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According to the current Constitution of the Serbian Orthodox Church, “when the patriarchal throne becomes vacant, the authority of the patriarch is exercised by the Holy Synod of Bishops, who announces it to the diocesan bishops and informs the state authorities.”
The article of the ecclesiastical constitution that regulates this situation explains that “the presidential duties of the patriarch in the Holy Synod of Bishops and the Synod are carried out by the oldest member of the Synod: the metropolitan, that is, the oldest consecrated bishop, if there is no metropolitan “.
While the patriarchal throne is exercised, as prescribed by the Constitution of the Serbian Orthodox Church, “as a general rule, the regulations, decrees and decisions of the Church cannot be approved in principle.”
In the current composition of the Synod, the only Metropolitan is Metropolitan Chrysostom (Jević) of Dabro-Bosnia.
As Danas was unofficially told at the top of the SOC, an extraordinary session of the Synod is expected to take place, in which the date and place of Patriarch Irinej’s funeral must be determined, as well as who will officially perform the guardian duty. of the place, guardian of the vacant throne of San Sava.
According to unofficial information from our newspaper, the patriarch’s funeral could be celebrated on Sunday, November 22, on the feast of Saint Nectarius of Aegina.
Patriarch Irinej, who passed away this morning after a coronavirus infection, has been in charge of the Serbian Orthodox Church since 2010.
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