The “Kinonia” Portal Project: Scriptural Readings with Commentary

On the Feast Day of the Exaltation of the Holy and Life-Giving Cross of the Lord, September 14/27, 2024, the first of the planned “Kinonia” portal missionary projects will be launched, with daily Scriptural readings and the corresponding commentary for each day of the year.

The Holy Scripture is not just another book; it represents life itself. This profound truth is also echoed by the Holy Apostle and Evangelist John the Theologian, who said that “the words of the Holy Scripture are spirit and life” (John 6:63). Similarly, our Holy and God-bearing Church father, St. John Chrysostom, teaches us about the importance of the Holy Scripture, saying, “Holy Scripture is the path, and those who stray from it – are left to wander.” According to St. Symeon the New Theologian, “Holy Scripture is the written Living Word of the Living God, which is the salt and the light of this world” (Matt. 5:14)

The deepest inner spiritual meaning of the Scripture is revealed during the Divine Liturgy. The Gospel is in continuous use, throughout the entire liturgical year, except during the first five days of Great Lent and the two days of Cheesefare Week. The “Kinonia” portal will daily be posting the sections from the Epistle and the Gospel, along with their interpretations, which correspond to the established liturgical order of the Scriptural readings. This project will be administered by His Grace Bishop Jovan (Purić), a collaborator of the “Kinonia” portal.

You can read the daily Scriptural readings with commentary on our portal in the section “Gospel Commentary” –HERE.

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Protopresbyter-Staurophorus Vajo Jović

Protopresbyter-Staurophorus Vajo Jović was born in 1956 in Ugljevik, Srpska.

Priest in Zagreb and Secretary of the Diocesan Board of the Metropolis of Zagreb and Ljubljana since 1979.
From Zagreb, he served the missionary parish in Maribor.
Parish priest at the Church of St. Alexander Nevsky in Belgrade since 1991.
Since 2000, Elder of the same church and Director of the Orthodox Missionary School until his retirement in 2023.

Forty-two years of priestly service are characterized by intensive missionary work.

Recipient of the Order of St. Sava, third degree.

Protopresbyter-Staurophor Radivoj Panić

Protopresbyter-Staurophor Radivoj Panić is the coordinator of the Parish Mission Department of the Missionary Department of the Archbishopric of Belgrade-Karlovci. He was born on April 1, 1961 in Novi Sad. He completed the seminary in Sremski Karlovci in 1981.

From 1986 to 1991, he was engaged as a librarian at the Orthodox Theological Faculty in Belgrade.

He was ordained to the priesthood in 1992. He began his pastoral ministry as a parish priest in Kosova Polje, where he served from 1992 to 2001. After that, from 2001 to 2009, he was the parish priest at the Church of St. Alexander Nevsky, and since 2009 he has served as the parish priest at the Church of St. Sava. He completed his theological studies in 2008, at a time when he was already serving as a parish priest.

He is particularly involved in organizing pilgrimages to Kosovo and Metohija, as well as in humanitarian work. He collaborates with the organization “Our Serbs” from Chicago, through which he actively participates in providing assistance to the Serbian people in Serbia and Kosovo and Metohija, as well as in supporting domestic organizations operating in these areas.

Father Radivoj Panić is considered one of the most respected priests of the Archbishopric of Belgrade and Karlovac.