The Patriarch of Serbia visited Nikšić

Patriarch Porfirije of Serbia was received with all due solemnity on 28 July 2026 at the Cathedral Church of Saint Basil of Ostrog in Nikšić.

At this significant historical moment, the Primate of the Serbian Orthodox Church delivered the following message:

Priests and brothers, venerable fathers, brothers and sisters, children of Saint Sava and heirs of the covenant of Saint Lazarus, children of Saint Peter of Cetinje and spiritual descendants of Saint Basil of Ostrog and of all the saints whose prayers ascend to heaven, before the throne of God and before the face of God, and whose spiritual sweat has watered this holy land,

Truly great is God’s blessing upon every person who comes to this holy land, and especially upon us, whom God has appointed to be servants of His Holy Altar.

Indeed, I never come here as a stranger, nor even merely as a visitor, but as one who belongs among you and is among your closest brethren; as a brother, as one of you, as the shepherd and spiritual father of the flock whose roots were planted by Saint Sava throughout the centuries, until our own days; until the blessed Metropolitan Amphilochios and, behold, until the present shepherd of the…