Establishment of New Serbian Orthodox Diocese Marked in Vienna

Bishops Irinej of Bachka and Constantine of Central Europe of the Serbian Orthodox Church have concelebrated the Divine Liturgy in Vienna's Church of the Resurrection to mark the formal handing over of care for the Serbian Orthodox Church in Austria and Switzerland to Bishop Irinej, who was made locum tenens of the new Eparchy of Vienna during the recent Holy Assembly of Bishops in Belgrade. More here.

Bishop Irinej of Bachka on the Holocaust, Communism

Bishop Irinej (Bulovic) of Bachka of the Serbian Orthodox Church has stated that the crimes of the Nazi Germans are not equal to those of the Yugoslav Communists after World War II despite a number of concerning similarities to one another. Bishop Irinej also condemned anti-Semitism and reminded reporters of Patriarch Pavle (Stojchevic) of blessed memory's strong stance against the rise of anti-Semitism in post-Communist Yugoslavia and Serbia. More here.