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On 25 February, a delegation of the Italy–Holy See–Sovereign Military Order of Malta Friendship Group of the Serbian Parliament, led by its President, Mr. Jovan Palalić, and accompanied by H.E. Francesco Maria Amoruso, Ambassador to the Republic of Serbia, was received at the Magistral Palace of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta in Rome.
The Embassy of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta in Serbia, in cooperation with the Dante Alighieri Society of Vranje, was pleased to support the participation in the Apulia region of the musical ensemble “Branko” from the city of Leskovac, recently designated Serbia’s Capital of Culture.
Ambassador Francesco M. Amoruso paid a visit in Rome to one of the collection centers organized by members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS).
Great satisfaction for the ceremony held at the Magistral Palace for the presentation of the postage stamp issued by the Serbian Post to commemorate the 140th anniversary of the donation of a hospital train from the Order of Malta to the Kingdom of Serbia.
The personalized stamp, “140th Anniversary of the First Donation of the Order of Malta to the Kingdom of Serbia,” was presented on October 24 at the PTT Museum in Belgrade. Speaking on the symbolism of this issue, commemorating the long-standing cooperation between Serbia and the Order of Malta, were Francesco M. Amoruso, Ambassador of the Order of Malta in Serbia; Dr. Sima Avramović, Ambassador of Serbia to the Holy See and the Order of Malta; and Zoran Anđelkovic, Acting Director of the Serbian Post.
On October 23, H.E. Ambassador Francesco Maria Amoruso paid a visit to the President of the National Assembly of the Republic of Serbia, Ana Brnabić, accompanied by Minister-Counsellor Prokić and Counsellor Podavini. The meeting was also attended by Hon. Jovan Palalić, President of the newly reestablished Parliamentary Friendship Group Serbia–Order of Malta, who was the initiator of the encounter.
On Wednesday, October 22, His Eminence Cardinal Ladislav Nemet, Metropolitan Archbishop of Belgrade, presided over the celebration and consecrated a new altar in the renovated chapel of the Apostolic Nunciature in Belgrade.
The joint initiative of the Embassy of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta and the Embassy of the Republic of Croatia continues. On 22 October, at the Catholic parish in Beška, Vojvodina, computers were donated to the pastoral centre for the benefit of young people.