CROWN PRINCE ALEXANDER II ENVOY AT 500TH ANNIVERSARY OF MONASTERY KRUSEDOL

Belgrade, 12 August 2009 – On behalf of HRH Crown Prince Alexander II, Mr. Dragomir Acovic, member of the Privy Council participated in the 500th Anniversary of the Monastery Krusedol and Liturgy which was attended by a large number of people in Fruska Gora.

His Eminence Metropolitan Amfilohije of Montenegro and Littoral, together with fourteen Bishops of the Serbian Orthodox Church, served the Holy Liturgy in front of several thousand people who came from all over Serbia and Republika Srpska.

The central event of the 500th Anniversary of the most important Serbian Monastery in Fruska Gora was also attended by Mr. Bojan Pajtic, President of Vojvodina’s Government and other representatives of the government, representatives of the Russian’s Orthodox Church, the Russian Ambassador to Serbia H.E. Mr. Alexander Konuzin and other members of the diplomatic corps, representatives of Serbian Military and Police, a delegation of Republika Srpska and other distinguished guests.

Krusedol Monastery is a religious and historical focal point of Serbian nation north of the Sava and Danube rivers for five centuries. Many important figures from our history are buried there, among them Patriarchs Arsenije III Carnojevic and Arsenije IV Jovanovic Sakabenta, leaders of great Serbian migration, Duchess Ljubica (wife of Duke Milos Obrenovic), King Milan Obrenovic, and many others.