HRH CROWN PRINCESS KATHERINE HUMANITARIAN ACTIVITIES ON CHRISTMAS DAY [Royal House of Serbia]

 

HRH CROWN PRINCESS KATHERINE HUMANITARIAN ACTIVITIES ON CHRISTMAS DAY

Belgrade, 7 January 2012 – Her Royal Highness Crown Princess Katherine accompanied by her grandson Michael Garfinkel and his friends from theUnited States of America spent Christmas Day traditionally visiting children hospitals and participating at “Christmas lunch” humanitarian event.   Before the traditional family Christmas lunch, HRH Crown Princess Katherine visited University Children’s Hospitals inTirsova Street where she delivered toys and sweets to children in departments of hematology and cardiology. Then Princess Katherine visited children’s department at Institute for oncology and radiology of Serbia. After that HRH Crown Princess Katherine visited children department in Institute for Orthopedic Surgery “Banjica”, bringing little patients warmth and happiness of holiday season, and showing them that they are not left alone. 

HRH Princess Katherine then took part at the “Christmas lunch” humanitarian event in Home for children without parental care “Jovan Jovanovic Zmaj” inBelgrade. This traditional event is organized by Culinary Association of Serbia, and among participants were members of Belgrade City Assembly, members of diplomatic corps H.E. Mrs. Mary Warlick, Ambassador of the United States of America, H.E. Mr. Igor Jovovic, Ambassador of Montenegro and his wife, H.E. Mr. Nils Ragnar Kamswag, Ambassador of Kingdom of Norway, H.E. Mr. Erwin Helmut Hofer, Ambassador of Switzerland, H.E. Mr. Demosthenes Stoidis, Ambassador of Greece and famous Serbian Chefs who served Christmas lunch to the beneficiaries of the Home. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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ROYAL COUPLE ATTEND CHRISTMAS LITURGY [Royal House of Serbia]

 

ROYAL COUPLE ATTEND CHRISTMAS LITURGY

Belgrade, 7 January 2012 – Their Royal Highnesses Crown Prince Alexander II and Crown Princess Katherine attended this morning the Holy Liturgy at theCathedralChurch of St. Michael the ArchangelinBelgrade. The Holy Liturgy was officiated by His Holiness Patriarch Irinej ofSerbia and Hierarchs of Serbian Orthodox Church.

 

Morning Christmas Liturgy was attended by H.E. Mr. Ivica Dacic, First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of the Interior, H.E. Mr. Srdjan Sreckovic, Minister of Religion and Diaspora, Mr. Tomislav Nikolic, President of Serbian Progressive Party, Mr.Slobodan Homen, state secretary in the Ministry of Justice, and great number of citizens ofBelgrade and Serbia.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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CHRISTMAS EVE AT THE ROYAL PALACE [Royal House of Serbia]

CHRISTMAS EVE AT THE ROYAL PALACE

Belgrade, 6 January 2012 – Their Royal Highnesses Crown Prince Alexander II, Crown Princess Katherine, Prince Peter, Prince Philip, Prince Alexander and Michael Garfinkel, the grandson of Princess Katherine, celebrated Christmas Eve at the Royal Palace in Dedinje.
The traditional burning of the Yule log was performed in front of the Royal Palace, which was blessed by Protopresbyter Vladan Perisic, Father Panayotis Kartasios, representative of the Greek Orthodox Church in Serbia, Father Ilija Buha and clergy of the Serbian Orthodox Church. 

Beside Their Royal Highnesses there were present members of the Gendarmerie, employees of The Royal Palace, as well as representatives of the media. Burning of the Yule log was followed by traditional short reception for all present at the Royal Palace.

Representatives of HM King Peter I Foundation from Oplenac participated at Evening Liturgy and Christmas Eve activities in front of the Church of St. George. After burning of the Yule log over 700 children from Topola and surrounding villages received Christmas parcels.
Their Royal Highnesses will attend Morning Christmas Liturgy on 7th of January at 9:00 am at the Cathedral Church of St. Michael the Archangel in Belgrade that will be officiated by His Holiness Patriarch Irinej of Serbia

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HRH CROWN PRINCE ALEXANDER II CHRISTMAS AND NEW YEAR MESSAGE JULIAN CALENDAR [Royal House of Serbia]

HRH CROWN PRINCE ALEXANDER II  CHRISTMAS AND NEW YEAR MESSAGE JULIAN CALENDAR 

Belgrade, 6 January 2012 – His Royal Highness Crown Prince Alexander II extends his Christmas and New Year’s message to the citizens of Serbia who celebrate Christmas according to the Julian calendar. 

Dear Citizens of Serbia,

2011 was a very difficult year for Serbia, although we fulfilled all our international obligations, unfortunately the European Parliament postponed the decision about candidacy status in the European Union. It is not officially requested that Serbia recognise Kosovo, but it is demanded that Serbia normalise relationships in the spirit of good neighbours. Our people who live there are suffering great pressure, and Serbian sanctuaries are in danger to be labeled as somebody else’s by UNESCO. All this is happening on the eve of 2012, the centenary of the First Balkan War, when my great grandfather King Peter I fulfilled Kosovo’s oath to liberate the Serbian Jerusalem. Even then, 100 years ago, Serbia tried to find its’ own path between the great powers that were not always friendly, but Serbia had its national interests, its strategy and its way to realise them. Some people say that history should not be a burden on the way towards the future, and I agree with that, but history should teach us some things, and we should learn from it, to avoid repeating the same mistakes.      The economy is another field in which we have suffered a very difficult year, and not just us but the world as a whole. Nevertheless, much more decisive actions are needed to remove bureaucratic barriers, so that the economic environment becomes more friendly for our business people and attractive for foreign investors.  I am extremely proud that the previous year brought several world class results. Our young mathematicians won world competitions again, as well as our female national volleyball team and Novak Djokovic was proclaimed the best athlete in the world. Belgrade got a new bridge over Sava River, the first one in 40 years. We have winners here, among us. All these achievements confirm that Serbia is a country of many talents and great potential.  Those are the reasons for us all to unite, to build stable and prosperous society, for the benefit of our homeland, our families and all citizens of Serbia regardless of religion or ethnic origin.

My family joins me in wishing all citizens of Serbia a good and prosperous New Year for 2012.

Merry Christmas!

Christ is born!

Alexander

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TRADITIONAL CHRISTMAS RECEPTIONS FOR CHILDREN AT THEWHITE PALACE [Royal House Of Serbia]

TRADITIONAL CHRISTMAS RECEPTIONS FOR CHILDREN AT THEWHITE PALACE

Belgrade, 4. January 2012. – Their Royal Highnesses Crown Prince Alexander and Crown Princess Katherine together with His Grace Bishop Lavrentije of Sabac and His Grace Vicar Bishop of Remesiana Andrej, hosted today at the White Palace the traditional Christmas receptions for children from all over Serbia without parental care, children with disabilities, Roma children, refugee and internally displaced children. The children had the opportunity to receive wonderful presents that were obtained through great efforts of Their Royal Highnesses, Lifeline Chicago office, LifelineNew York office as well as numerous Companies and Embassies inSerbia.

More than 1200 children ages 3 to 15, had the opportunity to feel and share the joy of Christmas with Their Royal Highnesses.

The first reception was organized for the children without parental care from  schools and associations from Belgrade, Pancevo, Sremska Kamenica, Smederevo, Velika Plana i Inđija, Roma children from Belgrade, as well as children of victims of war from  municipality Savski Venac.

The second reception was organized for children with disabilities fromBelgrade and surrounding, Nis, Kladovo, Vranje, Bela Crkva, Bor,Subotica, Cajetina, and  Kovin.

The third reception will be organized for children without parental care from Bujanovac. Sombor, Kragujevac,Nis, Subotica, Velika Hoca, Orahovac, Aleksinac, Uzice, Nova Crnja, Roma and socially disadvantaged children from Ada, Subotica and Kostolac, and children from refugee camp from  Pirot and Bela Palanka.

Crown Prince Alexander and Crown Princess Katherine together with His Grace Bishop Lavrentije of Sabac and His Grace Vicar Bishop of Remesiana Andrej welcomed the children, wishing them all the best for Christmas and the New Year.

At 6 pmin the Great Hall of theSava Center the youngest children will have the opportunity to enjoy the original music performance by our renowned famous artistSlobodan Trkulja “Music for children “. In addition to the numerous instruments, such as the Armenian duduk, piano, clarinet, tambura, kaval, flute, guitar and bagpipes, Trkulja created music on children toys, bottles, glasses, and some other different objects.

The children will play with our famous artistSlobodan Trkulja and receive  presents from the Royal Couple, provided by numerous donors from Serbia and other countries: H.R.H. Princess Sybilla of Luxembourg, Adra , Art Ival, Baloon Center, Coca-Cola Hellenic Serbia, Ishrana Produkt, Paraćinka Paraćin ad, Al Grosso, Rio Valjevo, Mogyi Trade, Ishrana produkt, „Mala Moda Marija“, Pekara Trpković, Vrabac , Kika Loznica-čarape, Bombonica Čurug, Megaplast, Deutche schule Belgrad, French Embassy, Ghana Embassy, Egyptian Embassy, Hungarian Embassy, Angola Embassy, Turkish Embassy, Belorussia Embassy, Embassy of Greece, Embassy of Italy, Embassy of Switzerland, Embassy of Croatia, Commercial section of the Austrian Embassy, Timex,  Mr. and  Mrs. La Roux, Mattel, Lifeline Chicago, Lifeline New York, Polimark, Podravka, Hairdress assocination from Petrovac na Mlavi, Tigar Maniera, Robert Bosch d.o.o., Dufry d.o.o., Naturino.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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CHRISTMAS CONCERT FOR CHILDREN ORGANISED BY PRINCESS KATHERINE FOUNDATION/ [Royal House of Serbia]

CHRISTMAS CONCERT FOR CHILDREN ORGANISED BY PRINCESS KATHERINE FOUNDATION

“Music for children“ performance bySlobodan Trkulja

Belgrade, 4 January 2012 – As a part of the “Children helping children” Project, Their Royal Highnesses Crown Prince Alexander and Crown Princess Katherine together with the famous Serbian artistSlobodan Trkulja, organised a Christmas art performance – Music for children in theSava Center Great Ballroom. HRH Prince Alexander, who will spend holidays with his family in Belgrade, also attended the concert. 

In the beginning of the ceremony it was led by the famous Serbian artist Minja Subota and the children were addressed by The Royal Couple and His Grace Vicar Bishop Andrej of Remesiana.

Her Royal Highness Crown Princess Katherine wished the children Happy Holidays and wished them all the best in 2012, pointing out that this particular event aims to teach them the joy of giving and philanthropic values.

World famous for his voice, creativity and playing skills,Slobodan Trkulja prepared a programme to take children on an unforgettableHoliday voyage. The youngest in the  audience had the unique opportunity to enjoy the original music of our artist, and to discover high quality sound. Beside exotic instruments such as Armenian “duduk”, he played piano, clarinet, fife, guitar, bagpipes, but also “instruments” made of children toys, bottles, glasses and numerous other objects.

Minja Subota also performed one of his very famous songs, and public was delighted.

Each ticket that was bought gave the opportunity for children from Orphanages to see this programme free of charge.

 

 

 

 

 

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HRH CROWN PRINCE ALEXANDER II CHRISTMAS MESSAGE-GREGORIAN CALENDAR 2011 [Royal House of Serbia]

 

HRH CROWN PRINCE ALEXANDER II CHRISTMAS MESSAGE – GREGORIAN CALENDAR 2011

On the day we celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ, the day of great joy for all Christians, I wish the citizens ofSerbia and people across the world who celebrate Christmas by the Gregorian calendar the very best wishes from my family and myself. May everyone enjoy peace, love and happiness.

Christmas is also the time for people to come together, to give and to share and to be at peace, the time to build respect for each other that helps us all be stronger.

My family joins me in wishing all of you a peaceful and Happy Christmas and a very Happy New Year 2012.

Peace on Earth and goodwill for all!

Christ is born!

Alexander

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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