Serbian Orthodox Church

Information Service of
the Serbian Orthodox Church
May 30, 2005

SERBS INSULTED AND THREATENED IN DRNIS, CROATIA

In the courtyard of the Dormition of the Most Holy Theotokos in Drnis, on Saturday, May 28, 2005, in the afternoon, workers working in the courtyard came under verbal attack.

Residents of the neighboring housing complex began to heavily insult and threaten the workers in the courtyard of the Serbian Orthodox on the pretext that they whey were bothered by the noise of the lawnmower.

The two workers, both Serbs, stopped working out of fear for their personal safety and immediately informed the parish priest. The priest attempted to smooth over the situation and asked the residents of the building when the best time would be to continue the work that was bothering them. The answer he got was “never”.

One hour after this incident, a new series of nationally and religiously motivated insults and threats ensued. When the priest went into the holy shrine to call the faithful for religious service, threats and insults ensued which this time were addressed specifically to him.

ST. SAVA SPIRITUAL CENTER UNDER CONSTRUCTION IN TIVAT

The first phase of construction work on the St. Sava Spiritual Center in Tivat is nearing completion. In addition to housing designed to meet the needs of the priest, the central part of the building will include an auditorium for the gathering of the faithful and rooms for religious instruction, choir and an icon painting section. The parish home will also include an area for a summer spiritual school for the purpose of acquainting Serbian children from abroad with those living in the homeland.

The Spiritual Center is expected to significantly enhance work with children, young people and adults in the church parish of Tivat.

The future center will be dedicated to the martyrs of Prevlaka since it is located in the former metoh (church estate) of Prevlaka Monastery, just as the entire region of the present-day municipality of Tivat was formerly a part of the metoh of Prevlaka, and is now a part of the glory of the holy shrine of Prevlaka.

Source: Svetigora

RESTORATION OF HOLY FATHER NIKOLAJ ORTHODOX CATHEDRAL
IN KARLOVAC, CROATIA

On Monday, May 16, 2005 an Agreement on the Reconstruction of Holy Father Nikolaj Orthodox Cathedral in Karlovac was signed by the Ministry of the Sea, Tourism, Transport and Development of the Republic of Croatia and the Finko-grad d.o.o. company from Sesvete. The timeframe for the restoration of the church is one year. The restoration of the church will take place according to project documentation prepared by the Portal d.o.o. company from Zagreb, and supervision of works will be conducted by the Obnova Sertic d.o.o. company from Karlovac.

The beginning of the restoration of the church was launched in November 2001 with the signing of an Agreement for the preparation of project documentation between the Serbian Orthodox church parish in Karlovac and the Portal d.o.o. company from Zagreb. In order to ensure the complete restoration of the church to its original appearance, the most eminent experts in the field joined the preparation of the project documentation, and consequently the preparation of the project documentation took two years. A construction license by the Office of State Administration in the Karlovac Bishopric was issued on September 23, 2004.

The Ministry of the Sea, Tourism, Transport and Development, the contracting party, published a request for bids for reconstruction of St. Nicholas Church in Karlovac in the official gazette “Narodne Novine” on September 27, 2004. After reviewing all proposals the firm Finko-grad from Sesvete was selected. On May 16, 2005 an Agreement with the construction contractor was signed, and on May 27, in the presence of representatives of the appropriate ministry, the construction contractors, the construction supervisor and Father Dusko Spasojevic, parish priest of Karlovac, construction on the restoration of the destroyed church of St. Nicholas in Karlovac officially began.

Source: Diocese of Gornji Karlovac

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