NEWS

Information Service of
the Serbian Orthodox Church
March 13, 2002

MEMORIAL SERVICE FOR THE VICTIMS
OF THE NATO-BOMBING ON 24 MARCH

By decision of the Holy Synod of Bishops of the Serbian Orthodox Church, on the 24th of March of this year, the third anniversary of the beginning of the bombing of our Fatherland by the NATO pact, in all places of worship of the Serbian Orthodox Church, and in places where victims have fallen and in other such appropriate places, Memorial Services will be held for the defenders of our Fatherland and for victims from the civilian population, among which there were over 100 children.

Praying to God that the likes of this should never again occur nor befall anyone else, we ask Orthodox Serbs on this forthcoming, and thereafter on every 24th of March to participate in prayer for the repose of the souls of these innocent victims.

[OEA Translation: Washington, DC]