St. Sabas is commemorated at the Representation of the Serbian Orthodox Church in Moscow

On 27 January 2006, when the Serbian Orthodox Church commemorates St. Sabas of Serbia, a festive divine service took place at the representation church of the Ss Peter and Paul of the Serbian Orthodox Church at the Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia.

The Divine Liturgy was celebrated by Archbishop Christopher of Prague and the Czech Lands who came to Moscow to participate in 14^th International Christmas Educational Readings, and Bishop Afanasy, Vicar of the Serbian Patriarch. Among their concelebrants were Archimandrite Antony (Pantelich), rector of the representation church, Archpriest Nicholas Balashov, secretary for Inter-Orthodox Relations of the Department for External Church Relations of the Moscow Patriarchate, clerics of the Russian and Serbian Orthodox Churches, and the Orthodox Church in Czech Lands and Slovakia. Most part of ten concelebrating priests and five deacons are graduates of the Moscow Theological Seminary and Academy who came to study from the Serbian Orthodox Church. Hymns and prayers were sung in the Church Slavonic and Serbian languages.

His Excellence Afanasy on behalf of His Holiness Patriarch Pavle of Serbia and the Holy Synod of the Serbian Orthodox Church greeted Archbishop Christopher, rector of the representation church and parishioners. There were many representatives of the Serbian community in Moscow including the director of the representation center of the Serbian Republic in Russia Gordan Milinic.

His Holiness Patriarch Pavle honored with the order of St. Sabas the parishioner of the representation and engineer Jorge Popovic. Bishop Afanasy decorated J. Popovic with the order. Schoolgirls of the representation Sunday school read poems about St. Sabas in the Serbian language. Folk songs were sung in honor of the great saint who laid a foundation of the independence of the Serbian Orthodox Church.