On Sunday of the Holy Pentecost, June 7, 2021, Bishop Irinej of Novi Sad and Backa, officiated the Holy Liturgy with the concelebration of the elected Bishop Isihije of Valjevo, the brotherhood of the Cathedral church and deacons of Novi Sad, at the Cathedral church of Novi Sad.
Following the end of the Liturgy, a festal Vesper service of the Holy Pentecost was celebrated, when prayers were read.
At the regular May session of the Holy Assembly of Bishops of the Serbian Orthodox Church, in 2021, the former Bishop Isihije of Mohacs, former Vicar of Bishop of Dr. Irinej of Novi Sad and Backa, was elected the new Bishop of Valjevo. The enthronement of the newly elected Bishop of Valjevo will be on Sunday, June 27, as part of the Holy Hierarchal Liturgy, which will begin at 9 am, in the Church of Christ’s Resurrection in Valjevo. On that occasion, the Bishop Irinej of Backa wished Bishop Isihije all the best in the service entrusted to him in the Diocese of Valjevo.
Source: Serbian Orthodox Church
