Serbian Orthodox Church

Fascist graffiti on Serbian Church property in Croatia

VINKOVCI -- Ustasha graffiti have been painted on the building of the Serbian Orthodox Church (SPC) parish center in Vinkovci, Croatia.

VINKOVCI - Ustasha graffiti have been painted on the building of the Serbian Orthodox Church (SPC) parish centre in Vinkovc, Croatia.

The graffiti featuring messages of hatred against the Serbs, threats and the Ustasha symbols and mottoes were painted on the SPC parish centre in Vinkovci on Sunday, the Osjek diocese has stated.

Another Serb monastery defaced with graffiti

ORAHOVAC -- Unidentified perpetrators wrote graffiti reading "KLA" (Kosovo Liberation Army) and "Kosovo" in the yard of the Sebian Orthodox Monastery in Zociste, in Kosovo.

The Diocese of Raska and Prizren of the Serbian Orthodox Church qualified this as "a new provocation."

ORAHOVAC - Unidentified perpetrators have daubed graffiti reading "KLA" (Kosovo Liberation Army) and "Kosovo" within the courtyard of the Sveti Vracci (Holy Healers) Monastery in Zocciste, western Kosovo-Metohija, and the Diocese of Raska and Prizren of the Serbian Orthodox Church qualified this as a new provocation.

BELGRADE - The decision to halt the construction of the South Stream gas pipeline is most likely temporary, Alexander Porfiryevich Torshin, First Deputy Chairman of the Federation Council of the Russian Federation's Federal Assembly, said on Tuesday, noting that it is never too late to implement that project.

BELGRADE - Patriarch Irinej of the Serbian Orthodox Church (SPC) presented on Tuesday the Order of Holy King Milutin to Alexander Porfiryevich Torshin, First Deputy Chairman of the Federation Council of Russia and founder of The Saint Sabbas the Sanctified Foundation, an international humanitarian foundation for the preservation of Christian sacred places in Kosovo-Metohija (KiM).

BELGRADE - An exhibition containing the legacy of former Serbian Orthodox Church (SPC) Patriarch Pavle was opened at the Museum of the SPC to mark the 100th anniversary of his birth and the 5th anniversary of his death.

The exhibition was opened by Patriarch Irinej, who said that the event and the items on display would show that Pavle had lived modestly, as a normal person.

KOSOVSKA MITROVICA - President of Srpska List Aleksandar Jablanovic has said he expects official contact with Kosovo's prime minister-designate and officials of the two strongest Kosovo Albanian parties on Wednesday or Thursday to discuss the creation of a new government.

Patriarch Kirill receives honorary doctorate

BELGRADE -- Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and all Russia was on Friday awarded an honorary doctorate of the University of Belgrade (UB).

The accolade came for his exceptional contribution to higher education in theology and promoting the scientific thought in systematic theology, the university said.

BELGRADE - Russia and Serbia are connected by history and religion, Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia said during a meeting with Serbian President Tomislav Nikolic on Friday.

Patriarch Kirill, who is on a three-day visit to Serbia, said that Russia has always been with the Serbian nation, in joy and in sadness.