The traditional Vidovdan celebration will take place in the Bishop Nikolaj Hall from 12.15pm on 30th June. Apart from the pupils of our school, St Sava choir and a folklore group will also take part in the event. Entrance is free, and those who would like to make donations will be able to do so in the Hall before or after the event.

All are welcome!
Educational Board

St. Sava Church school in London organises the lecture

"Our children, us and modern times"

Dr. Biljana Pirgić - Child and adolescent psychotherapist from Belgrade

Thursday, 13th June 2024, 7:30 pm, Bishop Nikolaj Hall

• What does contribute to a child's development?
• What is the key period in development?
• What should the parent-child relationship be like?
• Why should parents work on themselves?
• How to overcome the challenges of modern times?

The lecture is intended for parents who have children of different ages, from babies to teenagers, and is designed to be interactive.

On June 28th 1916, now Sainted Bishop Nikolaj Velimirović addressed a congregation gathered at St. Paul's Cathedral in London at the invitation of the Archbishop of Canterbury.

Gentlemen and friends,

I am coming from Serbia, from European "midnight". There is no ray of light, not a single trace. All the light went from the ground to the sky and the sky is the only place where the light is coming from. Nevertheless, we that are weak in everything are strong in faith and hope that dawn will soon arrive. I am grateful to Lord Archbishop, Randall Cantuar, that allowed me, on this holy day, Vidovdan, year of Our Lord 1916, in this beautiful church of Saint Paul, to address his majesty, King George V and the most prominent Englishmen.

They were brothers from Salonica, of eminent and wealthy parents, Leo and Maria. The elder brother, Methodius, spent ten years as an officer among the Slavs in Macedonia, and thus learned the Slavic language. After that, Methodius went off to Olympus and gave himself to monastic asceticism, and Cyril (Constantine) later joined him there. When the Khazarite king, Kagan, sought preachers of the Christian faith from the Emperor Michael, the Emperor commanded that these two brothers be found and sent to the Khazars. They converted Kagan to the Christian faith and baptised him, together with a great number of his nobles and an even greater number of the people.