6 hours agoI die Dom Kelmend Spaqi, the priest who during the war warned Iftar through the church bell
Periskopi(3 months ago)
(3 months ago)The late priest from Spaci of Mirsday in Albania, Dom Kelmend Spaqi, a parish in the Church of “Shna Ndojt” in Glodjan. The news has revealed his family and friends on the social Facebook network. “E Holy Thursday. Metharia Day. This day, which was to be a day of joy and blessing, was [...]
The news has revealed his family and friends on the social Facebook network.
“E Holy Thursday. Metharia Day. This day, which was to be a day of joy and blessing, turned into pain for all of us to know and feel. Rest in Peace Dom Kelmend Spaqi”, priest Gabriel Grabanica wrote.
Who was Dom Kelmend Spaqi?
Catholic priest Dom Kelmend Spaqi, during the recent war in Kosovo, had sheltered hundreds of Muslim Albanians at the church of Shna Ndo.
April “4th, 12 men have been taken and shot. I went after them, and I cut them off, and I cut them off, and I got them back to church. Even today, I can't believe how I could at the time take the Serb car by hand and tell me, you're mad enough to kill these”, is the confession of priest Kelmend Spaqi himself for wartime when he had sheltered hundreds of Albanians in his church.
So tell your faithful, stay in the church, the Muslims, we know what we do with them. I told them, never forever, I don't share. There are no Catholics or Muslims here, there are innocent people. Do what you want, this is from me”
You can touch these “Pushkatomon first me, the whole staff here, then you can touch these”, confess Dom Kelmend Spaqi.
As British media, “, had reported back then Sky News”, he had not allowed Serbian paramilitary forces to enter his church.
On the exit of Pec today, there was an extraordinary event of courage. The local Catholic priest in the village of Glodjan gave shelter to hundreds of Muslim Albanians as Serb paramilitaries approached. Saving them within his church, Father Kelmend Spaqi refused to allow Serbs to enter them, saying that everyone has a God. Eventually, he had to pay for his ancestors to save their lives. I'm a man of God, he told us. I've learned to love my enemy”, reported that time, “Sky News”
Besides, Priest Dom Kelmend Spaqi in wartime, since there were no glass near the village of Gllojan, he and other church leaders decided to inform the Iftar and the church bells.
