The Abbess of Sokolica Monastery, Makarija said to the Serbian media, it is an absurd that Albanians seek to join UNESCO.
“What do they have to protect? They have no cultural monuments. Except, Sultan-Murat Turbe (Sultan, who led Turkish forces in the Kosovo battle in 1389) and Sinan Pasha Mosque in Prizren, that was made from the material of a destroyed Saint Archangels Monastery in Prizren. They even do not have these two monuments, because these are monuments of Islam, Turkey,” Abbess Makarija said to the Blic daily newspaper.
“What do they want? They want to claim our monuments. Serbian Monasteries should get an extraterritorial status,” the Abbess Makarija further said.
She thinks it is impermissible that those who burned down and mined the Serbian holy shrines, should be tomorrow in some boards for the protection of the cultural heritage.
“You know, foreigners who came to Kosovo to visit monasteries, mainly Americans, were carrying a guide “The Valley of Frescoes”. Tell me what frescoes Albanians have,” the Abbess Makarija concluded.
