Serbia's new patriarch Irinej enthroned
24/01/2010
BELGRADE, Serbia -- Bishop Irinej of Nis, elected Friday (January 22nd) as the new patriarch of the Serbian Orthodox Church, was enthroned Saturday. "It is a big day for me and I believe a big day for our people and our church ... our first duty as a Church is to safeguard our Kosovo, a holy and martyred land, to help our state to defend it from those who wish to seize [it]," the 80-year-old Irinej said. (AFP, BBC - 22/01/10)