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Crown Prince congratulates Feast of Ascension to Belgrade and Banja Luka

09/06/2016

His Royal Highness Crown Prince Alexander congratulated all Orthodox believers the Feast of Ascension, especially to the citizens of Belgrade and Banja Luka who celebrate this holiday as the city “Slava”. The Crown Prince sent letters to the mayors of Belgrade and Banja Luka, Mr. Sinisa Mali and Mr. Slobodan Gavranovic, asking them to convey his congratulations to their fellow citizens.

Crown Prince Alexander wished everyone this holiday, while respecting the rich traditions and the values ​​on which it is based, be a guide for creating a better quality of life:

“Let your “Slava” and its symbolism be an additional incentive on the way of further development and prosperity of Belgrade and Banja Luka, to the benefit of all their citizens” – said the Crown Prince in his congratulatory letter.

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Crown Prince and Crown Princess attend Lifeline Chicago event

Chicago 11 June 2016– The Wintrust Wealth Management (WWM) was the location for the Lifeline Chicago Fete, a meeting of Chicago board members of the international charity in the presence of Their Royal Highnesses Crown Prince Alexander and Crown Princess Katherine and Alison Andrews on Friday, June 10, 2016. The Princess is the Patron of Lifeline Humanitarian Organization.

Chicago office board member Jelena Jovovic, Director of Human Resources and Recruiting at Wintrust Wealth Management, arranged the meeting at the excellent facility at 231 South LaSalle Street in Chicago.

The Royal Couple was greeted by applause on their arrival. Sandi Radoja, President of Lifeline Chicago, welcomed them on behalf of the entire board.

Lifeline Chicago is a 501© (3) charity whose primary mission is to raise funds to provide goods and services to the needy of Serbia, particularly at orphanages, schools, hospitals and facilities for the elderly and handicapped. Since its inception in 1993, Lifeline Chicago has worked diligently through Princess Katherine and the Princess Katherine Foundation in Belgrade to meet the needs of underserved communities and people. Playgrounds, hospital equipment, repairs and innovations at aging facilities are just a few examples of the work that has been accomplished.

Crown Prince Alexander spoke eloquently to the board members and guests, while Princess Katherine offered her gratitude in a compassionate speech. Other dignitaries at the event included Thomas P. Zidar, Chairman and CEO of Wintrust Wealth Management (WWM), Philip Hummer, Senior Vice President of Investments at WWM and son of the founder Wayne Hummer, and Grove Mower, Senior Vice President of Investments at WWM.

Wintrust is a wealth management firm that has served Chicago since 1931. “Wintrust was an outstanding host at this event,” said Sandi Radoja. “The venue was perfect and their contribution to the evening was a wonderful benefit for Lifeline Chicago. We were pleased and honored to receive the Royal Couple in such a great setting, and look forward to furthering our relationship with Wintrust for the benefit of the needy.”

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Roksanda Ilincic charity fashion show at White Palace

17/06/2016

HRH Crown Princess Katherine Foundation in cooperation with Click Fashion Agency and with the support of the Belgrade City Council is pleased to announce a charity fashion show of the world-famous designer Roksanda Ilincic, at the White Palace on Friday, 24 June 2016, starting at 8:15 pm. As in previous years, our intention is to integrate fashion and charity, to provide assistance for those in need. The proceeds from this event will be used for children suffering from cancer and for the palliative care unit.

HRH Crown Princess Katherine Foundation and CLICK Fashion studio have the honor to present a new collection of the world-famous Serbian designer Roksanda Ilincic whose clothes are worn by the Duchess of Cambridge, Michelle Obama, Cate Blanchett, Keira Knightley and many others, including the members of the royal families.

The program of this charity evening includes the performance of the British choir “Voce Chamber” which is the official backing choir of the Rollingstones.

After the fashion show a charity gala dinner will be held at the Royal Palace.

We invite all fashion lovers, socially responsible companies and individuals to make their contribution so that we all together help the children who are waiting for our support. For any further inquiries, please call the Foundation of HRH Crown Princess Katherine at 011 306 4000 or send an e-mail to help@pkfond.rs.

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Fifty fifth memorial anniversary of HM Queen Maria at St. George Church in Oplenac

22/06/2016

A Holy Liturgy and Memorial Service were held at the Church of St. George in Oplenac today, on the occasion of the fifty fifth anniversary of death of Her Majesty Queen Maria. The Clergy of St. George Church officiated the services. On behalf of His Royal Highness Crown Prince Alexander, Mr Predrag Markovic member of the Crown Council and Mr Dragan Reljic, the director of HM King Peter I Foundation laid flowers.

HM Queen Maria was the daughter of HM King Ferdinand of Romania and HM Queen Marie of Romania (a daughter of HRH Prince Alfred, Duke of Edinburgh, a son of Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom). The Queen was born in Gotha, Thuringia, in Germany 6 January 1900 and died in London 22 June 1961. Her Majesty married HM King Alexander I of Yugoslavia in Belgrade 8 June 1922 and they had three sons Crown Prince Peter (later HM King Peter II, father of HRH Crown Prince Alexander), Prince Tomislav and Prince Andrej.

She was loved very much by the Serbian people. She was a role model of a devoted and caring wife and mother. She was very much engaged in humanitarian work. After the assassination of HM King Alexander I in Marseilles 9 October 1934 she continued to care for her sons and became the Queen Mother. She was very active with the Red Cross during World War II, and sent a lot of humanitarian help to Yugoslavia, but always signed herself with alias Maria K. Djordjevic.

She lived modestly on her estate in Kent, England after the World War II. General Charles de Gaulle decorated her with the Great Cross of the Legion of Honour in 1959. She passed away on 22 June 1961, and was buried at the Royal Cemetery in Frogmore in Windsor. Her remains were transferred to Serbia on 29 April 2013, and she was buried at the Royal Mausoleum in Oplenac during the State funeral 26 May 2013.

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Royal Couple attends Vidovdan celebration in Gracanica

Belgrade, 28 June 2016 – Their Royal Highnesses Crown Prince Alexander and Crown Princess Katherine, accompanied by Mr Predrag Markovic, member of the Crown Council, attended today the Holy Liturgy at the Gracanica monastery, the endowment of Serbian medieval King Milutin, officiated by His Grace Bishop Teodosije of Raska and Prizren. The Liturgy was also attended by the Deputy Prime Minister of Kosovo, Branimir Stojanovic, as well as the Mayor of Gracanica, Vladeta Kostic.

After the Liturgy the Royal Couple delivered toys to the children gathered in the churchyard, and then donated flour and pasta to the Soup Kitchen “Mother of nine Jugovics”.

HRH Crown Princess Katherine also visited the General Hospital in Gracanica to see what their needs are and what kind of problems they are faced with, in order to help this health care institution as soon as possible.

The Royal Couple then attended the memorial service for the Kosovo heroes in Gazimestan, where Crown Prince Alexander laid a wreath.

The Crown Prince congratulated Vidovdan, an important religious and national holiday for the entire Serbian nation around the world, marking the memory of the fallen heroes of Kosovo and Metohija.

“It is our duty to help you as much as we can, for as long as you do not get better, Serbia will not be better either” - said the Crown Prince.

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ANNOUNCEMENT

Royal couple to donate hospital beds to KBC Bezanijska Kosa

Belgrade, 29 June 2016 – Their Royal Highnesses Crown Prince Alexander and Crown Princess Katherine will visit on Thursday, 30 June at 10 am, Clinical Hospital Center Bezanijska Kosa and deliver ten electric beds for intensive care, with a total value of 40,000 euros. This donation was enabled by the Lifeline Chicago Humanitarian Organization whose patron is HRH Crown Princess Katherine, together with Dr Danijel Djuraskovic Megler and the TRIMEDIX Foundation.

These beds will significantly facilitate the recovery of patients who will be staying in the intensive care unit.

After that, at 10:40 am,The Royal Couple will visit the Home for old people Bezanijska Kosa, where, for the needs of the residents of this institution, they will deliver 3 wheelchairs and 25 walkers, also provided through donation of Lifeline Chicago Organization, Dr Megler and the TRIMEDIX Foundation.

The Home for old people also received 50 dressers, which are donation of Mrs. Dora Economidou from Cyprus, owner of ASIA Resort and Spa hotel.

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ANNOUNCEMENT

Reception for 500 Best Students of Serbia and Republic of Srpska at the White Palace

Belgrade, 30 June 2016 – Their Royal Highnesses Crown Prince Alexander and Crown Princess Katherine will host 500 best high school students of Serbia and the Republic of Srpska at traditional fifteenth reception in a row that will be held today on Thursday, 30 June, at 6 pm at the White Palace.

The Crown Prince Aleksandar Foundation for education traditionaly gathers and awards all the best high school students from Serbia and Republic of Srpska since Their Royal Highnesses came back to live in Serbia.

The best graduates will receive commendations and awards from HRH Crown Prince Alexander as a recognition for their success during schooling. The sponsors are Eurobank, which is the traditional sponsor of this event, and representative consular office of Republic of Srpska. Besides HRH Crown Prince Alexander the speakers at the event will be H.E. dr Dane Malesevic, Minister of education and culture of Republic of Srpska, Dr Ivan Vujacic, Member of Board of Eurobank, Prof Dr Dusica Bojic, director of Museum of history of Serbia and Mr. Minja Subota, television speaker.

This year Museum of history of Serbia will award the best students with free visit of exibition dedicated to Mihajlo Pupin.

Each high school in Serbia and grammar school in Republic of Srpska chose their best student that will represent them at this celebration, which will be attended by approximately 2000 people, among which are students teachers and parents, representatives of educational institutions and organizations and members of Crown Council.

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Crown Prince Alexander awards 500 best high school graduates from Serbia and Republic of Srpska at White Palace

Belgrade, 30 June 2016 – Their Royal Highnesses Crown Prince Alexander and Crown Princess Katherine accompanied by their daughter Mrs Alison Andrews hosted a traditional reception for 500 best high school graduates from Serbia and the Republic of Srpska at the White Palace today. The reception was attended by HE Mr. Dane Malesevic the Minister of Education of the Republic of Srpska and Mr Mladjen Cicvaric, director of representative office of Republic of Srpska in Belgrade, members of Advisory Boards to the Crown Mr Dragomir Acovic, Prof. Nikola Moravcevic and Mr Predrag Markovic.

For the fifteenth time in a row His Royal Highness awarded the best students of all secondary schools in Serbia, who achieved the best results during their high school education.

Every secondary school in Serbia and the Republic of Srpska proposes the best student among the graduates, and Crown Prince Alexander’s Foundation for Education awards them a diploma and an appropriate gift, in recognition for their exceptional results they achieved in high school.

At the ceremony were present HRH Crown Prince Alexander, H. E. Mr. Dane Malesevic, Minister of Education of the Republic of Srpska, Mr. Ivan Vujacic, member of Eurobank Board of Directors, Ms. Dusica Bojic, Director of the Historical Museum of Serbia and Mr. Minja Subota, the well-known TV author.

The Crown Prince in his speech thanked Eurobank EFG, which was a sponsor of this event, and congratulated the graduates for their high achievements. The Crown Prince then addressed the students: "Dear graduates, I sincerely congratulate you for your great success and I wish you to continue to be the best. You are the future of Serbia and the Republic of Srpska. We are proud of you. And you should be proud of the knowledge you have acquired so far. Be proud of your hard work and talent and put them to the service of the country".

This year the Historical Museum of Serbia will award each best student of the generation a free visit to the exhibition dedicated to Mihajlo Pupin. The program was enriched with the performance by Slavic Choir from Belgrade.

His Royal Highness Crown Prince Alexander thanked the volunteers who participated in the organization of this magnificent event, companies Eurobank EFG, Coca Cola, Prolom Water, Ishrana Product Paracin, Historical Museum of Serbia, High Tourist School Novi Beograd, traffic police, the Military Medical Academy, the Gendarmerie.

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Royal Couple deliver Fiat 500L and electric beds to Arandjelovac Hospital

01/07/2016

Their Royal Highnesses Crown Prince Alexander and Crown Princess Katherine visited today Arandjelovac Hospital and delivered a FIAT 500L and six electric beds for the intensive unit with a total value of 24,000 euros. The car will be used patients needing therapy, while the beds will significantly facilitate the recovery of patients who will be staying in the intensive care unit. Mr Bojan Radovic, Mayor of Arandjelovac, management and staff of the hospital, clergy and citizens welcomed Their Royal Highnesses.

The car was donated by Lifeline New York Humanitarian Organization, whose patron is Crown Princess Katherine, and the beds by the Lifeline Humanitarian Organization Chicago, whose patron is also the Crown Princess, as well as by Dr Danijel Djuraskovis Megler and TRIMEDIX Foundation.

The Royal Couple expressed their gratitude to friends and associates abroad, who for years have been supporting and helping their efforts to improve the health care system in Serbia.

Crown Prince and Crown Princess visited children’s department and gave gifts to children there, and after that they visited former orphanage within the hospital that was built by HM King Alexander I, grandfather of Crown Prince Alexander.

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THE ROYAL THRONE OF SERBIAN THE ROYAL FAMILY KARADJORDJEVIC!!!

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Crown Prince attends opening of exhibition “Saint Sava of Serbia” at Historical Museum of Serbia

06/07/2016

His Royal Highness Crown Prince Alexander, accompanied by Mr. Dragomir Acovic, chairman of the Crown Council, attended today at the Historical Museum of Serbia the opening of the exhibition “Saint Sava of Serbia”, which was opened by His Holiness Irinej, the Serbian Patriarch.

Multimedia exhibition “Saint Sava of Serbia” is the result of several years of research by Dr. Andrej Vujnovic and its intention is to bring closer to the public his worldwide spiritual path as well as the size and the significance of his personality for the Serbian state and the Serbian Orthodox church, but also the entire Serbian history and culture, through archives, copies of frescoes and icons and photographs of personal items and relics of St. Sava.

The exhibition presents the worldly life of Rastko, the third son of the Grand Prince of Raska Stefan Nemanja, his departure from the earthly powers, his journey to Mount Athos and taking a monk’s name Sava, his work on gaining autocephaly and autonomy for the Serbian Orthodox Church in Nicaea where he became the first Serbian archbishop, his great efforts to improve church organization, state-building, statesmanship and diplomatic affairs which brought about, among other things, international recognition for the Kingdom of Serbia, as well as various and immeasurable contributions in the field of enlightenment, literature and patronage (reconstruction of Hilandar, building Zica, Studenica and other monasteries), which made St. Sava the most significant figure in the history of the Serbian nation.

His Royal Highness Crown Prince Alexander warmly recommends, and invites all citizens of Serbia to visit this beautiful and important exhibition.

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PHOTO - VIDOVDAN 2016. - SERBIAN KING ON KOSOVO AND METOHIJA!!!

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“Orders of the House of Karadjordje” exhibition to open in Oplenac

Belgrade, July 14, 2016 – The opening ceremony of the exhibition “Orders of the House of Karadjordje” by Dragomir Acovic, Chairman of the Crown Council and Professor Ljubodrag Grujic, heraldic artist, will take place on Friday 15 July at 6:00 pm in the Vineyard Keeper’s House of the Foundation of King Peter I in Oplenac.

The author of the exhibition that represents the Serbian royal orders from Karadjordje’s era to the present day, Mr Dragomir Acovic and the Military Museum curator, Professor Dusanka Maricic, will speak at the opening ceremony.

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Belgrade, July 15, 2016 – An exhibition showing the Serbian Royal Orders from Karadjordje’s age to today was officially opened tonight at the Vineyard Keeper’s House of the Foundation of King Peter I in Oplenac. The authors of the exhibition are Mr. Dragomir Acovic, Chairman of the Crown Council, and Professor Ljubodrag Grujic, heraldic artist. The opening ceremony was attended by HRH Prince Mihajlo Karadjordjevic, His Grace Bishop Jovan of Sumadija, Mr Dragan Zivanovic, Mayor of Topola, member of the Crown Cabinet Prof. Dr. Kosta Cavoski, as well as many representatives of cultural and public life.

The exhibition is set in the premises of the Vineyard Keeper’s House, visitors will be able to find out what decorations the Karadjordjevic Royal Family wore, on what occasion they were given, and why very little is known about the medals and the merits of the Karadjordjevic Royal Family members throughout history.

Welcoming the guests Mr. Dragomir Acovic said: “During the last two centuries the Supreme Leader and his descendants went through entire falleristic history, from individuals with merits to the source and embodiment of virtues and flaws of the nation they led. The decorations that were worn by the Karadjordjevics, by right of birth and by functions, on the basis of personal virtue in war and peace, on the basis of symbolic representation of the institution that has outlived its constitutional and legal position, revealing a part of the total picture of the times in which we live and whose consequences we live today. The Karadjordjevics were men of their time in the world and men for all time in Serbia and among the Serbs”.

During the opening ceremony, in addition to the author, the audience was also addressed by Ms. Dusanka Maricic, the curator of the Military Museum.

As of tomorrow, all the visitors of the Foundation of King Peter I in Oplenac will be able to see the exhibition.