The Church’s Mission on the Internet is Not Without Fruit

On Friday, July 10, 2026, the guest of the show „Pirg“ on the programme „Glas“ (“The Voice”) of the Diocese of Niš was catechist Branislav Ilić. As part of the conversation led by journalist Sandra Subotić, catechist Branislav spoke about the importance of the Church’s mission on the Internet.

While appearing on the show „Pirg“, catechist Branislav emphasized that the Lord blesses and rewards every good deed, especially those deeds that are an expression of our service to the Church. In this spirit, the mission of the Church is always a blessed deed, it is an evangelical deed that implies perseverance and effort, so that the seed finds fertile soil in the souls of people.

The guest of Sandra Subotić emphasized that the Church adapts to the needs of modern man over time, and one of the important testimonies that this is so is the fruitful missionary activity of the Church using modern information technologies. The Internet has become a kind of virtual pulpit from which we preach the word of God’s love. He emphasized that missionary activity on social networks helps the word of God to reach young people in particular.

At the end of the conversation, the guest of Radio „Glas“ of the Diocese of Niš expressed his gratitude, placing his hope in the Lord that in the time ahead, missionary activity using modern information technologies will also bear new spiritual fruits, always testifying to the beauty of communion with the Lord, all the saints and our neighbours.

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.