7 minutes agoSerbian media write Patriarch Porfirije banned entry into Kosovo
Periskopi(2 years ago)
(2 years ago)As media in Belgrade write, Kosovo authorities in Merdare today have not allowed the introduction of the Serbian patriarch Porfirije and other leaders of the Serbian Orthodox Church. According to the announcement, they were planning to attend the ceremonial opening of the KOS Parliament's regular annual session in the Patriarchate of Pec. According to RTS, Patriarchate has confirmed [...]
According to the RTS, the Patriarchate has confirmed that the Parliament of the Orthodox Church will not start as planned tomorrow, in the Patriarchate of Pec, but bishops will gather in Belgrade at the church of St. Sava in Vracar, where liturgy will begin at nine.
Even the director of the Office for Kosovo in the Government of Serbia, Petar Petkovovic, has indicated that the patriarch has been barred from entering Kosovo as he has said “with the direct order of Albin Kurti”.
“Today, at 13:30 p.m., the Serbian patriarch had to pass to the Merdare administrative crossing to go to the century-old headquarters of Serbian archbishops and patriarchs, but at the moment it was about to pass, from Pristina has arrived stops where the head of the Serbian Orthodox Church can't enter the territory of Kosovo”, Petkovic said.
The communiqué reportedly has sent an announcement of the Serbian Orthodox Church's plans to participate in the first day of the Serbian Orthodox Church's Parliament in the Patriarchate of Pec.
