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Djokovic donated 35.000 euros to a church in Jasenovo Polje

The best Serbian tennis player Novak Djokovic donated for the church in Jasenovo Polje, near Niksic, the sum of 35.000 euros, as the Podgorica's newspaper "Dan" reports.

As the newuspapers say, the village of Jasenovo Polje was a craddle of the family of the first tennis player of the world, from which his great-grandfather Nedjeljko, because of the hard conditions, moved to Metohija in 1928.

Church on the border

The church of Holy Trinity, one of the greatest on the south of Serbia, near Bosilegrad, on the border with Bulgaria, eleven remaining residents of Izvor keep  in shifts. 

The Bus-Church

With an effort of protopresbyter Andrei Strabkov, at the parish of Holy Trinity in the Russian town of Zainski a bus-church was consecrated.

Since there is no enough churches in nearby villages, and that the Orthodox people there is left without spiritual food, father Andrei decided to visit villages and to serve the Liturgy in the bus, confess and do all necessary Sacraments and rites.

Restoration of Hilandar continues

Minister of Culture, Media and Information Service Predrag Markovic today  visits  the Hilandar, where he will inform the head of the monastery that the Ministry  collected additional 15 million dinars for the restoration of the Grand quarters.

The Ministry during 2011 already helped the endowement of the monastery of Hilandar with 60 million dinars intended for the restoration of parts of the monastery which are mostly damaged in the fire.

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