29.05.2026
VATOPEDI MONASTERY VIDEO LIBRARY
The Despotic Feast of the Ascension during the pilgrimage of the Holy Belt in Belgrade
Belgrade celebrated today (21/05/26) the great Despotic feast of the Ascension of the Lord – which is also the patron saint of the city – with the blessing of the Holy Belt of the Most Holy Theotokos, which since yesterday afternoon has been blessing and sanctifying the faithful Serbian people. On the morning of Thursday, 21 May 2026, in the Holy Church of the Ascension in the Serbian capital, an outdoor Divine Liturgy was celebrated presided over by the Patriarch of Serbia, His Holiness Porphyrios. Hierarchs of the Church of Serbia, the Abbot of the Holy Great Monastery of Vatopedi, Elder Ephraim and Vatopedi Fathers, concelebrated.