Memorial service for Patriarch Pavle

BELGRADE -- The 40-day memorial service will be held today in Belgrade for His Holiness Patriarch Pavle, the Serbian Orthodox Church (SPC) has announced.

Memorial service for Patriarch Pavle

BELGRADE -- The 40-day memorial service will be held today in Belgrade for His Holiness Patriarch Pavle, the Serbian Orthodox Church (SPC) has announced.

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The memorial service, held 40 days after death, will be served at the end of Holy Liturgy, in St. Sava's temple in Belgrade.

The Church said in a statement that afterwards, a small commemoration would be held at the late patriarch's grave in the a monastery in the Belgrade suburb of Rakovica.

The Church and the Ministry of Religion have also published a book of photographs to commemorate Patriarch Pavle, entitled, "From death to life".

The 94-year-old head of the SPC was laid to rest on November 19.