Irenaeus of Batska"translated

Last night, the Serbian Orthodox Church invited the faithful to pray for the recovery of the health of the Metropolitan of Batska, Mr. Irenaios, through a post on an official social media page.  "Children of Saint Savva, we invite you tonight to offer fervent prayers to the Lord and Theotokos for the recovery of Metropolitan Irenaeus of Batska," reads the appeal of the Serbian Orthodox Church.

However, no further information was given, and so far there has been no official announcement either from the Archdiocese of Novi Sad and Backas Metropolis or from the Press Office of the Serbian Patriarchate.

This announcement attracted the interest of thousands of believers who rushed to find out more details, however nothing has been known about the state of health of His Holiness, nor if he is hospitalized.

The Metropolitan of Batska, Mr. Irenaeus, a great figure of Orthodoxy, had recently granted an exclusive interview to Pemtpousia TV. On the occasion of the arrival of Agia Zoni in Belgrade, he spoke exclusively to Hieromonk Fr.