The Holy Assembly of Bishops of the Serbian Orthodox Church elected His Eminence Metropolitan Porfirije of Zagreb-Ljubljana, PhD, as the new Serbian Patriarch, in its convocation in Memorial Cathedral of Saint Sava in Belgrade on 18 February 2021.
Letters of credence to the President of the Republic of Serbia, Aleksandar Vučić, were also presented by the newly appointed Ambassador of Romania, Silvia Davidoiu.