The delegation of the Foundation for the Support of Christian Culture and Heritage, headed by Executive Director Egor Skopenko, visited Serbia and the Republika Srpska within Bosnia and Herzegovina from November 19 to 21, 2024.
On November 19, His Holiness Patriarch Porfiry of Serbia received Yegor Skopenko at his residence in Belgrade. During the meeting, issues of current cooperation and further plans for 2025 were discussed.
Also on the same day, representatives of the Foundation visited the monastery in honor of St. Blessed Matrona of Moscow in the village of Ritesic near Doboj (Republika Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina) and discussed with the abbot of the monastery, Abbot Isaiah, the possibility of providing financial support to the monastery in 2025.
On November 20, a solemn ceremony of official открытия the office of the Foundation for the Support of Christian Culture and Heritage in Banja Luka with the participation of a delegation of the Russian Foundation headed by Egor Skopenko.
At the end of the working visit to the Republika Srpska on November 21, the Foundation delegation took part in the solemn consecration of the church of the Venerable Martyr Deacon Avvakum in the monastery of Mostanica in honor of St. Michael the Archangel. The Divine Liturgy and the rite of consecration of the church were led by the vicar of the Banja Luka diocese, Bishop Savva of Marchan.
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The Mostanica Monastery in honor of St. Michael the Archangel is considered one of the largest Orthodox monasteries in Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is assumed that the Mostanitsa monastery was built in the XVI century. During its long history, it has been demolished and rebuilt as many as nine times.