Serbian Patriarch to be enthroned in Kosovo
Serbian Patriarch Irinej said that his enthronement in the Patriarchate of Pec, in Kosovo, will be held on April 25.
(KosovoCompromise Staff) Tuesday, January 26, 2010
"The enthronement will mark the beginning of work of the Assembly of the Serbian Orthodox Church. The assembly will start there, and continue in Belgrade. That will be a chance for our guests to attend, and I hope they will see for themselves the situation in Kosovo," Irinej told reporters in Nis, southern Serbia.
In an interview for the Frankfurt-based Serbian language daily Vesti, the patriarch said that "never in the history of Kosovo have the Serbs suffered like they do now".
"Unfortunately, with this new situation, Kosovo finds itself in the hardest position in its history. The Serbs who stayed in Kosovo have endured more pain, suffering and destruction than ever before," said the Serbian Patriarch, pointing out that the "tragedy is that the great powers are aware of this but pretend not to see it".
