Patriarch of Serbia Porfirije receives Syrian ambassador to Belgrade

The Patriarch of Serbia, His Holiness Porfirije, on Tuesday received the ambassador of Syria to Belgrade at the Patriarchal residence in the Serbian capital.
Patriarch Porfirije praised the friendly relations between the Serbian and Syrian people, which is especially reflected in the fraternal cooperation between the Serbian Orthodox Church and the Patriarchate of Antioch, which he said was underlined by the mutual and historic visits of the Patriarch of Antioch and All the East, His Beatitude John X, and his own predecessor on the throne of the Serbian Church, reposed in the Lord Patriarch Irinej.