СРПСКА ПРАВОСЛАВНА ЦРКВА

СВОЈОЈ ДУХОВНОЈ ДЕЦИ

О ВАСКРСУ 2009. ГОДИНЕ

ПАВЛЕ

ПО МИ­ЛО­СТИ БО­ЖИ­ЈОЈ ПРА­ВО­СЛАВ­НИ АР­ХИ­Е­ПИ­СКОП ПЕЋ­КИ,

МИ­ТРО­ПО­ЛИТ БЕ­О­ГРАД­СКО-КАР­ЛО­ВАЧ­КИ И ПА­ТРИ­ЈАРХ СРП­СКИ,

СА СВИМ АР­ХИ­ЈЕ­РЕ­ЈИ­МА СРП­СКЕ ПРА­ВО­СЛАВ­НЕ ЦР­КВЕ,

СВЕ­ШТЕН­СТВУ, МО­НА­ШТВУ И СВИ­МА СИ­НО­ВИ­МА И КЋЕ­РИ­МА

НА­ШЕ СВЕ­ТЕ ЦР­КВЕ: БЛА­ГО­ДАТ, МИ­ЛОСТ И МИР ОД БО­ГА ОЦА,

И ГО­СПО­ДА НА­ШЕ­ГА ИСУ­СА ХРИ­СТА, И ДУ­ХА СВЕ­ТО­ГА,

УЗ РА­ДО­СНИ ВАС­КР­ШЊИ ПО­ЗДРАВ:

ХРИ­СТОС ВАС­КР­СЕ!

ВА­И­СТИ­НУ ВАС­КР­СЕ!

Ре­ци­мо, бра­ћо, и они­ма ко­ји нас мр­зе,

опро­сти­мо све ра­ди вас­кр­се­ња.

(Пас­хал­на сти­хи­ра)

И ево, дра­га де­цо Бо­жи­ја, и ова на­ша да­на­шња вас­кр­шња ра­дост по­ти­че од тог су­сре­та са Вас­кр­слим Го­спо­дом, Ко­ји је вас­кр­сао за нас и унео ра­дост но­вог жи­во­та у све след­бе­ни­ке Сво­је и ис­по­вед­ни­ке Ње­го­ве Бо­жан­ске на­у­ке.

Исто та­ко, де­ле нас ве­ко­ви од су­то­на оног је­ру­са­лим­ског да­на, ка­да се Вас­кр­сли Го­спод ја­вио след­бе­ни­ци­ма Сво­јим, Кле­о­пи и дру­гом уче­ни­ку. Пре­пла­ше­ни, хи­та­ли су они из Је­ру­са­ли­ма у Ема­ус, да би се скло­ни­ли због стра­ха од Ју­де­ја. Иако ни­су би­ли хра­бри као све­те же­не Ми­ро­но­си­це, удо­сто­је­ни су су­сре­та са Вас­кр­слим Го­спо­дом. Скрио је Он од њих Свој пре­ђа­шњи лик, па Га ни­су по­зна­ли. И ка­да их је по­сле раз­го­во­ра о оно­ме што се до­го­ди­ло у Је­ру­са­ли­му и ло­мље­ња хле­ба на­пу­стио, ис­по­ве­ди­ше се је­дан дру­го­ме ка­ко је „ср­це го­ре­ло у њи­ма” док је са њи­ма бе­се­дио (Лк 24, 13–32). Онај исти све­ти огањ, ко­ји је го­рео у ср­ци­ма дво­ји­це Хри­сто­вих уче­ни­ка ко­ји су ишли за Ема­ус, плам­са да­нас и у на­ма, ка­да про­сла­вља­мо овај Пра­зник над пра­зни­ци­ма, ка­да и ми до­жи­вља­ва­мо ду­хов­ни су­срет са не­ви­дљи­вим по­бе­ди­те­љем смр­ти. Исти тај огањ гре­јао је и гре­је Цр­кву Бо­жи­ју у ду­гим ве­ко­ви­ма ње­не исто­ри­је. Зар Он сам ни­је ка­зао: „До­ђох да ба­цим огањ на зе­мљу” (Лк 12, 49). Тај све­ти огањ гре­јао је и прет­ке на­ше и осве­тља­вао им жи­вот у там­ни­ца­ма ду­гих ве­ко­ва. Жи­ве­ли су они ду­го без до­ма, без ог­њи­шта, без сло­бо­де, у крај­њој не­си­гур­но­сти, без ку­ћи­шта и има­ња, као и мно­ги да­нас ко­ји су из­бе­гли са сво­јих ог­њи­шта, али увек са ве­ром у вас­кр­слог Го­спо­да, с ве­ром у по­бе­ду прав­де и исти­не и с ве­ром у вас­кр­се­ње.

Исто та­ко, ду­ги ве­ко­ви де­ле нас од оне пр­ве вас­кр­шње ве­че­ри, ка­да се Вас­кр­сли Го­спод пр­ви пут ја­вио сво­јим од стра­ха и раз­о­ча­ре­ња пре­пла­ше­ним уче­ни­ци­ма, и по­здра­вио их по­здра­вом охра­бре­ња: „Мир вам!” (Јн 20, 19). У трен ока вра­тио им је мир, вас­кр­сао ве­ру у Ње­га и Сво­је Бо­жан­ско по­слан­ство. Да Он, Син Бо­жи­ји, ни­је вас­кр­сао, исто­ри­ја хри­шћан­ства би­ла би за­вр­ше­на од­мах Ње­го­вим по­след­њим ре­чи­ма на Кр­сту: „Свр­ши се!” (Јн 20, 30). А Он је вас­кр­сао и у име те исти­не Ње­го­ви уче­ни­ци да­до­ше ра­до­сно жи­вот за Ње­га. Но­се­ћи ту ве­ли­ку исти­ну Ње­го­ва Цр­ква по­шла је у по­бед­нич­ки по­ход ши­ром све­та, да без про­ли­ва­ња кр­ви по­бе­ди сво­је број­не до зу­ба на­о­ру­жа­не не­пријатеље.

„Што тра­жи­те жи­во­га ме­ђу мр­тви­ма?” (Лк 24, 5), опо­ме­нуо је, као што сте чу­ли, ан­ђео Бо­жи­ји све­те же­не Ми­ро­но­си­це, над­не­те над све­тим гро­бом. Али оне су по­шле на Ње­гов гроб жед­не исти­не и веч­ног Жи­во­та. А да­нас ми­ли­о­ни и ми­ли­о­ни ду­хов­но оси­ро­ма­ше­них и мо­рал­но опу­сто­ше­них љу­ди, за­не­се­ни сја­јем про­ла­зних ства­ри, жи­ве у овом све­ту као у хлад­ном гро­бу. Зар се свет не пре­тва­ра у фа­бри­ку и тр­жи­ште ла­жног сја­ја и про­ла­зних вред­но­сти? Зар се да­нас че­сто не го­во­ри да чо­век и без не­ба мо­же мир­но да хо­ди по зе­мљи? Као да се по­пео да­на­шњи чо­век на ви­со­ке вр­хо­ве сво­је ва­ви­лон­ске ку­ле, са­мо­у­ве­рен у сво­је зна­ње, али че­сто си­тан, се­би­чан, агре­си­ван и пун злих на­стро­је­ња ко­ја пре­те ње­го­вој ку­ли и ње­го­вом оп­стан­ку. Бо­ји­мо се да ће се ова на­ша ци­ви­ли­за­ци­ја су­ви­ше ка­сно се­ти­ти Хри­сто­вих ре­чи: „Без ме­не не мо­же­те чи­ни­ти ни­шта” (Јн 15, 5).

Наш Спа­си­тељ је и по­стао чо­век, да би­смо се ми обо­жи­ли. Дао је да се ра­зап­не на Кр­сту да би ис­ку­пио гре­хе ро­да људ­ског. Вас­кр­сао је из мр­твих да би на­ма да­ро­вао веч­ни жи­вот. Учи­нио је смрт са­мо јед­ним по­себ­ним тре­нут­ком у жи­во­ту - жи­во­ту ко­ји не пре­ста­је. Ка­да је Пи­лат пре­су­ђи­вао Спа­си­те­љу, ни­је имао ду­хов­не сна­ге ни ум­не ви­си­не да у Ње­му пре­по­зна Си­на Бо­жи­јег. Али ипак, ис­пред ње­го­вих очи­ју ни­је мо­гла да умак­не ле­по­та људ­ског ли­ка стра­дал­ног Спа­си­те­ља у ње­го­вој суд­ни­ци. „Ево чо­ве­ка!” – об­ја­вљу­је Пи­лат ту­жи­те­љи­ма (Јн 19, 5). Овим је ипак по­ку­ша­вао да ути­че ко­ли­ко-то­ли­ко на око­ре­ле са­ве­сти Хри­сто­вих уби­ца. Ве­ро­вао је да ће људ­ски сјај Ње­го­ве Лич­но­сти мо­жда не­ке по­ко­ле­ба­ти.

Мо­ли­мо Вас­кр­слог Го­спо­да да и у на­ма вас­кр­сне људ­ски лик пр­во­бит­не чо­ве­ко­ве при­ро­де, ко­ји је да­нас та­ко че­сто из­ви­то­пе­рен, ма­ски­ран и уна­ка­жен број­ним ма­на­ма и по­ро­ци­ма. Да и у на­ма сва­ко пре­по­зна чо­ве­ка, оба­сја­ног Ње­го­вим веч­ним жи­во­том, био иму­ћан или си­ро­ма­шан, на ве­ли­ком или ма­лом по­ло­жа­ју и ме­сту. На­ше до­ба је тре­нут­но су­о­че­но са ма­те­ри­јал­ном кри­зом, али је код нас још при­сут­ни­ја кри­за мо­ра­ла и ка­рак­те­ра. Ра­до­ва­ће­мо се ако сва­ко, угле­дав­ши би­ло ко­га од нас, мо­же да ка­же: Ево чо­ве­ка! – да би сва­ко, и при­ја­тељ и не­при­ја­тељ, и су­ди­ја и ту­жи­лац, у сва­ко­ме од нас увек до­жи­вео истин­ског и пра­вог чо­ве­ка. Са­чу­вај­мо, бра­ћо и се­стре, људ­ско до­сто­јан­ство, ко­је је то­ли­ко уз­ди­гао Сво­јим Вас­кр­се­њем Син Бо­жи­ји. Са­чу­вај­мо ве­ру у Вас­кр­слог Го­спо­да, љу­бав пре­ма бли­жњи­ма, исти­ни и прав­ди; пре­ма све­му до­бру ко­је љу­ди ипак же­ле, али ко­је без по­мо­ћи Вас­кр­слог Го­спо­да и Ње­го­вог Је­ван­ђе­ља не мо­гу по­сти­ћи.

По­мо­ли­мо се Вас­кр­слом Го­спо­ду и за­мо­ли­мо Га као дво­ји­ца уче­ни­ка, пут­ни­ка за Ема­ус, да оста­не са на­ма. Да му се ра­ду­је­мо, да из Ње­га цр­пи­мо сна­гу, да се ду­хов­но уз­ди­же­мо, да нас не за­хва­те и не од­не­су мут­не во­де на­шег вре­ме­на.

Упу­ћу­ју­ћи ову по­ру­ку свој на­шој бра­ћи и се­стра­ма, да­нас се по­себ­но се­ћа­мо вер­ни­ка на Ко­со­ву и Ме­то­хи­ји, као и на­ших вер­ни­ка ши­ром све­та, на сви­ма кон­ти­нен­ти­ма где пра­во­слав­ни Ср­би и сви пра­во­слав­ни хри­шћа­ни да­нас про­сла­вља­ју Вас­кр­се­ње Хри­сто­во, ваш Па­три­јарх и сви Ар­хи­је­ре­ји Срп­ске Цр­кве по­здра­вља­ју вас по­здра­вом ра­до­сти и но­вог жи­во­та.

ХРИ­СТОС ВАС­КР­СЕ!

ВА­И­СТИ­НУ ВАС­КР­СЕ!

Да­но у Па­три­јар­ши­ји срп­ској, у Бе­о­гра­ду,

о Вас­кр­су 2009. го­ди­не.

Ва­ши молиtвеници пред Вас­кр­слим Го­спо­дом:

Ар­хи­е­пи­скоп пећ­ки,

 Ми­тро­по­лит бе­о­град­ско-кар­ло­вач­ки и

 Па­три­јарх срп­ски ПА­ВЛЕ

Ми­тро­по­лит за­гре­бач­ко-љу­бљан­ски ЈО­ВАН

Ми­тро­по­лит цр­но­гор­ско-при­мор­ски АМ­ФИ­ЛО­ХИ­ЈЕ

Ми­тро­по­лит средњeзападноамерички ХРИ­СТО­ФОР

Ми­тро­по­лит да­бро­бо­сан­ски НИ­КО­ЛАЈ

Епи­скоп ша­бач­ки ЛА­ВРЕН­ТИ­ЈЕ

Епи­скоп ни­шки ИРИ­НЕЈ

Епи­скоп звор­нич­ко-ту­злан­ски ВА­СИ­ЛИ­ЈЕ

Епи­скоп срем­ски ВА­СИ­ЛИ­ЈЕ

Епи­скоп ба­ња­луч­ки ЈЕ­ФРЕМ

Епи­скоп бу­дим­ски ЛУ­КИ­ЈАН

Епи­скоп ка­над­ски ГЕ­ОР­ГИ­ЈЕ

Епи­скоп ба­нат­ски НИ­КА­НОР

Епи­скоп за Аме­ри­ку и Ка­на­ду

 Ми­тро­по­ли­је но­во­гра­ча­нич­ке ЛОН­ГИН

Епи­скоп ис­точ­но­а­ме­рич­ки МИ­ТРО­ФАН

Епи­скоп жич­ки ХРИ­ЗО­СТОМ

Епи­скоп бач­ки ИРИ­НЕЈ

Еп­скоп бри­тан­ско-скан­ди­нав­ски ДО­СИ­ТЕЈ

Епи­скоп ра­шко-при­зрен­ски АР­ТЕ­МИ­ЈЕ

Епи­скоп би­хаћ­ко-пе­тро­вач­ки ХРИ­ЗО­СТОМ

Епи­скоп осеч­ко-пољ­ски и ба­рањ­ски ЛУ­КИ­ЈАН

Епи­скоп сред­њо­е­вроп­ски КОН­СТАН­ТИН

Епи­скоп за­пад­но­е­вроп­ски ЛУ­КА

Епи­скоп ти­моч­ки ЈУ­СТИН

Епи­скоп врањ­ски ПА­ХО­МИ­ЈЕ

Епи­скоп шу­ма­диј­ски ЈО­ВАН

Епи­скоп сла­вон­ски СА­ВА

Епи­скоп бра­ни­чев­ски ИГ­ЊА­ТИ­ЈЕ

Епи­скоп ми­ле­шев­ски ФИ­ЛА­РЕТ

Епи­скоп дал­ма­тин­ски ФО­ТИ­ЈЕ

Епи­скоп бу­ди­мљан­ско-ник­шић­ки ЈО­А­НИ­КИ­ЈЕ

Епи­скоп за­хум­ско-хер­це­го­вач­ки ГРИ­ГО­РИ­ЈЕ

Епи­скоп ва­љев­ски МИ­ЛУ­ТИН

Епи­скоп за­пад­но­а­ме­рич­ки МАК­СИМ

Епи­скоп гор­њо­кар­ло­вач­ки ГЕ­РА­СИМ

Епи­скоп аустра­лиј­ско-но­во­зе­ланд­ски ИРИ­НЕЈ

Епи­скоп уми­ро­вље­ни за­хум­ско-хер­це­го­вач­ки АТА­НА­СИ­ЈЕ

Ви­кар­ни Епи­скоп хво­стан­ски АТА­НА­СИ­ЈЕ

Ви­кар­ни Епи­скоп је­гар­ски ПОР­ФИ­РИ­ЈЕ

Ви­кар­ни Епи­скоп ли­пљан­ски ТЕ­О­ДО­СИ­ЈЕ

Ви­кар­ни Епи­скоп ди­о­клиј­ски ЈО­ВАН

Ви­кар­ни Епи­скоп мо­ра­вич­ки АН­ТО­НИ­ЈЕ

ОХРИД­СКА АР­ХИ­Е­ПИ­СКО­ПИ­ЈА:

Ар­хи­е­пи­скоп охрид­ски и Ми­тро­по­лит скоп­ски ЈО­ВАН

Епи­скоп по­ло­шко-ку­ма­нов­ски ЈО­А­КИМ

Епи­скоп бре­гал­нич­ки и мје­сто­бљу­сти­тељ

 Епар­хи­је би­тољ­ске МАР­КО

Ви­кар­ни Епи­скоп сто­биј­ски ДА­ВИД

The Serbian Orthodox Church

to her spiritual children at Pascha, 2009

P A V L E

By the grace of God

Orthodox Archbishop of Pec, Metropolitan of Belgrade-Karlovci

and Serbian Patriarch, with the all the Hierarchs of the Serbian Orthodox Church – to all the clergy, monastics, and all the sons and daughters of our Holy Church:

grace, mercy and peace from God the Father, and our Lord Jesus Christ,

and the Holy Spirit, with the joyous Paschal greeting:

CHRIST IS RISEN!

INDEED HE IS RISEN!

“Let us call ‘Brothers’ even those who hate us’

and forgive all by the resurrection.”

(Paschal hymn)

  This year as well during these spring days, dear brothers and sisters, with the same joy we celebrate the greatest Feast Day of God’s Church, the Resurrection of Christ the Savior. Every year at this time, when the mysterious force of life awakens deadened nature, the glory of the Resurrected Lord awakens even in us a brighter, more holy and happier life. Today exalted thoughts spring forth, wonderful feelings are born, and a holy and extraordinary disposition overcomes us. With the resurrected Lord we also are raised up into a higher and more meaningful life. The victorious bliss of eternal life given to us by our Resurrected Redeemer and Savior shines forth in our hearts. Just as in that mysterious beginning at God’s Word the world was called into existence, and in the world life, so in like manner by His Divine power the Son of God, Jesus Christ, resurrected from the dead. This great event is mystical as is the creation of the world; it is miraculous and exalted as a real song of joy resounding throughout all God’s creation. Moreover, as the fulfillment of the first creation and as a new creation, it is even more miraculous and greater than the first creation and than all historical events.

  Many centuries separate us from that bright Jerusalem dawn, when the holy Myrrhbearing women beheld the empty tomb. They came to anoint the dead body of their Teacher; to pour their tears upon it and to warm up the cold stones of the grave with their love, their faithfulness and devotion. They were at the cross of the Crucified Savior when all, except His Mother and one of the disciples, forsook Him. Even from a distance they followed the last moments of the greatest Teacher. They did not forsake Him even when He died. That is why they were made worthy to be the first witnesses and the first messengers of the Resurrection; the first celebrants of the new life in the Resurrected Lord. Today the tender admonition uttered to the women by the Lord’s angel from the stone at the tomb resonates in our ears: “Why do you seek the living among the dead? He is not here, He is risen!” (Luke 24:5-6) And the frightened women, there in the garden where the tomb was, were the first ones to meet the Resurrected Lord. He sent them to Galilee to tell the disciples and to gladden them with the joyous news that they too would see Him (cf. Mark 16:7). And behold, dear children of God, this Resurrectional joy of ours today comes from that meeting with the Resurrected Lord, Who resurrected for us and instilled the joy of new life in all His followers and all the confessors of His Divine knowledge.

  In the same way, the centuries separate us from the twilight of that Jerusalem day when the Resurrected Lord appeared to His followers, Cleopas and the other disciple. Frightened, they were hurrying from Jerusalem to Emmaus, so as to hide because of fear of the Jews. Even though they were not as courageous as the myrrhbearing women, they were made worthy of meeting with the Resurrected Lord. He hid His former image so that they could not recognize Him. But when He left them after a conversation about that which had taken place in Jerusalem and after the breaking of the bread, they confessed to one another how “their hearts were burning” while He was with them (cf. Luke 24:13-32). That same holy flame that burned in the hearts of Christ’s two disciples on the road to Emmaus burns even today in us as we celebrate this Feast of Feasts, as we too experience a spiritual meeting with the invisible Vanquisher of death. That same fire warmed and warms God’s Church in every period of her history. Did He not Himself say: “I have come to send fire upon the earth” (Luke 12: 49). That same holy fire warmed our ancestors and enlightened their lives in the dungeons of other centuries. They lived without homes for a long time, without homesteads, without freedom, in extreme insecurity, without possessions and property, as do many today who have been forced to leave their homesteads, but always with faith in the resurrected Lord, with the faith in the victory of justice and truth and with faith in the resurrection.

Furthermore, long centuries separate us from that first resurrectional evening, when the Resurrected Lord for the first time appeared to His frightened and disappointed disciples, and uttered a greeting of encouragement: “Peace be unto you!” (John 20:19). In an instant He returned peace to them, resurrecting their faith in Him and in His Divine dispensation. If the Son of God did not rise again, the history of Christianity would have been finished with His last words on the Cross: “It is finished!” (John 20:30). But He did rise again, and in the name of that truth His disciples joyfully gave up their lives for Him. Bearing this great truth, His Church has gone into victorious battle throughout the world, that without shedding blood she may conquer her numerous armed-to-the-teeth enemies.

  “Why do you seek the living among the dead?” (Luke 24:5), the angel of the Lord admonished the holy Myrrhbearing Women who came to the tomb, as you have heard. They came to the tomb thirsty for truth and eternal life. And today millions and millions of spiritually impoverished and morally ravaged people, enthralled with the grandeur of passing things, live in this world as in a cold tomb. Is the world not becoming a factory and a market place of false brilliance and passing values? Is it not often said today that a man can walk peacefully upon this earth without heaven? It is as if contemporary man has climbed the heights of his Babylonian tower, confident in his own knowledge, but he is often petty, selfish, aggressive, and full of evil intentions that threaten his tower and his survival. We are afraid that this our civilization will too late remember Christ’s words: “Without me you can do nothing” (John 15:5).

   Our Savior became man so that we might become divine. He was willing to die on the cross in order to save mankind from their sins. He rose again from the dead in order to give us eternal life. He made death just another event in life – a life that knows no end. When Pilate judged the Savior, he had neither the spiritual strength nor the elevated mind to recognize in Him the Son of God. Despite all of this, the beauty of the human image of the suffering Savior could not be hidden before his eyes as he pronounced his sentence: “Behold, the man!” – to Jesus’ accusers (John 19:5). With this he attempted to influence, as much as possible, the conscience of the insensible murderers of Christ. He believed that His human brilliance would waver some of them.

  We pray to our Resurrected Lord that in us may be resurrected the image of the original human nature, which today oftentimes is distorted, masked and smeared with numerous faults and sins. We pray that in us everyone may recognize people enlightened with His eternal life, be they wealthy or poor, be they in a great or small position or place. Our time is currently faced with a material crisis, but we currently face a greater crisis, that of morals and character. We will rejoice if everyone who looks upon us can say: Here is a man! – so that everyone, friend or enemy, judge or accuser, may identify in us a true and authentic human being. Let us, dear brothers and sisters, preserve our human dignity, which was so exalted by our Resurrected Son of God. Let us preserve faith in the Resurrected Lord, love towards our neighbors, and truth and justice; a love towards everything good for which people yearn, but which without the help of the Resurrected Lord and His Gospel is not achievable. Let us pray to the Resurrected Lord and let us implore Him, as did the two disciples who traveled on the road to Emmaus, to stay with us. Let us pray that we may rejoice in Him; that we may draw strength from Him; that we may be spiritually raised on high, so that we may not be overcome and carried away by the muddy floodwaters of our times.

  Conveying this our message to all of our brothers and sisters, and most especially remembering today our faithful in Kosovo and Metohija, as well as our faithful worldwide, on all continents where Serbian Orthodox and all Orthodox Christians today celebrate the Resurrection of Christ, we, your Patriarch and all the Hierarchs of the Serbian Church, greet you with the greeting of Joy and New Life,

Christ is Risen!

Indeed He is Risen!

Given at the Serbian Patriarchate in Belgrade at Pascha 2009.

Your prayerful intercessors before the Risen Lord:

Archbishop of Pec,
Metropolitan of Belgrade-Karlovci and
Serbian Patriarch PAVLE with all the hierarchs of the Serbian Orthodox Church.

Metropolitan of Zagreb and Ljubljana JOVAN
Metropolitan of Montenegro and the Coastlands AMPHILOHIJE
Metropolitan of Midwestern America CHRISTOPHER
Metropolitan of Dabro-Bosna NIKOLAJ

Bishop of Sabac-Valjevo LAVRENTIJE
Bishop of Nis IRINEJ
Bishop of Zvornik-Tuzla VASILIJE
Bishop of Srem VASILIJE
Bishop of Banja Luka JEFREM
Bishop of Budim LUKIJAN
Bishop of Canada GEORGIJE
Bishop of Banat NIKANOR
Bishop for America and Canada of the New Gracanica Metropolitanate LONGIN
Bishop of Eastern America MITROPHAN
Bishop of Zica CHRYSOSTOM
Bishop of Backa IRINEJ
Bishop of Great Britain and Scandinavia DOSITEJ
Bishop of Ras and Prizren ARTEMIJE
Bishop of Bihac and Petrovac CHRYSOSTOM
Bishop of Osijek and Baranja LUKIJAN
Bishop of Central Europe CONSTANTINE
Bishop of Western Europe LUKA
Bishop of Timok JUSTIN
Bishop of Vranje PAHOMIJE
Bishop of Sumadija JOVAN
Bishop of Slavonia SAVA
Bishop of Branicevo IGNATIJE
Bishop of Milesevo FILARET
Bishop of Dalmatia FOTIJE
Bishop of Budimlje and Niksic JOANIKIJE
Bishop of Zahumlje and Hercegovina GRIGORIJE
Bishop of Valjevo MILUTIN

Bishop of Western America MAXIM
Bishop of Gornji Karlovac GERASIM

Bishop of Australia and New Zealand IRINEJ

Retired Bishop of Zahumlje and Hercegovina ATANASIJE
Vicar Bishop of Hvostno ATANASIJE
Vicar Bishop of Jegar PORFIRIJE
Vicar Bishop of Lipljan TEODOSIJE
Vicar Bishop of Dioclea JOVAN
Vicar Bishop of Moravica ANTONIJE

THE ARCHDIOCESE OF OCHRID:

Archbishop of Ochrid and Metropolitan of Skoplje JOVAN
Bishop of Polos and Kumanovo JOAKIM
Bishop of Bregal and locum tenens of the Diocese of Bitolj MARKO

Vicar Bishop of Stobija David

[Path of Orthodoxy translation]