US Ambassador Kosnett attended liturgy in Visoki Decani Monastery (Radio KIM, social media)
Radio KIM reported that Serbian Orthodox Church Visoki Decani Monastery marked yesterday the Feast of the Dormition of the Mother of God. Displaced persons from Djakovica and Decane were among attendees. The Liturgy was also attended by the US Ambassador in Kosovo Philip Kosnett with his wife Alison and the US General Shaun Harris with […]
Read More →Albanian historians: ”Abbot of Visoki Decani to apologize for genocide of the Serbian state and people. The monastery is Albanian ” (KoSSev)
The Presidency of the Association of Kosovo Historians ‘Ali Hadri’, the Decani branch, harshly reacted to statements by, as they assessed, an anti-Albanian priest – Abbot Sava Janjic, who has been serving in the Albanian Orthodox monastery of Decani, a monastery usurped by Serbian occupiers – since the medieval period. They gave the statement last […]
Read More →Delegation of the German Christian Democratic Union visited Visoki Decani (Kossev)
A group of senior officials of the German Christian Democratic Union, led by European Parliament Vice-President Reiner Wieland, visited the Visoki Decani Monastery today where they talked about the current situation in Kosovo, as well as about the monastery itself with Abbot Sava Janjic. Visoki Decani monastery announced in a Facebook post that Father Sava […]
Read More →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 →Kosnett on institutional violence against Decani: The road in Decani gorge is illegal (KoSSev)
Even though the paving of a road in the Decani gorge –which leads to the mountains of this municipality and the border with Montenegro and partly passes through a special protected zone – was stopped in May last year, the Decani municipal authorities continued with the road construction. The road works were continued despite the […]
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 →Visoki Decani on Notre Dame: May God grant speedy reconstruction of this beautiful church (KoSSev)
The monks of the Serbian Orthodox Church Monastery of Visoki Decani expressed their deep solidarity with all Christians and citizens of France regarding the fire that ravaged Notre Dame on Monday. „May God grant the speedy reconstruction of this beautiful church so that it may rise again in all its splendor,“ they said. A fire […]
Read More →VoA: Besieged Orthodox Church a Flashpoint of Kosovo’s Lingering Tension (Kossev)
A group of pilgrims drove six hours from Belgrade into the former Serbian province of Kosovo – to pray at this church. It is one of the most revered Serbian Orthodox Churches in the world, the 14th-century – Visoki Decani. It houses the tomb of King Stefan Decanski, considered by Serbs – a holy monarch. […]
Read More →“Father Sava would never betray Serbs or Kosovo” (Serbian media)
A negative campaign against the high-ranking Decani Abbot, father Sava Janjic continues with the accusations of Sima Spasic from the Association of Families of the Abducted and Missing, reports portal Vesti. Representatives of other associations do not support Spasic’s actions, stating that he should not be involved in politics but in clarifying the fate of […]
Read More →EU Heads of Mission: Kosovo must adhere to Law on Special Protection Zone (KoSSev)
Kosovo has a duty to fully adhere to its legislation on Special Protective Zones and not to commence work on the road until the bypass route is fully planned and funded – the EU Office wrote in a statement, following the visit of EU Heads of Mission to the Special Protective Zone at the Visoki […]
Read More →Abbot Sava called out Srpska Lista’s lack of interest in road construction, SL: Teodosije threw a stone at Aleksandar Vucic (KoSSev)
„Representatives of the Srpska Lista in Kosovo and Metohija hurried to throw a stone at our Bishop Teodosije who carries a cross for his people but none of them lifted a finger to help Decani Monastery in the problem with the illegal road construction. International representatives care more about the problems we are facing than […]
Read More →KoSSev: Visit of European diplomats to Special Protection Zone, RTK against Sava Janjic (KoSSev)
“I am sad to see the slanderous attacks on Father Sava,” USA Ambassador in Pristina, Greg Delawie wrote on his Twitter profile, KoSSev portal reported. This message came after headlines appeared in the Kosovo media linking Abbot of Visoki Decani Monastery Sava Janjic with Zeljko Raznatovic Arkan in Pristina, with video recording showing Arkan, but […]
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