Patriarch of Serbia: “Being one in Christ is both our greatest blessing and our most Iimportant and sole goal”

“Being one in Christ is both our greatest blessing and our most important and sole goal.” This was one of the messages delivered by Patriarch Porfirije of Serbia to the faithful during the service of thanksgiving held to mark his arrival at the Cathedral of Saint George the Trophy-Bearer in Cabramatta, Sydney.

Also present at the official welcome were Mr Jakov Rogan, Consul General of the Republic of Serbia for Australia and New Zealand, and Vice-Consul Mr Borislav Petković. The service was accompanied by the church choir under the direction of Presbytera Jelena Čečež.

“Whether it is the first or the fifth continent, according to the numbering people use, is of no importance. What matters is that Australia is a continent where the seeds of the Catholic and Apostolic Church have taken root and been sown, and where they bear the fruits of the Holy Spirit, as evidenced by the faithful who gather in prayer in their holy churches throughout this land,” Patriarch Porfirije said as he began his pastoral address to his spiritual children at the Sydney cathedral.

The cathedral proved too small to accommodate all the Serbian faithful, the spiritual children of Saint Sava, who had come…