On Saturday, March 6, 2021, when the Church of God prayerfully celebrates the memory of the faithful who found peace in the arms of the ancestor Abraham – the Eucharist, the city where the Holy Emperor Constantine and the Diocese of Nis were born had the great joy to host professors and graduates of the seminaries of the Serbian Orthodox Church from Belgrade and Sremski Karlovci.
In the Cathedral church of the Diocese of Nis, protopresbyter-staurophor Branislav Cincarevic served the Holy Liturgy with the concelebration of deacons Nemanja Kalem and Radomir Vrucinic, Professor of Theology “St. Sava” in Belgrade, deacon Djordje Milidrag, Professor of Theology “St. Arsenije of Srem” in Sremski Karlovci, and a decon Predrag Piperski, an officer of the DSC of the Diocese of Nis.
Graduates of these seminaries sang responses during the service.
After the prayer, the memorial service was served for the newly departed, retired Bishop Atanasije as well as for all the deceased in hope for eternal life.
With the blessing of Bishop Arsenije of Nis an agape feast was prepared for the teachers and students on the premises of the Saint Sava’s House. Due to the justified absence of the Bishop, the head of the Cathedral church, protopresbyter-staurophor Branislav Cincarevic greeted all those present and conveyed the blessings of Bishop Arsenije wishing them a blessed pilgrimage to the shrines of the Diocese of Nis.
Source: Serbian Orthodox Church