SPC

Education

04.August 2026 AI

Enlightenment of Dejan Vuk Stanković: Return "Jovin's Gymnasium" to the SPC

Minister of Education Dejan Vuk Stanković has an ingenious solution for the (defunct) high school "Jovan Jovanović Zmaj" in Novi Sad - to return it to the Serbian Orthodox Church

20.July 2026 NR

Retired bishop Justin will be moved as a punishment?

How will Bishop Justin end up in the diocese of his "colleague" David, whom he criticized for calling students "Ustasha"

Serbian Orthodox Church

05.June 2026 A.M.

Belt of the Blessed Virgin Mary until tomorrow in Belgrade: Waiting for kissing is still more than eight hours

The belt of the Blessed Virgin Mary will be in the church of Saint Sava until Saturday, June 6. Queues are still huge, waiting more than eight hours for a kiss

SPC

03.June 2026 B. B.

Patriarch Porphyry: Some despise our calmness

"We also pray for them and try to love them, understand them and want their hearts to be warmed by the love of God and their spiritual eyes to be opened," says Patriarch Porfirio

Belt of the Blessed Virgin Mary, rows, temple of Saint Sava

Serbian Orthodox Church

01.June 2026 B. B.

The SPC claims that half a million believers worshiped the Belt of the Virgin

The administration of the Church of St. Sava keeps an accurate record of the number of believers who come to kiss the Girdle of the Virgin, primarily for security reasons, announced the SPC

Church

30.May 2026. Marija L. Jankovic

Blessed Women: The Menstrual Blessing of the "Informer" for Kissing the Girdle of the Blessed Virgin Mary

"Informer" "informed and enlightened women" and gave them the blessing that they may kiss the Girdle of the Blessed Virgin even when they are menstruating

SPC

21.May 2026. CI

Girdle of the Virgin at the head of the procession: Salvation Day in the shadow of the church's Watergate

The belt of the Blessed Virgin Mary will be at the head of the Salvation Day procession in Belgrade this Thursday evening. Nevertheless, the great religious event is taking place at a time when the SPC is facing the affair of the secret recording of the election for the patriarch and increasingly frequent questions about the relationship of the top of the Church with the regime of Aleksandar Vučić

SPC

20.May 2026. IN THE

CIN: Wiretapping of the election of the Patriarch in the Temple of St. Sava, "Sky" messages and influence in the crypt

In the crypt of the Church of Saint Sava, where the patriarch of the Serbian Orthodox Church was elected in 2021, according to CIN's research, there were allegedly hidden cameras and parallel surveillance systems that raise the question of who all had insight into the course of the electoral parliament

Serbian Orthodox Church

17.May 2026. B. B.

Metropolitan Justin dismissed from the episcopal throne

27 bishops voted for the replacement of the Metropolitan of Žica at the Holy Bishops' Council of the Serbian Orthodox Church Justin

Controversies

13.May 2026. Viktor Radonjic

The Symphony of the State and the Church (and the consequences)

Both the current regime and the Serbian Orthodox Church claim that the idea of joint work on the establishment of the University "Sveti Sava" came about out of concern for the well-being of the citizens of this country. But the actions of the current government years ago, as well as the actions of the Serbian Orthodox Church, and their unpublished coalition in the fight against Serbian universities, raise deep doubts about the benevolence of such an idea.

Contract in the Patriarchal Court

12.May 2026. IN THE

NIS donated the land of the Vojlovica monastery in the area of the Pančevo oil refinery to the SPC

The company NIS and the Serbian Orthodox Church - Diocese of Banat signed an agreement in Belgrade whereby NIS donates the land and the building of the Vojlovica monastery to the church, which is located in the Pancevo Oil Refinery complex.

Easter

12.April 2026. MLJ

Patriarch Porphyry called for love towards those who do not understand us

The Serbian Patriarch Porfirije celebrated the Holy Bishop's Liturgy today in the Patriarchate of Pec, stressing the importance of love for our neighbors, but also for those who do not understand and sometimes do not accept us. Students in the blockade sent sincere wishes for peace, love and hope to the believers

Serbian Orthodox Church

11.April 2026. KS

Patriarch's Easter Message: Without "Serbs of Old Serbia, there is no better life for any of us"

In his Easter message, Patriarch Porphyry warns of global crises, calls for unity with the Serbs in Kosovo and Metohija, and says that the circle of hatred can only be broken by forgiveness

State and Church

08.April 2026. KS

Metropolitan Irinej: We are establishing a church university, state universities experienced a "cataclysm"

The Serbian Orthodox Church confirms that it is establishing a university, and Metropolitan Irinej of Novi Sad and Bačka says that the existing state universities have experienced a "cataclysm"

Clergy of the Serbian Orthodox Church, Vučić, Porfirije

State and Church

07.April 2026. KS

The answer of the Government of Serbia to the inquiry of "Vremena": Details of the establishment of the University "Sveti Sava" only after the signing of the contract

The government of Serbia announced that the state and the church will establish a new university. However, in the response to "Vreme" from the Prime Minister's office, confirmation arrives that nothing is known yet

State and Church

03.April 2026. Katarina Stevanović

Church-State University "St. Sava": Why is it being founded right now and with what purpose

Apparently, Serbia will get a new university named "Sveti Sava", which will be founded by the Government and the Serbian Orthodox Church. When, where and for what exact purpose this new higher education institution will be established is currently unknown

State and heritage

25.march 2026 Aleksandra Davidov Temerinsky

Endangering the integrity of St. Peter's Church

Peter's Church has been inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List since 1979, so the requests of the owners of the Serbian Orthodox Church regarding the construction of a parish house right next to it should not be treated as implicit and binding

The Serbian Orthodox Church and the law

18.march 2026 Bojan Bednar

Bishops are kings in their territory

The case in which Patriarch Porfirije (pictured) is facing the possibility of proceedings being initiated against him due to mobbing - which is in extreme opposition to Christian values - has left a bitter impression on part of the public in Serbia, first of all among those who naively believe that such things do not happen in the Church. However, connoisseurs of church affairs have known for a long time that cases of mobbing against priests that go public are unfortunately only the tip of a huge iceberg, about which little is said.

From the new issue of "Vremena"

18.march 2026 B. B.

Patriarch Porfirije and mobbing: When the bishop is like a king

The bishops of the Serbian Orthodox Church are used to being "everything and everything" in their territories, even when they move, shelter or bully priests, religious analyst Draško Đenović tells "Vreme"

Patriarch Porphyry

13.march 2026 Bojan Bednar

Lawsuit in Slovenia: The trial of Patriarch Porfiri is possible, but unthinkable

If at all there is to be a trial of Patriarch Porfirio before a Slovenian court, it would almost certainly be a trial in absentia. Because the appearance of the head of the Serbian Orthodox Church in front of a foreign court would, at the very least, be an extraordinary national humiliation

Urbanism

07.march 2026 S. Ć.

Who is building on the protected Plateau of the Temple of Saint Sava

Public inspection of the PDR of the Plateau of the Temple of Saint Sava is until March 13. Citizens warn that the parish hall will occupy a large part of the park, that multi-storey buildings are being built on the protected area, but also that the Plateau has been extended to Slavija

Bishop Sergije of Bihac-Petrova presented the Order of the New Martyrs of Bihac-Petrova to the President of Serbia, Aleksandar Vučić.

SPC

02.march 2026 B. B.

You promote Aleksandar Vučić to "new martyr" and you get millions

The ordination of Aleksandar Vučić by the will of Bishop Sergi was obviously for a good reason, more precisely, it had 118 million good reasons, in the currency that is bravely defended by Jorgovanka Tabaković. The diocese in Bosnia and Herzegovina, which is headed by Bishop Sergije, received so much money from the citizens of Serbia

SPC

25.February 2026. Bojan Bednar

Serbian deaconesses: How the SPC treats women

Orthodox churches are obviously not resistant to the political influences of the society and countries in which they exist. They are often just a kind of mystical source of nationalism. The role of women in the Serbian Orthodox Church is therefore not determined by progressive values, theologian Vukašin Milićević told Vreme

SPC

31.January 2026 MLJ

"I am honored": Milićević and Pantelić expelled from the Church

Theologian Blagoje Pantelić and priest Vukašin Milićević were expelled from the Serbian Orthodox Church, and Milićević was stripped of his priestly rank. "I am honored," he says for "Vreme"

SPC

06.January 2026 KS

What Patriarch Porphyry said in the Christmas Epistle

The head of the Serbian Orthodox Church, Patriarch Porfirije, warned in his Christmas epistle that internal political tensions in Serbia have led to deep divisions and called for overcoming them. What do they think about the student rebellion, the heads of the Serbian Orthodox Church said several times last year

His Eminence Bishop Pahomije (Gačić) of Vranje

Serbian Orthodox Church

12.December 2025 Marija L. Jankovic

Pantelić: Pahomije handed me a scholarship in cash, and he claims he hasn't seen me in 22 years

Metropolitan Pachomije testified in the indictment against the theologian Blagoj Pantelić that he had not communicated with him for 22 years, and in the meantime he had personally handed him a scholarship, Pantelić claims. SPC did not respond to that

Metropolitan Justin is one of the six archbishops of the Serbian Orthodox Church who came to the defense of the students.

SPC

11.October 2025 HAVE

"Punishment expedition" against Metropolitan Justin: Are litias possible in Kraljevo?

Metropolitan Justin of Žižka supported the students. That is why the top of the Serbian Orthodox Church launched a "punitive expedition" against him. In Kraljevo, processions are mentioned as a form of support for Justin