A Series of Apologetic Lectures and Professional Consultations for Religious Education Teachers

In cooperation with the Committee for Religious Education, the Apologetics Section of the Missionary Department of the Archdiocese of Belgrade–Karlovci has initiated a series of lectures and professional consultations intended for teachers of religious education.

The first lecture in this series was held on 26 November 2025 on the premises of the AEM Missionary Department. The topic, selected at the initiative of the teachers themselves, was “Anti-cult Engagement in the Context of the Secular School and the Imperative of Religious Tolerance.” The speakers were Slobodan Spasić and Andrej Protić (permanent expert associates of the Apologetics Section) and Zoran Luković (Section Coordinator). The lecture was attended by representatives of the Religious Education Teachers’ Active from the municipalities of Voždovac, Čukarica, and Rakovica.

The lecturers succeeded, in a substantive and dynamic manner, in capturing and sustaining the attention of the attending religious education teachers. Their interest gave rise to a lively exchange of ideas, reflected in the large number of questions posed—so many, in fact, that the lecture exceeded the scheduled time by a large margin. After the main part of the programme, the attending teachers continued to express, share, and comment on their insights, experiences, and ideas.

The premises of the AEM Missionary Department thus became, in the true sense of the word, a centre of fraternal exchange of missionary knowledge and experience—a place of encounter between theologians-educators and the experts within our Church who are directly engaged in the field of apologetic activity.

We look forward with joy to welcoming the teachers at the upcoming lectures and professional consultations.

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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.