On March 17, 2020, Patriarch Irinej of Serbia received an expert team of Serbian physicians at the Patriarchate of Serbia in Belgrade.
Patriarch Irinej of Serbia, realizing the seriousness of the situation, with regard to the presence of the pandemic, will accept the advice of doctors, infectologists and epidemiologists, and calls upon all citizens of the Republic of Serbia to strictly adhere to the prescribed measures of protection from coronavirus and, relative to the same, he decided by his personal example, as an elderly citizen, to demonstrate how one should sacrifice and adhere to necessary restrictive measures prescribed by experts and state institutions.
Source: Serbian Orthodox Church
