His Holiness the Serbian Patriarch Mr. Porfirje spoke today with Hieromonks Justin and Niphon from the Simonopetra Monastery on Mount Athos, from whom he received a gift of books on the famous Serbian medieval ruler Jovan Ugles Mrnjavcevic.
The meeting at the parish house of the Church of St. Sava on Vračar was also attended by Dr. Srdjan Pirivatric, senior researcher of the Byzantine Institute of SANU, and Dragan Radic, professor of the Faculty of Orthodox Theology. The guests from Mount Athos expressed special respect to Despot Uglješa, the ruler of the Sulphur region, who is the greatest benefactor of the Simonopetra Monastery after the founder Rev. Simon. The monastery is the publisher of a monograph in Greek and Serbian by our academician and scientific director of the Byzantine Institute of SUNU, Gojko Subotić Jovan Uglesha, the Christ-loving despot of Sera 1365-1371, about the ruler who died in battle. Marički together with his brother, King Vukašin Mrnjavčević.
His Holiness thanked the guests from Mount Athos for the gifts and especially for preserving the memory of the Serbian ruler, a great benefactor of Orthodox shrines. Hieromonks Justin and Nifont confirmed to the Serbian Patriarch that they will continue the prayerful memory of the founder of the despot, with the wish that at the place of his sufferings near the A temple was built on the current Greek-Bulgarian border. conditions for this have been created, the question of his entry in the diptych of saints is being discussed. The memory of his good deeds is preserved for centuries, especially his piety through his gifts to the monasteries of Mount Athos. Near the monastery of Vatoped, Despot Uglješa built a hospital and renovated the Church of the Holy Silversmiths, painted with an exceptional fresco from 1370, among which is the only fresco of the founder himself. The Serbian ruler was also the founder of the hospital of the Esphigmen Monastery, as well as the complete construction of the Simonopetra Monastery, which had previously been much smaller in scale. To this day, Jovan Uglješa is mentioned as the second founder of this monastery, and is honored by the monks every year on September 26.
As a reminder, on September 29, 2024, His Eminence Metropolitan of Didymot, Orestiad and Sufli, Msgr. Damaskin served the Holy Liturgy in Chernomeni (Greek Ormenion), followed by the traditional annual commemoration of the Serbian rulers King Vukasin and Despot Uglješa Mrnjavčević, who died in the Battle of Marička on September 26, 1371, as well as all other Serbian knights who were faithful to the Lord and the Orthodox Church, to arms and. with their bodies stood up to defend the homeland and the values of Christian Europe from encroachments from Asia. Through the efforts of Metropolitan A chapel and a monument to the fallen rulers and soldiers are planned to be erected at the site of the battle, with the participation of the Serbian Ministry of Culture. His Holiness the Serbian Patriarch Mr.. For the chapel, which is scheduled to be built next year, Porfirije has provided a copy of the famous double-sided icon of the Virgin Mary of Pribežište (Katafigi) and the Vision of the Prophet Ezekiel, which is believed to have been commissioned by Despot Helen, in the monastery of Efimia, wife of the fallen Despot Uglesha, immediately after the battle, kept for centuries in the Poganovo Monastery near Pirot, before it was moved to Sofia, where today it is in the Museum of Icons in the Church of St. Alexander Nevsky.
The meeting at the parish house of the Church of St. Sava on Vračar was also attended by Dr. Srdjan Pirivatric, senior researcher of the Byzantine Institute of SANU, and Dragan Radic, professor of the Faculty of Orthodox Theology. The guests from Mount Athos expressed special respect to Despot Uglješa, the ruler of the Sulphur region, who is the greatest benefactor of the Simonopetra Monastery after the founder Rev. Simon. The monastery is the publisher of a monograph in Greek and Serbian by our academician and scientific director of the Byzantine Institute of SUNU, Gojko Subotić Jovan Uglesha, the Christ-loving despot of Sera 1365-1371, about the ruler who died in battle. Marički together with his brother, King Vukašin Mrnjavčević.
His Holiness thanked the guests from Mount Athos for the gifts and especially for preserving the memory of the Serbian ruler, a great benefactor of Orthodox shrines. Hieromonks Justin and Nifont confirmed to the Serbian Patriarch that they will continue the prayerful memory of the founder of the despot, with the wish that at the place of his sufferings near the A temple was built on the current Greek-Bulgarian border. conditions for this have been created, the question of his entry in the diptych of saints is being discussed. The memory of his good deeds is preserved for centuries, especially his piety through his gifts to the monasteries of Mount Athos. Near the monastery of Vatoped, Despot Uglješa built a hospital and renovated the Church of the Holy Silversmiths, painted with an exceptional fresco from 1370, among which is the only fresco of the founder himself. The Serbian ruler was also the founder of the hospital of the Esphigmen Monastery, as well as the complete construction of the Simonopetra Monastery, which had previously been much smaller in scale. To this day, Jovan Uglješa is mentioned as the second founder of this monastery, and is honored by the monks every year on September 26.
As a reminder, on September 29, 2024, His Eminence Metropolitan of Didymot, Orestiad and Sufli, Msgr. Damaskin served the Holy Liturgy in Chernomeni (Greek Ormenion), followed by the traditional annual commemoration of the Serbian rulers King Vukasin and Despot Uglješa Mrnjavčević, who died in the Battle of Marička on September 26, 1371, as well as all other Serbian knights who were faithful to the Lord and the Orthodox Church, to arms and. with their bodies stood up to defend the homeland and the values of Christian Europe from encroachments from Asia. Through the efforts of Metropolitan A chapel and a monument to the fallen rulers and soldiers are planned to be erected at the site of the battle, with the participation of the Serbian Ministry of Culture. His Holiness the Serbian Patriarch Mr.. For the chapel, which is scheduled to be built next year, Porfirije has provided a copy of the famous double-sided icon of the Virgin Mary of Pribežište (Katafigi) and the Vision of the Prophet Ezekiel, which is believed to have been commissioned by Despot Helen, in the monastery of Efimia, wife of the fallen Despot Uglesha, immediately after the battle, kept for centuries in the Poganovo Monastery near Pirot, before it was moved to Sofia, where today it is in the Museum of Icons in the Church of St. Alexander Nevsky.
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