On the Statehood Day of Serbia, February 15, 2023, the President of the Republic of Serbia, Aleksandar Vučić, awarded to the former Belgrade Archbishop and Metropolitan mons. Stanislav Hočevar the Medal of the Serbian Flag of the first degree for distinguished merits and personal contribution in spreading harmony, the spirit of tolerance and religious cooperation

The Patriarch of the Serbian Orthodox Church, His Holiness Porfirije, was present among the numerous guests at this solemn ceremony.