Ambassador Jović met today with Bishop Polycarp of Belogradchik, Vicar Bishop of Sofia. During the meeting, they specified the details regarding the organization of the joint ceremony to commemorate the 700 years of the repose of St. King Milutin. King Milutin`s relics were transfered from Banja (Trepca) and are now in Sofia, in the church of St. Nedelya. In this regard, the Ambassador and Bishop Polycarp have agreed that St. King Milutin represents a bridge and a real fraternal bond between the two peoples and can help deeper connectivity and much-needed rapprochement between the two Orthodox peoples.

The jubilee itself will be marked by a series of events, starting on October 27th, and on October 29th  the archetypal liturgy will take place at St. Nedelya Church, with a traditional ceremonial act of laying changing of St. King Milutin`s relics.The layings in which the relics have been for the past year will be taken and stored in the Gracanica Monastery, in Kosovo and Metohij, one of the endowments of St. King Milutin. After the liturgy and the changing of the layings, the event will continue at the Embassy of the Republic of Serbia in Sofia.