NEWS

Information Service of
the Serbian Orthodox Church
July 25, 2002

THE MONASTERY OF SOKOLICA LEFT
WITHOUT KFOR'S PERMANENT PROTECTION

Bishop Artemy made a protest to the KFOR representatives due to the fact that the Danish contingent, which had been protecting the Monastery of the Most Holy Mother of God - Sokolica, near Kosovska Mitrovica, suddenly left this shrine without any military protection. KFOR local commander informed mother Makarija, the Abbess of the Monastery, that in the future KFOR would protect this shrine by sending military patrols there occasionally. Bishop Artemy urgently requested Mr De Siters, General Valenten's political adviser, to return - as soon as possible - the check point in front of the Monastery of Sokolica, which is surrounded by Albanian villages and very far from the closest Serbian village.