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The Serbian Orthodox Church will have a new patriarch on February 19.
Source: B92, first
Photo: Depositphotos / Eillen_1981
The session of the Holy Synod of Bishops of the Serbian Orthodox Church is scheduled for February 18, and the session, as the oldest bishop, will be presided over by Bishop Abaki Lavrentije, who was at the head of the Council in 2010, when Bishop Niki Irinej was appointed head of the church.
The provisions of the SOC Constitution say that a new patriarch must be elected before February 19, 2021. Due to the coronary virus pandemic, the “church government” decided to make the most of the time available to them, to that all bishops could return to their diocese.
Religious analyst Drako Enovi says the SOC will fill in the blanks first.
“What the first part, I suppose, will be to fill the vacancies where the administrators currently are. Each diocese should have voted for the election of a new patriarch,” he said.
Although the envelope with the name of the newly elected patriarch is drawn up at random, according to the media, the favorites to enter the circle are Metropolitan Porfirio de Zagreb-Ljubljana, Bishop Grandma Irinej, Bishop Ignatije de Branijevo and Bishop Joanikije of Budva-Niki.
He points out that he would not enter into evaluations about who the new party leader might be.
“I wouldn’t go into estimates. I think Porphyry is young, he’s only 60,” Enovi said, adding: “I don’t think the church is ready to elect a patriarch who is 30, I think he will vote for his older colleagues.”
The death of Patriarch Irinej and Metropolitan Amfilohije of Montenegro and the Litoral shocked the Serbian Orthodox Church, which in 2020 lost several very important personalities.
“As long as Christ is at the head of the Serbian Orthodox Church, there is no danger. The Serbian Orthodox Church is not based on bishops, they all serve the church and the foundation is Jesus Christ,” he said.
According to the Constitution of the Serbian Orthodox Church, any possibility that someone outside the Church influences the election of a patriarch is ruled out. Once the envelope with the name of the newly elected patriarch is removed, two more envelopes are opened so that all bishops are convinced of the regularity of the election.
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