Invitation to a New Cycle of the “Digital Parish Mission” Course

Following the successful completion of previous course cycles, the Missionary Department of the Archdiocese of Belgrade-Karlovci, through its Electronic Mission Section, is continuing its work by launching a new cycle of the free course “Digital Parish Mission”.

The course is scheduled to begin in September 2026 and will be held on the premises of the Missionary Department, at 63b Cara Dušana Street, Belgrade, on the ground floor of the Parish Hall of the Church of St Alexander Nevsky.

The aim of the course is to provide participants with practical knowledge and skills for developing digital parish mission, enabling contemporary communication channels to be placed at the service of the Church and individual parish communities.

Through lectures, practical assignments, and the development of their own missionary projects, participants will learn how to use websites, social media, photography, video, and contemporary digital tools in a responsible and appropriate manner consistent with the ethos and mission of the Church.

Particular emphasis will be placed on making the digital sphere a space for the living witness of faith, dialogue, information, and community-building. Throughout the course, participants will develop their own ideas and projects that may assist their parishes in their missionary work and communication with the faithful.

We invite all interested faithful who wish to contribute their knowledge and talents to the mission of the Church in the digital world to apply for participation in the new course cycle.

All registered participants will be informed in due time by email of the exact date, schedule, and further details regarding the beginning of the course.

Applications may be submitted to:

misionarsko.odeljenje@gmail.com

The application should include the applicant’s full name, contact details, and a brief statement of reason for participation. Participants should also have the verbal blessing of their parish priest or spiritual father. We  welcome with eager anticipation all new participants to the Digital Parish Mission course.

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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.