Launch of the Second Cohort of the “Digital Parish Mission” Course

Following the successful completion of the first course cycle, the Missionary Department of the Archdiocese of Belgrade–Karlovci is continuing its work and launching the second cycle of the Digital Parish Mission course, which will commence on Wednesday, 29 April, at 6:00 p.m.

Classes will be held on the premises of the Missionary Department of the Archdiocese, located at 63b Cara Dušana Street in Belgrade (on the ground floor of the Parish Hall of the Church of St. Alexander Nevsky), once a week at the same time over a four-week period.

The aim of the course is to provide participants with practical knowledge and skills for the development of digital parish mission, enabling contemporary communication channels to be placed in the service of the Church. Through lectures, practical assignments, and the development of their own projects, participants will learn how to use digital tools and multimedia content in a responsible and missionary-oriented manner.

Particular emphasis is placed on transforming the digital space into a place of living witness to the faith, meaningful dialogue, and community building. Throughout the course, participants will develop their own ideas and projects designed to assist their parishes in mission work and communication with the faithful.

We look forward to this new course cycle and to our continued collaboration in advancing digital parish mission, confident that this group, too, will bring fresh energy and innovative ideas to the life of our parish communities.

All those interested in attending the course may apply by email at misionarsko.odeljenje@gmail.com.
Applications should include the applicant’s full name, contact information, and a brief statement outlining their motivation for participation. Participants are also expected to have the verbal blessing of their parish priest or spiritual father.

Sign up with your e-mail address to our list and receive regular updates about the happenings at Missionary department AEM.

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.