STATEMENTS

THE CHANCELLERY OF
H.R.H. CROWN PRINCE ALEXANDER II
OF YUGOSLAVIA

H.R.H. CROWN PRINCE ALEKSANDAR II AND PRINCESS KATARINA
ATTEND CELEBRATION OF SCHOOL SLAVA SAINT SAVA

H.R.H. Crown Prince Aleksandar II and Princess Katarina attended yesterday at the Theological Faculty in Belgrade celebration of Saint Sava Day.

His Holiness Serbian Patriarch Pavle served a holly liturgy and a traditional Saint Sava academy under the subject “Christ, Alpha and Omega” has been organized at the amphitheatre of the Faculty.

Beside Their Royal Highnesses, representatives of Federal and Republic Government, representatives of the Serbian Orthodox church, other churches and religious communities and Diplomatic Corps attended the academy.

At the National Theatre in Belgrade, Their Royal Highnesses attended performance marking Saint Sava day under the patronage of the Republic Ministry of Religion and Humanitarian organization of the Serbian Orthodox Church “Philanthropy”, where children with special needs, children without parental care and children refugees were delivered packages with school stationary.

Packages were provided by “Philanthropy” Foundation and Embassy of Netherlands in Belgrade. Crown Prince and his wife accepted the invitation of the hosts to personally deliver packages to the children, together with other respectable guests.

Crown Prince Aleksandar II and Princess Katarina were also guests at slava celebration at Primary school for children with impaired hearing “Radivoj Popović” in Zemun. His Holiness Serbian Patriarch Pavle cut the slava cake and children organized special cultural program for numerous guests.

H.R.H. Crown Prince Aleksandar II attended last night Saint Sava Academy under the patronage of the Serbian Goverment at Student Cultural Center where Scholarship Fund for the best pupils, students and candidates for doctor's degree of the Universities of Serbia has been promoted. On that ocasion, Serbian Prime Minister Dr. Zoran Đinđić delivered scholarships to several students.

Serbian Patriarch Pavle, representatives of Federal and Republic Government, rector of Belgrade University Prof. Marija Bogdanović and deans of Faculties in Serbia attended the academy.

At the Faculty of Law in Belgrade Crown Prince Aleksandar II attended oratory competition of Faculties of Law in Yugoslavia. In front of the numerous audience, students from Yugoslavia and guests from Macedonia and the Republic of Srpska competed in elocuence.

Belgrade, January 28, 2002