Communique of the Holy Assembly of Bishops of the Serbian Orthodox Church
30. May 2012 - 9:52
COMMUNIQUE
of the Holy Assembly of Bishops of the Serbian Orthodox Church
Held in Belgrade May 15-23, 2012
The regular meeting of the Assembly of Bishops of the Serbian Orthodox Church took place at the Serbian Patriarchate in Belgrade May 15-23, under the presidency of His Holiness Serbian Patriarch Irinej. Participating in the Assembly were all the diocesan hierarchs of the Serbian Orthodox Church, with the exception of His Beatitude Archbishop of Ochrid and Metropolitan of Skopje Jovan who is unjustly imprisoned in the Skoplje prison of Idrizovo and His Grace Bishop Chrysostom of Bihac and Petrovac.
Church slava of Decani Monastery
29. May 2012 - 15:42
In the monastery of Decani the feast of the Ascension of the Lord Jesus Christ was solemnly celebrated - the church slava of the monastery. The Holy Liturgy was served by His Grace Bishop Teodosije of Raska-Prizren with the concelebration of 10 priests and in the presence of two hundred believers from Kosovo and Metohija and other parts of Serbia.
Public announcement in regard to the latest state-police persecution of the members of the Orthodox Ohrid Archbishopric
25. May 2012 - 10:35
We inform the domestic and the international community that numerous police forces today, May 21 2012, at 7 hours in the morning, in an organized and violent manner entered many monasteries and homes of the members of the Orthodox Ohrid Archbishopric.
In Stip the police sought for His Grace Bishop Marko of Bregalnica and Administrator of Bitola, and not finding the Bishop, they arrested nun Pelagia.
In Skopje numerous police forces entered the Monastery Dormition of the Theotokos, looking for Bishop David of Stobi and Administrator of Strumica, and since they did not find him, they arrested the abbess of the monastery, nun Kirana. It should be mentioned that the police was brutal towards the nuns and harassing them performed a detailed search of the monastery, while filming everything with a video camera.
