Vucic and Irinej: Every time we meet situation is more complicated (Tanjug, B92)
Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic met today with the Serbian Orthodox Church Patriarch Irinej in Belgrade today, Tanjug news agency reported. Vucic said that the situation in Kosovo and Metohija gets more complicated every time they meet, adding Serbia was left nothing but to fight. He thanked the Patriarch Irinej because the Church has always been […]
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 →Patriarch Irinej in Mitrovica North: “Who gives away one’s home?” (KoSSev)
“You have to make this fateful decision to stay where you are, and this is not the decision of an individual, it is the decision of the Serbian people,” the Patriarch of Serbian Orthodox Church Irinej said today at the Church of St. Dimitrije in Mitrovica North, KoSSev portal reported. The Patriarch has been visiting […]
Read More →Patriarch Irinej in Prizren: Serbian people would never be able to accept division (KoSSev)
Serbian Orthodox Church Patriarch Irinej who is paying a visit to Kosovo and Metohija said in Prizren on Sunday that “what we hear today about some sort of division, a compromise, is something that Serbian people would never be able to accept, in particular people from Kosovo and Metohija,” KoSSev portal reported. The Patriarch Irinej […]
Read More →Day of Remembrance for victims of NATO aggression marked (Serbian media)
The central state ceremony of the 20th anniversary of the NATO aggression and the Day of Remembrance of the victims was held in Nis, south Serbia, late on Sunday. The day marked 20 years since the western military alliance started its attacks on Serbia, that lasted 78 days. Addressing the gathering President Aleksandar Vucic said […]
Read More →Rankovic: SOC and Patriarch Irinej will not change stance that Kosovo is unalienable part of Serbia (BETA, Danas)
Editor of Voice of Church, deacon Ljubomir Rankovic told BETA news agency he thinks the stance of the Serbian Orthodox Church (SOC) on Kosovo will never change. He recalled the stance on Kosovo was confirmed at Holy Synod Assembly session in May last year, and the stance is that Kosovo is an unalienable part of […]
Read More →Patriarch Irinej: Unity and not quarrels needed for Kosovo (Tanjug, B92)
Serbian Orthodox Church Patriarch Irinej said Serbian society needs unity in order to preserve and defend Kosovo, since it would not be defended by quarrels, B92 reports. Following the ceremony held in the Vracar (Belgrade) Municipality, on the occasion of Saint Sava Day, Patriarch Irinej said Serbs are a small nation, and must be united […]
Read More →Patriarch Irinej: Division out of question, we must not give them Kosovo (Radio KIM)
The Church does not change its stance on Kosovo and Metohija, Serbian Orthodox Church Patriarch Irinej said in Gracanica, where he pays the visit together with the Patriarch of the Antioch and the Entire East, Jovan X, Radio KIM reports today. “Division is out of question, I cannot understand Prizren, where I spent more than […]
Read More →Patriarch Irinej: SOC is not for frozen conflict in Kosovo, but neither for recognizing fait accompli (Vecernje Novosti, Novi Magazin, Danas, RTS)
Serbian Orthodox Church (SOC) Patriarch Irinej told Vecernje Novosti daily today that the Church does not support frozen conflict in Kosovo, but however, it is neither for “recognizing the fait accompli achieved by injustice, aggression, violence and crimes.” Patriarch Irinej also underlined that when it comes to Kosovo “one should not go for hasty and […]
Read More →Warning of “great schism” among Orthodox Christians (B92, Tanjug, Politika)
Orthodox Christianity is threatened by a schism greater than that between the East and the West, Serbian Orthodox Church (SPC) Bishop Irinej has warned. “For the first time in the history of the Orthodox Church, it is faced with a real danger of a new big schism, this time not between the Christian East and […]
Read More →Serbia’s Vucic Vows Action for “Survival of Kosovo Serbs” (Balkan Insight)
After several days of tension in the north of Kosovo, Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic held a session of the National Security Council and talked to Patriarch Irinej of the Serbian Orthodox Church. Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic said on Saturday that measures would be taken to strengthen the Serbian army and intelligence services after talks with […]
Read More →Vucic to meet Patriarch Irinej tomorrow (SRNA, Blic)
President Aleksandar Vucic and Serbian Orthodox Church Patriarch Irinej would meet tomorrow in the Serbian Patriarchate in Belgrade, SRNA news agency reported, quoting President’s press service. The meeting is scheduled to take place tomorrow at 11.00 and press statement would be issued following the meeting, Serbian media added.
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