The Holy Liturgy will be celebrated on the 2nd of July at 10.30 in the honour of St John of Shanghai and San Francisco, where upon his holy vestment which the church keeps in the special kivot will be presented for veneration.

On Tuesday 2 June 2015 at 7pm at the Embassy of the Republic of Serbia in London (28 Belgrave Square SW1X 8QB) there will be screening of "Serbia in the Great War" film, followed by a discussion with the film director Ivana Stevens and Professor Miloš Ković from the Faculty of Philosophy, University of Belgrade. It is essential to book your place in advance by emailing This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

The 2015 Annual General Meeting will take place on Saturday 13 June at St Anne's College, Oxford. The day will start with a celebration of the Divine Liturgy at the Orthodox Church of the Holy Trinity and the Annunciation (1 Canterbury Road, Oxford OX2 6LU) at 9.00 am. All members and their guests, both Orthodox and non-Orthodox, are warmly invited to attend this Liturgy. The church is only five minutes' walk from St Anne's College where coffee will be available in the Mary Ogilvie Foyer from 10.45 am. Proceedings will begin at 11.30 am and there will be three talks.

The first speaker is Hieromonk Serafim (Aldea), a Romanian, tonsured at the Monastery of Rasca in Bucovine, who came to Durham to study for a doctorate under Father Andrew Louth. Whilst in Durham, he became aware of the early Christian history of the British Isles, and when the opportunity arose to acquire a disused chapel on the Isle of Mull, realised that this was an invitation to work to establish a monastery dedicated to All the Celtic Saints. His talk is entitled: "The silent uses of monasticism: Athos, Bucovine, the Hebrides" and will cover not only his own monastic formation, experiences of the Holy Mountain and his own plans for a monastic foundation, but principally will reflect his conviction that a monastic element is essential to the full realisation of the Christian gospel. More details about Father Serafim, and about his project for the Monastery on Mull, can be found by looking at his website: www.mullmonastery.com.

Serbian Council of Great Britain invites you to the Charity Concert for Balkan Floods Appeal in aid of a Children's Charity – SOS Decija sela Obrenovac

Jack Liebeck, violin & Viktor Bijelovic, piano

Tuesday 26th May 2015, St Paul's Actors Church, Covent Garden, London at 7.30pm

Minimum donation £15 (£10 students, children under 12 free)

Info and bookings: Maya Jordan, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it., 07984857355

Donations payable to the Serbian Council of Great Britain: 11 Fermor Way, Crowborough, East Sussex TN6 3BD or direct payment to the Serbian Council Great Britain account: Lloyd Bank, sort code 30-94-81, account number 01778337, ref. 26 May + name

Full event flyer can be viewed HERE

On 11 May 2015 a delegation led by His Grace Bishop Maxim, of the Western American diocese, and His Excellency Dr Ognjen Pribicevic, Ambassador of the Republic of Serbia to the United Kingdom, visited the British Library (The British Library, 96 Euston Road, London NW1 2DB) and presented a copy of the monograph 'The Christian Heritage of Kosovo and Metohija: the Historical and Spiritual Heartland of the Serbian People' (an expanded edition of the book 'The Endowments of Kosovo – Monuments and Testimonies of the Serbian people', published in Serbian in 1987). The British Library is the national library of the United Kingdom and it houses the most valuable manuscripts, printed and digital books and materials in all formats in all languages. Many of the most valuable books and manuscripts, periodicals, patents, maps and drawings are kept here. For this reason the British Library is regarded as one of the most prestigious cultural institutions in the world.

On 10 May 2015 at 2pm in the Bishop Nikolaj Centre, next to the St Sava's Church in London, and that evening at 7pm in King's College Chapel in London, there were presentations of the monograph, in English, 'The Christian Heritage of Kosovo and Metohija: The Historical and Spiritual Heartland of the Serbian People' (an expanded edition of the book 'The Endowments of Kosovo) co-published by Sebastian Press, the publishing house of the of the Western Diocese of the Serbian Orthodox Church in America, with the Institute of Balkan Studies, Serbian Academy of Science and Art (SANU), and the Faculty of Orthodox Theology, University of Belgrade.

The monograph had already been presented across America, from east to west, to much acclaim as an accomplished publishing undertaking, which between the covers of the book of 1008 pages, captures concisely the most important social and historical movements on the territory of Kosovo and Metohija, which for Orthodox Serbs represents its spiritual and national cradle and where the Holy Trinity and His believers made their pledge.

His Grace Bishop Dr Maxim (Vasilijevic), of the Western American Diocese and Abbot Sava (Janic), Decani Monastery, spoke to an audience of over one hundred interested people, in the magnificent and recently refurbished Chapel of the Archangel, in the prestigious King's College, University of London.