State Department 2018 Religious Freedoms Report focused on violations of religious rights of SOC in Kosovo, especially Dečani Monastery (Raska-Prizren Eparchy)
In the most recent report of the State Department on International Religious Freedom in 2018 particular attention was paid to violations of religious and property rights of the Serbian Orthodox Church (SOC) in Kosovo, Raska-Prizren Eparchy said in a statement posted on its web-site. “The SOC and international organizations said Decan/Decani municipal officials continued to […]
Read More →Kosovo Police prohibit Serbs the Holy Trinity celebration in the Petric village (KIM radio, Radio Mitrovica Sever, Kossev)
Kosov Police banned the Serbs to celebrate the Holy Trinity in the village of Petric near Klina, reported Serbian media based in Kosovo. KIM radio reported that Kosovo police did not allow lithium for the Serbs who gathered in the village Petric. Resident of the village, said that about 30 Serbs gathered for the lithium […]
Read More →Serbia’s Minister of Culture wrote to UNESCO: Falsification of the Truth about the Orthodox Church in Novo Brdo (Serbian media)
Vladan Vukosavljevic, Serbia’s Minister of Culture and Information, warned UNESCO on Wednesday about the state of Serbia’s cultural heritage in Kosovo, following “the forgery of the historical facts about the Serb Orthodox St. Nikola’s church in Novo Brdo,” the FoNet news agency reported. In a letter to UNESCO Director-General Audrey Azoulay, Vukosavljevic listed “a permanent” […]
Read More →Danas: Group of Serbian Orthodox Church Bishops distances themselves from SOC Synod statement (Danas, TV N1)
A group of the Serbian Orthodox Church (SOC) Bishops have distanced themselves from the SOC statement following the Holy Synod session and a meeting with the President Aleksandar Vucic, Belgrade-based Danas daily writes on Monday. According to Danas the group of bishops headed by Montenegro-Littoral Metropolitan Amfilohije in a letter sent to the Serbian Orthodox […]
Read More →Serbian bishop says President Vucic did not reveal plan for Kosovo (N1, Beta, Vreme)
Serbian Orthodox Church (SPC) Bishop Grigorije said that Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic did not disclose his plan for Kosovo at a recent meeting with Serbian Ortodox Churh Assembly. The Dusseldorf-based Bishop Grigorije told this week’s issue of Belgrade based weekly Vreme that Vucic told the bishops that he “managed to push the other side into […]
Read More →Decision on confirming ownership over 24 hectares of land to Visoki Decani Monastery not implemented yet (KoSSev)
The US Ambassador in Pristina Philip Kosnett and EU Office Head Nataliya Apostolova sent an appeal to the Kosovo authorities to implement the 2016 decision of the Constitutional Court which confirmed ownership of Visoki Decani Monastery over 24 hectares of land, KoSSev portal reports. Following 16 years long dispute the Constitutional Court made decision in […]
Read More →Serbian Orthodox Church reiterates: Kosovo is integral part of Serbia (Tanjug, B92)
The Holy Assembly of Bishops of the Serbian Orthodox Church (SPC) has confirmed its “unanimous and unequivocal” position from previous meetings regarding Kosovo and Metohija. And the Serbian Orthodox Church’s position is that Kosovo and Metohija is an integral part of the Republic of Serbia’s sovereign territory. Kosovo and Metohija, a statement issued on Friday […]
Read More →Serbian Orthodox Church will not change position on Kosovo (Vecernje Novosti, Tanjug, B92)
The position of the Serbian Orthodox Church (SPC) on Kosovo will be formulated and published as a special act of the Holy Archbishops’ Assembly, and the SPC will not change its position, Belgrade-based daily Vecernje Novosti reported. In other words, the Church will remain firm in its commitment to the policy of not recognizing Kosovo’s […]
Read More →Danas: ”Vucic threatened bishops with confidential papers”
Belgrade based daily Danas writes about the meeting of Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic with the SPC Assembly and Patriarch Irinej. Patriarch’s praise for President Vucic and his “heroic fight for Serbia, Kosovo and Metohija and all that is related to the Serbian name” are not the position of the Holy Archbishop’s Assembly, as stated by […]
Read More →Official denies that President Vucic “threatened bishops” (B92, Tanjug, RTS)
Nikola Selakovic said on Wednesday that President Aleksandar Vucic “did not discipline anybody” at the Holy Assembly of the Serbian Orthodox Church (SPC). According to Selakovic, who is the president’s general secretary, the outcome of the meeting is that now a majority of bishops have a clearer picture of the position and policy of Serbia […]
Read More →Vucic says Patriarch understands his worries about Kosovo (N1, Beta, FoNet)
Serbia’s President Aleksandar Vucic said late on Monday he informed the Holy Synod of the Serb Orthodox Church about “all my worries,” adding Patriarch Irinej, who said Vucic’s fight for Kosovo was heroic, understood him well, N1 reported. Vucic was present at the Holy Synod annual meeting in the Patriarchy in Belgrade. “Patriarch perfectly understood […]
Read More →Patriarch Irinej backs president and his “heroic fight” (B92, Tanjug)
President Vucic is fighting for Serbia, Kosovo all that is linked to the Serb name heroically, says the head of the Serbian Orthodox Church. “We do not doubt his good intentions and the effort that we see,” Patriarch Irinej emphasized late on Monday in Belgrade, after a two-hour meeting with Vucic. “This is not only […]
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