Patriarch Serbian Porfirije served the Holy Hierarchical Liturgy today at the Rmanj Monastery in Martin Brod in the Federation of BiH and consecrated the newly renovated monastery church of Saint Nicholas the Wonderworker.
The President of the Republika Srpska, Milorad Dodik, the Minister for Scientific Technological Development and Higher Education of the Republika Srpska, Željko Budimir, the Director of the BiH Indirect Taxation Administration, Zoran Tegeltija, and the President of the SPS, Goran Solak, also attended this solemn ceremony, as reported by RTRS.
Due to his contribution to the restoration of the Rmanj Monastery, Dodik will be awarded the highest decoration of the Bihać-Petrovac and Rmanj Diocese – the Order of the New Martyrs of Bihać-Petrovac.
The Rmanj Monastery in Martin Brod dates back to 1443. Throughout its history, it has been destroyed and burned several times, and was destroyed at the end of the war in the 1990s.
The last four years have seen intensification of the restoration of this sanctuary that has been ongoing for decades.
His Grace, Bishop of Bihać-Petrovac, Sergije, earlier told SRNA that the governments of Republika Srpska and Serbia provided great support for the restoration of this holy site.
The Rmanj Monastery, located at the intersection of Lika, Dalmatia, and Bosnia, has been preserving the history and culture of the Serbian people for more than 580 years.
