NEWS

Information Service of
the Serbian Orthodox Church
April 14, 2003

ORTHODOX SHRINES IN THE DIOCESE OF GORNJI KARLOVAC
STILL GETTING DESTROYED

In the period March 16 – April 2, 2003, the Church of the Holy Archangels Michael and Gabriel in Hrvatska Kostajnica (Diocese of Gornji Karlovac) was broken into. All the windowpanes were smashed and four altar icons were destroyed, the altar curtain from the Royal Doors and the antimens from the Altar Table and some other church vessels were burnt or severely damaged in the church nave. The vandals also destroyed choir apses and thrones. After this vandalism, the police conducted investigation, but issued no official report.