New Gracanica
Monastery of the Protection of the Most Holy Mother of God – New Gracanica
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Monastery of the Protection of the Most Holy Mother of God – New Gracanica
For centuries the Church provided the strength and tradition that allowed the Serbians to maintain their religious and cultural existence in Serbia. The Gracanica of Kosovo, the famous church that was continually destroyed and rebuilt, is an example of the powerful Serbian spirit that with the Church as its guide, carried itself from an age of struggle in Serbia, to an age of peace in America. In 1977, the Most Holy Mother of God (Serbian) Association, Inc. purchased sixty acres of land, now the home …
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Patriarch Porfirije
Newly elected Archbishop of Pec, Metropolitan of Belgrade-Karlovci and Serbian Patriarch Porfirije (Peric) was born on 22 July 1961 in Becej, northern Serbia. He was the first of three children of Radivoje and Radojka Peric. He was baptized as Prvoslav. He finished primary school in Curug, and the “Jovan Jovanovic Zmaj” Grammar school in Novi Sad. He was ...
Metropolitan Longin
His Eminence Archbishop and Metropolitan Longin was born on September 29, 1955 as Momir Krco in the town of Kruscanje Olovo. His parents were Stanoje and Andja (nee Jovanovic) Krco. He attended grade school in Olovske Luke from 1962 to 1970. He entered Three Hierarchs Seminary in Monastery Krka in 1970 and graduated in 1975. during ...
Archimandrite Sergije
Archimandrite Sergije (Puškar) was born on March 25, 1990 in Sisak, Croatia. In 1995, due to the events of the war, his family fled from Krajina, Banija to Serbia, and two years later they moved to Chicago, USA. After completing elementary, middle, and high school studies, in 2009 he enrolled in the Holy Trinity Orthodox Theological Seminary in Jordanville, where he ...
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40 years of the episcopal ministry of Metropolitan Longin were liturgically celebrated at the Monastery of Saint Sava in Libertyville!
The hierarchical Liturgy was presided over by His Eminence Archbishop Longin of New Gracanica- Chicago and Metropolitan of the Midwestern America. His eminence was concelebrated
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- Office: (847)223 - 4300
- Fax: (847) 223-4312
- Site: newgracanicamonastery.org
- Mail: info@newgracanicamonastery.org
- Address: 35240 West Grant Avenue, Third Lake, IL 60046
- P.O.Box: 371, Grayslake, IL 60030-0371