As part of his three-day visit to Serbia His Eminence Barnabas of Neapolis and Stavroupolis visited the Royal Compound in Dedinje accompanied by His Grace Arsenije, Vicar Bishop of Serbian Patriarch Irinej.
Metropolitan Barnabas of Neapolis and Stavroupolis is a great friend of the Royal Family and the Serbian people. Through his active love towards the Serbian Orthodox Church and the Serbian people, demonstrated especially by caring for the war orphans from Bosnia and Herzegovina during and after the war the 90s, by helping the Serbian Orthodox shrines in Kosovo and Metohija and by spiritual care of the Serbian military cemetery in Zejtinlik Thessaloniki, the Metropolitan has proved his brotherly affection for our country, and for that he was awarded a high recognition of the Serbian Orthodox Church – the Order of the Holy Emperor Constantine, by His Holiness Serbian Patriarch Irinej in the Serbian Patriarchate this morning.
Due to the traditional humanitarian activities abroad, Their Royal Highnesses Crown Prince Alexander and Crown Princess Katherine were not able to be the Metropolitan’s hosts, so the host to His Eminence was Mr. Dragomir Acovic, the chairman of the Advisory Bodies of the Crown, to whom Metropolitan Barnabas handed a grammata of the Metropolitanate of Neapolis and Stavroupolis, as a sign of gratitude for the warm hospitality. Metropolitan Barnabas emphasized that he closely monitors all the activities of Crown Prince Alexander, Crown Princess Katherine and the entire Royal House and is always looking forward to meeting with the members of the Serbian Royal Family.
