STATEMENTS

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

THEIR ROYAL HIGNESSES AT THE HOLY LITHURGY AT SAINT SAVA'S TEMPLE AND AT THE RECEPTION AT SERBIAN PATRIARCHY

Their Royal Highnesses Crown Prince Aleksandar II and Princess Katherine attended the Holy Lithurgy, served by His Holiness Patriarch of Serbia Pavle together with His Beatitude Pope and Patriarch of Alexandria and all Africa Petros VII, at the Temple of Saint Sava at Vračar this morning.

Together with church dignitaries of Serbian Orthodox Church, the lithurgy was attended by the President of Pontifical Council for promoting Christian unity in Vatican His Eminence Walter Cardinal Kasper, apostolic nuncio in FR Yugoslavia Eugenio Sbarbaro, Archbishop of Belgrade Stanislav Hočevar, Serbian Minister of Religion Prof. Vojislav Milovanović, as well as the ambassadors of Great Britain and Greece.

At the tonight's reception at Serbian Patriarchy, His Holiness Patriarch of Serbia awarded the Patriarch of Alexandria and members of his suit with the highest decoration of Serbian Orthodox Church, The Order of Saint Sava.

Beside Their Royal Highnesses, among the invitees were His Eminence Walter Cardinal Kasper, apostolic nuncio in FR Yugoslavia Eugenio Sbarbaro, Archbishop of Belgrade Stanislav Hočevar, President of the Republic of Serbia Milan Milutinović, Speaker of the Federal Parliament Dragoljub Mićunović, Serbian Minister of Religion Prof. Vojislav Milovanović, representatives of the diplomatic corps and other distinguished guests.

Belgrade, 12 May 2002