Belgrade, June 29, 2026
Photo: spc.rs
The Serbian Orthodox Church and the Serbian government signed an agreement yesterday to fund the completion of the St. Sava Cathedral on Vračar hill in Belgrade.
The document was signed by His Holliness Patriarch Porfirije and Prime Minister Đuro Macuta, in the presence of President Aleksandar Vučić, reports the Serbian Orthodox Church.
Vučić noted that over the past twelve years the state invested 88 million euros ($100.2M) in the cathedral, with the new agreement adding 6.5 million euros ($7.4M) more. He framed the project as a generational achievement and an expression of national and spiritual identity, drawing on Miloš Crnjanski’s writings about St. Sava.
Pat. Porfirije emphasized that the cathedral’s cornerstone was consecrated in 1939, and that every generation of Serbian Church leadership since then worked toward its completion. He described the church not merely as stone and mosaic, but as a vessel of prayer and hope accumulated over decades, and thanked the state for its continued support while stressing that the cathedral belongs to the entire Serbian people across all generations.
The signing took place in the cathedral’s crypt, dedicated to Prince St. Lazar.
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