Raska-Prizren Eparchy in the strongest terms condemned the vandal act in Velika Hoca during which a cross placed on a monument dedicated to the murdered and kidnapped Serbs from Orahovac area was demolished, Radio kontakt plus reported.

This latest attack indicates that the situation in Kosovo and Metohija has largely deteriorated, mainly due to the efforts to renew conflicts and expel the Serb population south of the Ibar River through the scenario of partition of Kosovo and Metohija, Raska-Prizren Eparchy Bishop Teodosije warned.

Bishop Teodosije also stressed this latest attack will not intimidate Serb people. The Eparchy also noted it is “now up to representatives of the Kosovo institutions and the international community to find the perpetrators and do more to protect the Serbs (…).”