“A Spiritual Travelogue through the Holy Sites of Polimlje” – A New Series on the Portal “Kinonia”

With great joy we announce a new series on the portal Kinonia, entitled: “A Spiritual Travelogue through the Holy Sites of Polimlje.” This series of texts aims to acquaint readers with the spiritual and historical significance of the renowned holy sites of the God-protected Eparchy of Mileševa.

“A Spiritual Travelogue through the Holy Sites of Polimlje” brings us unique stories about sacred monasteries and churches in which the Holy Eucharist has been offered for centuries, where the faithful gather in the awareness of their deep Christian roots—roots to which these holy places themselves bear witness. The texts belonging to this series are not intended merely to present historical facts to the reader, but primarily to reveal the spiritual richness that abides beneath the vaults and within the embrace of these renowned shrines that adorn the God-protected Eparchy of Mileševa.

The editorial task of the series “A Spiritual Travelogue through the Holy Sites of Polimlje” has been entrusted to a regular contributor to the missionary portal Kinonia, Katarina Marjanović, a graduate theologian. The first text belonging to this series will be published on Wednesday, March 4, 2026.

Source: Kinonia Portal

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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.