Amongst the various centenary events that commemorate the Great War's battles and war heroes, I was honoured and grateful to be a part of several special events. One of them was our 4th  Annual Memorial Service for Women in Foreign Medical Missions who risked and sacrificed their lives in Serbia and related fronts during the Great War.

The ceremony in Serbian Orthodox Church St Sava on 25th February 2018 was followed by the exhibition and talks about these courageous women. The talks were set in Lady Paget Hall, another heroine of the Great War, and in the background we could see her decorations. Among the guests from the Serbian and Greek embassies, Serbian church and various Serbian organizations, was Princess Katarina, who also came last year to hear Alan Cumming's presentation, Dr Eona Bell (great-niece of Elsie Inglis) with her son, Liz Middleton whose ancestors were directly involved in combating the typhus epidemic in Serbia, in 1915, and many others. 

The Circle of Serbian Sisters "Kosovo Maiden" continues with humanitarian activities by organising a Bake Sale on 26th November 2017 at 11.30 in the Bishop Nikolaj Hall, and invites you to make and/or purchase cakes, sweet and salty surprises in traditional Serbian style to help us to continue our charity work. For more information, please write to: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

Тo mark the centenary of the death of a truly remarkable woman, Dr Elsie Inglis who was Scottish, British and Serbian heroine, on Sunday 26th November there was a commemoration at the St. Sava church in London, after the Divine Liturgy. Dr Elsie Inglis was the first woman to receive the Order of the White Eagle, the highest Order in Serbia, in recognition of the work done by her and her units in Serbia. The Crown Prince personally presented this medal to Dr Inglis in April 1916.

More on Dr Inglis in a BBC article published on the 26th of November 2017. - BBC article

On Saturday the 4th of March 2017 the third annual commemoration was held in the Serbian Orthodox Church St Sava, in London for courageous women who, in various medical missions, risked and sacrificed their lives in Serbia and on the related fronts during the Great War. The event was organised by St Sava church and the Circle of Serbian Sisters Kosovka Devojka and was supported by Serbian organisations – Serbian Council of Great Britain, Serbian Society, Serbian City Club, Britic and the Embassy of Republic of Serbia.