DODIK: SAINT STEPHEN CELEBRATED WITH LOVE AND DEVOTION

BANJA LUKA, JANUARY 9 /SRNA/ – SNSD President Milorad Dodik said that Saint Stephen the Protomartyr and Archdeacon is celebrated with love and faith because Republika Srpska was born on this day and he is its patron.

Dodik attended the Holy Hierarchical Liturgy for Saint Stephen, served by His Holiness Serbian Patriarch Porfirije at the Church of Christ the Savior in Banja Luka.

"Republika Srpska was born on this day, and Saint Archdeacon Stephen is its patron, which is why we celebrate him today with love and faith," Dodik wrote on X.