Patriarch Porfirije

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Patriarch Porfirije is the current head of the Serbian Orthodox Church and a prominent religious leader in Serbia and the wider Orthodox Christian world.

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instanceOf Christian theologian
Eastern Orthodox patriarch
Serbian Orthodox Church bishop
Serbian religious leader
birthDate 1961-07-22
birthName Prvoslav Perić
birthPlace Bečej, PR Serbia, FPR Yugoslavia
church Serbian Orthodox Church
citizenship Serbia
clergyStatus bishop
monk
country Serbia
degree Doctorate in theology
denomination Eastern Orthodox Christianity
surface form: Eastern Orthodox Church
education University of Belgrade Faculty of Orthodox Theology
electionAsPatriarchDate 2021-02-18
enthronementDate 2021-02-19
gender male
honorificPrefix His Holiness
knownFor interfaith dialogue
leading the Serbian Orthodox Church
public engagement in Serbian society
language English
Greek
Russian
Serbian
memberOf Holy Synod of the Serbian Orthodox Church
monasteryAffiliation Kovilj Monastery
monasticTonsureYear 1985
nationality Serbian
ordinationYear 1990
position Patriarch of the Serbian Orthodox Church
predecessor Patriarch Irinej
previousPosition Bishop of Jegar
Metropolitan of Zagreb and Ljubljana
rank Serbian Patriarch
surface form: Archbishop of Peć

Serbian Patriarch
surface form: Metropolitan of Belgrade and Karlovci
regionOfInfluence Bosnia and Herzegovina
Croatia
Montenegro
North Macedonia
Serbia
Serbian Orthodox diaspora
religion Eastern Orthodox Christianity
surface form: Eastern Orthodoxy
religiousName Porfirije
rite Byzantine Rite
theologicalTradition Byzantine theology
title Serbian Patriarch
surface form: His Holiness the Serbian Patriarch

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Serbian Orthodox Church hasLeader Patriarch Porfirije