Tag: TANJUG

Serbs In KiM Are Not Forgotten – SPC Patriarch Irinej

OCP- January 4, 2014

Patriarch Irinej of the Serbian Orthodox Church (SPC) – Photo from: www.novosti.rs In Serbia - 4/1/13 TANJUG BELGRADE – Patriarch of the Serbian Orthodox Church ... Read More

If Kosovo is the price, than we say Thank You but No Thank you to EU – Irinej

OCP- November 10, 2013

TANJUG - 10/11/13 The head of the Serbian Orthodox Church, Patriarch Irinej, said that Serbia can not give up on Kosovo, and if the price ... Read More

Priests once again part of Serbian Army

OCP- August 2, 2013

TANJUG - 2/8/13 BELGRADE -- The Serbian Army (VS) has reintroduced priests to its ranks this week - "after a break of 70 years," Tanjug ... Read More

Serb victims of massacre in Kosovo remembered

OCP- July 23, 2013

  TANJUG - 23/7/13 BELGRADE -- Tuesday marks 14 years since 14 Serb farmers were ambushed and murdered while working in their fields in the ... Read More

Macedonian authorities urged to give archbishop fair trial

OCP- July 11, 2013

TANJUG - 11/7/13 BELGRADE -- The Conference of European Churches (CEC) has called on the Macedonian government and PM Nikola Gruevski to ensure a fair ... Read More

Church dignitary likens NATO to “Fourth Reich”

OCP- July 2, 2013

TANJUG - 1/7/13 PODGORICA -- SPC Metropolitan of Montenegro Amfilohije has referred to the western military alliance NATO as "the Fourth Reich." The media in ... Read More

Patriarch and president meet and urge “unity”

OCP- May 17, 2013

TANJUG - 13/5/13 BELGRADE -- Serbian Orthodox Church (SPC) Patriarch Irinej and President Tomislav Nikolić met on Monday and urged "absolute unity and responsibility". This ... Read More

“Attempt to erase evidence of existence of Serbs”

OCP- February 11, 2013

TANJUG 11/2/13 BELGRADE -- Aleksandar Vulin says threats and protests in front of the Serb medieval monastery Visoki Dečani were an attempt to complete the ... Read More

Bishop warns of “toughest times” for Serbs since 2004 pogrom

OCP- January 25, 2013

TANJUG - 25/1/13 BELGRADE -- A SPC bishop based in Kosovo has said that the position of the Serb people in Kosovo and Metohija (KiM) ... Read More

Serb cemeteries, memorials desecrated in Kosovo

OCP- January 21, 2013

A scene from a Serb cemetary in Kosovo Polje (Beta) BETA, TANJUG - 21/1/13 KOSOVSKA MITROVICA -- Incidents were reported from Kosovo on Sunday and ... Read More

Terror group “issued call to destroy Serb church”

OCP- January 21, 2013

TANJUG - 21/01/2013 PRIŠTINA -- An ethnic Albanian terrorist group used Facebook late on Sunday to call for the Serb Orthodox church in Đakovica in ... Read More

Kosovo: Serbs attending Christmas liturgy detained

OCP- January 8, 2013

BETA, TANJUG - 8/1/13 GRAČANICA -- The Kosovo police, KPS, on Monday detained several young Serbs after they attended Christmas liturgy in Gračanica. The medieval ... Read More

Hilandar Monastery in letter of support to president

OCP- January 3, 2013

  TANJUG 3/1/2012 BELGRADE -- The head of the Serbian Orthodox monastery of Hilandar in Mt. Athos, Greece, has sent a letter of support to ... Read More

Hague Tribunal showed it real face, patriarch says

OCP- November 25, 2012

  BETA, TANJUG - 25/11/2012 BELGRADE -- Serbian Patriarch Irinej said on Sunday that the Hague Tribunal had finally showed its true face by acquitting ... Read More

MOC welcomes proposal for talks with SPC

OCP- November 2, 2012

TANJUG 1/11/2012 SKOPJE -- The Macedonian Orthodox Church (MOC) has reacted to Serbian President Tomislav Nikolić's proposal for resolving a dispute with the Serbian Orthodox ... Read More

Patriarch: Talks possible only in line with canons

OCP- November 2, 2012

TANJUG 1/11/2012 BELGRADE -- Serbian Patriarch Irinej says the Serbian Orthodox Church (SPC) "will joyfully accept the talks with non-canonical Macedonian Orthodox Church (MPC)". However, ... Read More

“Prevent religious persecution in Macedonia”

OCP- May 26, 2012

TANJUG 26/5/2012 BELGRADE -- The Holy Synod of the Serbian Orthodox Church says "a new escalation of persecution targeting priests of the Ohrid Archdiocese in ... Read More

Ethnic Albanians throw stone at Serb monk

OCP- May 18, 2012

TANJUG 17/5/2012 ORAHOVAC -- A group of ethnic Albanian youths provoked and threw a stone at Serb Orthodox Christian monk Dionisije in Kosovo on Tuesday. ... Read More

Pope not planning to visit Serbia, Vatican says

OCP- April 19, 2012

TANJUG 19/4/2012 VATICAN CITY -- Pope Benedict XVI is not planning to visit Serbia next year for the 1,700th anniversary of the Edict of Milan, ... Read More

Patriarch sends Easter message

OCP- April 14, 2012

TANJUG 12/4/2012 BELGRADE -- Serbian Patriarch Irinej called on Orthodox believers to safeguard and rightfully confess the Orthodox faith. He also called on them to ... Read More

Committee for transfer of royal family’s remains

OCP- March 23, 2012

23/3/2012 TANJUG BELGRADE -- The Serbian government decided Thursday to form a committee for exhumation and transfer of remains of members of the Karađorđević royal ... Read More