75 YEARS SINCE THE TRANSFERRING OF THE MORTAL REMAINS OF THE SUPREME LEADER

Archive of Yugoslavia HM King Alexander I and The Royal Family, in front of the Oplenac Endowment,
September, 1930.

Belgrade, 5 September 2005 – His Royal Highness Crown Prince Alexander II, attended today with academician Matija Beckovic, member of the Crown Council, The Divine Liturgy with memorial service for THE Supreme Leader Karadjordje, in the Church of Saint George at Oplenac.

The Divine Liturgy and memorial service on the 75th anniversary of the transferring of the mortal remains of the supreme leader of the First Serbian Uprising was served by the Bishop of Sumadija Jovan with clergy of the Oplenac archdiocese, accompanied by the choir “Oplenac.” The Divine Liturgy was also attended by: Mr. Miladin Gavrilovic, director of the Memorial complex “King Peter I”, Mr. Dragan Jovanovic, city mayor of Topola, Mr. Cedomir Stevanovic, president of the Association “The First Serbian Uprising”, representatives of the Association of Liberation Wars 1912 -1918 Tradition Keepers, as well children from the primary school “Karadjordje” from Topola.

On the occasion of the commemoration, in the tower of Karadjordje’s lodgings, an exhibition of photographs of the transferring of the mortal remains of the supreme leader Karadjordje from the Church of the Holly Virgin (Karadjordje’s church) to the Church of Saint George at Oplenac in September 1930 was opened.

Mr. Gavrilovic, the director of the Memorial complex “King Peter I”, addressed the guests, and stressed that this exhibition should remind us of the unfulfilled wish of King Peter I that all the deceased descendants should rest at Oplenac and that this should be an obligation for all of us.

Crown Prince Alexander then addressed the guests and stressed that the mission of the supreme leader is not over yet, and that it is extremely important that, our generations, while keeping the memory of the past and respecting it, work in the interest of our future, and that all their forces should be directed toward European integration. In this manner, the commemoration in the organization of the Endowment “King Peter I” in Topola was officially closed.