On the Threshold of an Anniversary: The “Kinonija” Portal Enhanced with New Features


Since its founding on September 1/14, 2024, the “Kinonija” portal has consistently justified its existence by sanctifying the online space and media sphere through contemporary forms of missionary outreach via information technologies.

In addition to the daily publication of content at kinonija.rs, with the involvement of over sixty regular contributors, and the continual updating of its namesake social media pages (Facebook, Instagram, Telegram, Viber, and YouTube), careful attention is devoted to the appearance and functionality of the portal itself. We owe special gratitude to our devoted friends who are responsible for the technical maintenance, functionality, and missionary applicability of the site.

During the month of July, alongside regular technical maintenance, several improvements were made to the portal, which we hereby present:

• In recognition of the fact that the Miroslav Gospel bears witness to Christian faith and culture, visitors to the “Kinonija” portal can now view titles in a new font named Miroslav’s Cyrillic ( Miroslavljeva Cyrillica). This change is motivated not by aesthetics, but primarily by missionary purposes, as the script style sends a message to the reader, inspiring the heart to receive the word preached from our digital ambo.

• In response to the voices of our readers, we have opened a new section at the bottom of the portal—a kind of guestbook—in which we publish the most striking impressions of “Kinonija’s” activities to date. Currently, the impressions published stem from interviews conducted as part of our series entitled Kinonija Interviews.

• In light of the growing number of regular authors contributing texts, and in appreciation of the effort and love of all our co-labourers who continually enrich us with new content, each author has now been given a dedicated page. This allows for easier browsing of material within the “Written Word” section.

This enhancement of the portal was completed in anticipation of the first anniversary of its launch, to be marked on the feast of the Indiction, Sunday, September 1/14, 2025. Echoing the divinely inspired words of the Apostle Paul, that “faith comes by hearing” (Romans 10:17), we continue our diligent missionary journey, placing our hope in the Lord, that the seed we sow may yield an abundant harvest.

Branislav Ilić,
Editor of the “Kinonija” Portal
On the feast day of the Holy Great Martyr Marina, July 17/30, 2025

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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.