Hundreds of people, including top officials and clergy, gathered in Belgrade today (February 19, 2021) to mark the enthronement of Porfirije, the new Patriarch of the Serbian Orthodox Church, a day after his election, the Reuters website reports.
Porfirije, 59, Serbia's 46th Patriarch, is seen as a modernist inside the conservative church. He is the successor to Patriarch Irinej, who died in November from COVID-19 at the age of 90.
Porfirije, will lead a church of about 12 million people in Serbia, the other five former Yugoslav republics, Kosovo, and dioceses in the U.S., Australia, and Western Europe.
Flanked by bishops in their ornate robes at his enthronement, Porfirije was handed over a crosier, a stylized staff that is a symbol of his office and a white stiff hat.
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