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Christ the Lord, the Cornerstone (Acts 4,11) and Foundation (1 Corinthians 3,11) of our Faith, our salvation, our theology and our Church, came down to earth, and bestowed His divine knowledge upon fallen humanity. Furthermore, by virtue of his coming into this world, He also bestowed upon us the most precious gift of all – namely, His very Self.

K S E N O F O N T

By the grace of God
Orthodox Bishop
Diocese of Raska and Prizren
in EXILE
To all our spiritual children, monastics, clergy and faithful,
An All-Joyful Christian Greeting

CHRIST IS RISEN! HE IS RISEN INDEED!

The Angels in heaven praise thy Resurrection, O Christ our Saviour.

KSENOFONT

By the grace of God

Orthodox Bishop of the

Diocese of Ras and Prizren

in EXILE

To all clergy, monks and all Orthodox
sons and daughters of the Serbian Orthodox Church, an
all-joyful Christian greeting

CHRIST IS BORN! GLORIFY HIM!

His Eminence Bishop Artemije Radosavljević was born on January 15, 1935 in the village of Lelić near Valjevo. He was the sixth of seven children born to his pious parents Veselin and Kosana, who gave him the name Marko. He grew up in Lelić near the Velimirović family, who also gave our holy Church two other Bishops – the holy Bishop Nikolaj of Ohrid and Žička, and Jovan of Šabac-Valjevo.

On the 31 st of December 2020, at the meeting of the Diocesan Council of the Province of Raska and Prizren in Exile held at the monastery of Novo Nikea in the village of Lelic, and in accordance with the counsel, the last will and testament of Bishop Artemije of ever-venerable memory, His Grace the Bishop of Lipljan and Uzice Ksenofont, was unanimously elected new Bishop of Raska and Prizren in Exile.

K S E N O F O N T

by God’s grace Orthodox Bishop
of the Diocese of Ras and Prizren in Exile

to all the spiritual children, Monks, Clergy and faithful people
of the Diocese of Ras-Prizren and Kosovo-Metohija in EXILE
we proclaim the all-powerful Easter greeting:

CHRIST IS RISEN!

ARTEMIJE

by God’s grace
Orthodox Bishop
of the Diocese of Raska-Prizren
in Exile

To All the Spiritual Children
Monks, Nuns, Priests and Faithful People
of the Diocese of Raska-Prizren
IN EXILE
we proclaim the all-powerful Easter greeting:

CHRIST IS RISEN FROM THE DEAD! TRULY HE IS RISEN!

CHRIST THE PEACE OF GOD IS BORN!

 

„Christ is born, glorify Him;

Christ has come from heaven, greet Him;

Christ is on earth, exalt yourselves ..“

(Irmos of the First Ode).

“No one who puts his hand to the plough and looks back is fit for service in the kingdom of God” (Luke 9:62).

 

Amongst its other meanings, the aforementioned declaration of Our Lord tells us that if a person wishes to be saved but simultaneously accepts the very things he must reject for the sake of his salvation, then this person cannot actually be saved at all, because he hinders his own journey towards the Kingdom of God.

At a gathering of the Bishop, the Chorbishops and Abbots of the Diocese of Raska and Prizren in Exile of the Church of Serbia at the monastery of St. Justin Popovic in Barajevo on 25th November 2016, his Grace, the Chorbishop of Novo Brdo-Panonija Maxim, gave the following lecture entitled „The Ecumenist ‘Council’ of Crete“.