The spokesman for the United States Department of State, Ned Price, made a post on the occasion of the election of the new Serbian Patriarch Porfirije on the 18th of February 2021.
Moreover, he said that the United States congratulated “the Serbian Orthodox Church and its faithful on the election of Metropolitan Porfirije as the new Patriarch.”
Finally, he wished the newly-elected Patriarch success in his efforts to “pursue unity, interfaith dialogue, and peace for all.”
Read the full post of the US Department of State spokesman:
The United States congratulates the Serbian Orthodox Church and its faithful on the election of Metropolitan Porfirije as the new Patriarch. We wish him success in his efforts to pursue unity, inter-faith dialogue, and peace for all.
— Ned Price (@StateDeptSpox) February 18, 2021