Volume 56, No. 1 • Winter 2021 Стаза Православља The Path of Orthodoxy The Official publication of the The Serbian Orthodox Church in North, Central and South America His Holiness Serbian Patriarch Porfirije Стаза Православља Volume 56, No. 1 Winter 2021 The Path of Orthodoxy 3 The Enthronement Address of Serbian Patriarch Porfirije in the Memorial Cathedral of Saint Sava in Belgrade on February 19, 2021 7 The Orthodox and the entire Christian world and people of good will congratulated Patriarch Porfirije on his election 9 Biography of Archbishop of Pec, Metropolitan of Belgrade-Karlovci and Serbian Patriarch Porfirije (Peric) 10 Patriarch Porfirije: Count on us, we are here with you 11 Eulogy of the Serbian Patriarch Porfirije at the funeral of Bishop Atanasije (Jevtic) of blessed repose With the Blessings 13 Memories of Bishop Atanasije of the Episcopal Council 16 Eulogy Delivered by Bishop Maxim at the funeral of Bishop Atanasije The Path of Orthodoxy in the Trebinje Cathedral The Official Publication of the Serbian 19 Retired Bishop Atanasije (Jevtic) reposed in the Lord Orthodox Church in North, Central and 20 In Memoriam + Protodeacon Triva Pavlov (1951-2021) South America 21 Address of His Holiness the Serbian Patriarch Porfirije on the Editorial Staff anniversary of the NATO bombing V. 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Business Address: 1854 Knob Hill Rd., San Marcos, CA 92069 E-mail: [email protected] The Enthronement Address of Serbian Patriarch Porfirije in the Memorial Cathedral of Saint Sava in Belgrade on February 19, 2021 our Eminences and Graces Brothers hierarchs, Ven- Dear friends, brothers and sisters, faithful Saint Sava’s erable Archimandrites, Venerable abbesses, Fathers, Orthodox people, Ymonastics, Very Reverend Fathers, With deep humility and awe, I accept the fact that to- Your Excellencies: President of the Republic of Serbia day, with this conciliar celebration of the Divine Liturgy, it Mr. Aleksandar Vucic, Serbian member of the Presidency is perfect in our eyes, minds and hearts, and that is that by of Bosnia and Herzegovina Mr. Milorad Dodik, President God’s grace and the gracious consent of the hierarchs, my of Republika Srpska Mrs. Zeljka Cvijanovic, President of co-brothers in Christ, I was raised to the holy and divine, the Government of Republika Srpska Mr. Radovan Vis- God-enhanced throne of Saint Sava – as the inspired me- kovic, dear Generals – representatives of the Armed Forc- dieval hagiographers called him – to the throne of the es of Serbia, great archdiocese on which a worthy communicant of the Your Excellency Apostolic Nuncio to the Republic of apostolic seat should sit! Serbia Monsignor Luciano Suriani, Your Graces Archbish- I pray to God and I ask all of you to support me prayer- op and Metropolitan of Belgrade Mr. Stanislav Hocevar, fully and actively so that I can joyfully perform the great distinguished Effendi Mustafa Jusufspahic, and responsible responsibility that was set before me by Ladies and gentlemen, ministers in the Government of this sacred act, in obedience to the Holy Synod of Bishops! Serbia and Republika Srpska, leaders of the Serbian people As the 46th patriarch, and the 57th primate of our Holy in Montenegro, in North Macedonia and Croatia; repre- Church, to be at least a humble heir of my great and holy sentatives of the Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts, predecessors! First of all, the twelve archbishops who, led representatives of Matica Srpska, representatives of friend- by Saint Sava, headed our Holy Church from 1219 to 1346. ly states, representatives of the Jewish Community, Then, the twelve primates, of whom as many as six were • The Path of Orthodoxy • Winter 2021 • 3 igated by the power of the Comforter Spirit who breathes where he wants and the power of the Gospel of Christ that gives us the power to do everything. In that mood, I primarily want our Holy Serbian Or- thodox Church, wherever it is, to live with full lungs; that every Orthodox Christian has true freedom – freedom in the Lord Christ and that gospel values ​​are the daily life of all Orthodox people, because it is the only possible way to testify to the truth that should be a bridge to all those who longingly – whether they are aware of it or not – look for it. We are called to be the salt of the earth, according to the words of our Lord Himself, and if in this difficult time we are not worthy of such a sublime calling, how then – fathers, brothers and sisters – will the whole earth be honored as saints, who spiritually presided over the Serbi- salted? an people until the first abolition of the Patriarchate in Christ is, in a word, our measure, He is our mover, but Pec. I am also the heir of the great restorers of the Serbian He is also our mirror. We measure ourselves by it and we Patriarchate – Makarije Sokolovic in 1557 and Dimitrije are measured by it. Therefore, the patriarchal service Pavlovic in 1920. I have been appointed to preserve and re- should be primarily based on the spiritual experience of new the memory of the labour, sacrifice, many times of the holy people of God, on their relationship with the only martyrdom for the Church of God endured by my holy thing which is new under the sun – Christ the God-man, predecessors, from Gavrilo Rajic, via Lukijan Bogdanovic, the Savior of our souls and bodies, the Savior of the whole Varnava Rosic and Gavrilo Dozic, to Vikentije Prodanov. world and all creation. We are called to preserve this expe- And how bloodless was the martyrdom of the great Serbi- rience, united and transformed into the church Tradition, an Church primates? It is known only to God and to them. together, but not only to preserve it, but to make it active In the spiritual heritage of all of us, fathers, brothers and and current, at the same time both timeless and contem- sisters, a lofty life goal has been left: to follow in the foot- porary. Let us be inspired in this by the imperishable steps of the wisdom of Patriarch German, to follow in the words of the same Holy Apostle Paul: Moreover, breth- footsteps of Patriarch Pavle and to be spiritual children of ren, I declare to you the gospel which I preached to you, Patriarch Irinej in the great feat of peacemaking! which also you received and in which you stand, by Having all this in mind, before the living God and the which also you are saved, if you hold fast that word fullness of the Church of God, before all of you who share which I preached to you—unless you believed in vain. the call of heaven, honestly, according to the primordial For I delivered to you first of all that which I also re- experience of the heavenly trumpet of the Holy Apostle ceived: that Christ died for our sins according to the Paul, I confess that I have nothing to boast about but my Scriptures. (1 Cor. 15: 1-3). weaknesses and sins. However, this does not fill me with In these words of the Holy Apostle, it is clear what we hopelessness, but with a calm hope that the prayers and have received and what we are handing over. It is not the supplications of all of us, and especially the prayerful in- primary task of the Church to create better living condi- tercession of my spiritual father, Bishop Irinej of Backa, tions. It is not the primary task of the Church to strive to and my congregation in monasticism and episcopate from solve any kind of social, political, psychological and any the holy Kovilj family, will bring to me spiritual truth other problems. We come to the church for the Holy Litur- which was introduced to us by the aforementioned Apos- gy to experience, to sense what is most important, to tle of the people. The Lord himself comforted him, saying touch and receive the cross of Christ which at the same to him: “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is time means resurrection. That is the basic task of the made perfect in weakness” (Cor.