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Ancora una volta a Belgrado la Soprano canadese Claire Coolen, nel ruolo di Mimì, nella Boheme di Giacomo Puccini, con il Tenore americano Joshua Kohl.

Our National Day on the occasion of St. John the Baptist

Posted On 24 June 2019 By admin In Senza categoria /  

Belgrade, June 22, 2019

This year as well, the Festivity of St. John the Baptist, Patron of the Order of Malta (organized two days prior to Festivity date, June 24) was celebrated in a context of humanitarian diplomacy and culture.

The ideals of the mission of the Order of Malta have been fused with the values ​​of music in the stupendous representation of the famous Opera “La Boheme” by Giacomo Puccini, at the National Theater in the Serbian capital, whose protagonists were the Canadian soprano Claire Coolen , the American tenor Joshua Kohl and the italian bass-baritone Jacopo Buora.

Gavrilo Grban, from the Govern of Serbia, responsible for the religious relations, welcomed by Ambassador di Luca

Ambassador Alberto di Luca addressed the 550 guests from the Diplomatic corps and State Institutions, guests from the religious, academic and economic world in Serbia. In his speech, he pointed out that also in Serbia, all the activities promoted by the Embassy are always inspired by the millennial Polar star of the Order of Malta:
“Tuitio fidei et obsequium pauperum“ (Defense of the faith and assistance to the poor).

Gavrilo Grban, responsabile per il Governo per le relazioni con le organizzazioni religiose, accolto dall’Amb. di Luca
Gavrilo Grban, from the Govern of Serbia, responsible for the religious relations, welcomed by Ambassador di Luca
Da sinistra Daniela Buora, Emanuela di Luca e Marialuisa Torre.
From left to right: Daniela Buora, Emanuela di Luca and Marialuisa Torre.

“ … also on behalf of our Grand Master, His Most Eminent Highness Fra’ Giacomo della Torre Sanguinetto, I would like to welcome everyone and thank you for your presence that honors and please us, on the occasion of our National Day and the Day of our Patron Saint, St. John the Baptist.
We live in a difficult age, where conflicts are asymmetric, unreported, and in which the warring parties reject humanitarian conventions.

It is an age where traditional battlefields are replaced by attacks in schools, hospitals, or churches and the victims are not soldiers but innocent civilians, sometimes forced to leave their homes and embark on long and dangerous escape routes.
In such reality, I believe that everyone is already familiar with the humanitarian and social commitment of the Sovereign Order of Malta, in 120 countries around the world, which represents the mission of the Order for almost 1000 years.
I warmly thank the Serbian institutions for their friendly and fruitful collaboration, which characterizes our excellent bilateral relations, always inspired by the common values ​​that unite us.

From right to left: Ambassador of Italy Carlo Lo Cascio, Emanuela di Luca, Ambassador Alberto di Luca, Alessandra Lo Cascio, Minister-Counsellor  Carlo Buora.

With particular satisfaction I recall that our project “Make a WISH to the Sovereign Order of Malta” is in its fifth edition.
Within this project, we just helped a surgical operation of the gentleman who sent us a letter describing a serious health problem that has bothered him for years.

The moment of the two national anthems.

We are still supporting the project “A hot meal in a cold Winter” aimed at helping children hosted at the “Shelter for Children”.
Still within the “Make a WISH” project, we continue to follow and support the Center Izvor which hosts up to 92 girls with psycho-physical disability problems. A Center is masterfully managed by Orthodox nuns led by Mother Glikerija.

Welcome speech by Ambassador Alberto di Luca, translated into Serbian by the Director of the project “Make a WISH” Prof. Nenad Prokic.

Long live the friendship between the Republic of Serbia and the Sovereign Order of Malta!
Thank you all and enjoy La Boheme! “

In the interval between the first and the second act, distinguished guests from the state and religious institutions, numerous Ambassadors and diplomats, were invited to the foyer of the historic Theater, where the Ambassador di Luca, together with his collaborators, proposed a toast to fruitful relations and cooperation between Serbia and the Order of Malta, and the success of the humanitarian activities organized by the Embassy in Belgrade.

Make a WISH to the Sovereign Order of Malta
“A hot meal in a cold Winter”


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President Aleksandar Vučić takes oath of office - Belgrade, May 31. In the greeting after the ceremony, the Ambassador Alberto di Luca trasmitted warm congratulations and good wishes of the Lieutenant of the Grand Master of Sovereign Order of Malta Fra’ Giacomo Dalla Torre del Tempio di Sanguinetto. In a short conversation with the President friendly relations and close connections between Serbia and the Order of Malta were emphasized.

Palace Serbia, Belgrade, Ambassador Alberto di Luca inspects the Honor Guard of the Serbian Armed Forces in occasion of the delivery of the Credential Letters to the President of the Republic.

Belgrade, June 11th 2012. Inauguration of new President of the Republic of Serbia, H.E. Tomislav Nikolic. Ambassador Alberto di Luca has given to President Nikolic the greetings and best wishes of the Grand Master of the Order, Fra Matthew Festing.

Belgrade, October 18th 2010, Ceremony of the delivery of the Credential Letters by Ambassador Alberto di Luca to the President of the Republic Boris Tadic.

The Heads of the Royal House of Serbia, HRH Crown Prince Alexander II and Crown Princess Katherine, upon arrival at Twiga welcomed by, from left, the first Secretary of The Embassy Mr. Giorgio Giuliano, by Ambassador Alberto di Luca, on the right, and his spouse Mrs. Emanuela on the right in the picture.

Came especially from Serbia to attend the charity-dinner organized in favor of the project “Make a WISH” of the Embassy of the Sovereign Order of Malta in Belgrade, H.E. the Archbishop of Belgrade, Msgr. Stanislav Hocevar.

For the National Day of the Sovereign Order of Malta, the Opera Tosca at the National Theatre; Belgrade, June 24th.

The delegation of the Serbian parliamentarians at the PAM with Ambassador Alberto di Luca.

Aleksinac and Sabac – Winter 2014/2015 This 2015, the Embassy of the Sovereign Order of Malta in Serbia will again be alongside those in need of “a hot meal on a cold winter’s day”. Together with the logistical collaboration of Caritas Serbia, every weekend during Serbia’s cold winter, at Aleksinac and Sabac, the initiative that satisfied more than 3,000 people last winter of 2014, will be repeated.

In the photo, from left S.E. Orthodox Metropolitan Irinej Dobrijevic, Hon. Vladimir Marinkovic, S.A.R. Prince Aleksandar II Karadjordjevic, Amb. Alberto di Luca, Professor Oliver Antic, the Nuncio S.E. Rev.ma Mons. Orlando Antonini, Dr. Federico Bolondi and the Catholic Archbishop in Belgrade S.E. Rev.ma Msgr. Stanislav Hocevar.

Inauguration of the Nurdor House

During the ceremony, H.H. Patriarch Irinej awarded with the high honor of "Holy Emperor Constantine" Ambassador di Luca for the activities on the occasion of the 1700th anniversary of the Edict of Milan.

The new premises of the Embassy of the Order of Malta were inaugurated and blessed by Cardinal Angelo Scola, Archbishop of Milan, and special envoy of Pope Francis to celebrate the 1700th Edict of Constantine. The Ambassador Alberto di Luca has welcomed the Cardinal accompanied by the Archbishop of Belgrade Mons. Hocevar.

1113/2013: inauguration in the seat of the Serbian Parliament of the photographic exhibition on the 900 years of the papal bull which established the Sovereignty of the Order.

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