The "Committee for the Defense of the Sanctuary" was formed last night in the Podlastva Monastery in Grbalje, the Metropolitanate of Montenegro and the Littoral announced.
"The "Committee for the Defense of the Sanctuary" was formed last night in the Podlastva Monastery in Grbalje, and numerous citizens from all four Boka municipalities arrived at the forum "Uprising in Boka Kotorska in 1869", organized by Matica Boka and the Budva Public Library, and spoke with the Metropolitan of Montenegrin - coastal on the way of further action due to yesterday's adoption of the Law on Freedom of Religion. The adoption of the law caused the dissatisfaction of the faithful and clergy of the Serbian Orthodox Church, which manifested itself in the blocking of roads throughout Montenegro, including intersections on the highway to Kotor, Budva, Tivat and Radovići ", it says on the MCP website.
The Metropolis said that a kind of assembly of the people of Boka, as the gathered people called it, was blessed by the archpriest vicar of Boko Kotor, parish priest of Kotor, archpriest - Stavrophor Momčilo Krivokapić, and the president of the municipality of Budva, Bato Carević, was also present.
Ivo Knežević greeted the attendees on behalf of Matica Boka.
"The question of all questions is whether we would be here today if it were not for the courage and sacrifices of our ancestors," said Knežević.
In his introductory speech on behalf of the Initiative Committee to commemorate the Bokel Uprising of 1869, Željko Ćetković referred to the history of this significant event and that the Bokel rebels forced Turkey and Austria-Hungary to form an alliance against them.
"I believe today, if we are united as we were 150 years ago, that we can achieve everything that is required by the modern age," said Ćetković.
After the presentation of academician Zoran Lakić, dr. Miroslav Luketić, M.Sc. Sava Martinović and Marko B. Ivanović, the parish priest of Gornjo Grbalje, Mijajlo Backović, spoke.
"Precisely while this rally was going on in Nikšić, the police beat the citizens who gathered in front of the temple, and in Belgrade, in front of the Montenegrin embassy, students with their professors and opposition politicians express their disagreement with this law," said father Mijajlo Backović.
He said that "the Church of God will never leave its people" and that an absurd situation is happening in Montenegro that "the unbaptized want to found a church".
"This is a kind of assembly of the Bokelje of this region. Tonight I see that we have Grbljan, Krivošjan, Main, Pobor, Paštrović, Budvan, Novljan, so all the Bokelians are here. We ask our Bishop how we will continue. I know that the Metropolitan and Bishop Joanikije left the exclusive organization to the faithful yesterday, after which the clergy and our NGO joined. 45 hands, among which, unfortunately, our Roman Catholic and Muslim brothers also raised their hands despite the Metropolitan's request to postpone it, to wait for the Nativity of Christ. They did not agree by listening to the madness of one man," said Father Backović.
He indicated that for him the Law is null and void and that he does not recognize it because it was passed "in an extremely unconstitutional manner."
He also pointed out that the citizens gathered in the Monastery by voting last night stuck to the oath they took at the Trinity and then at the St. Basil's Council, as well as the previous night when they said that they would defend their shrines and that they would form committees in all cities.
At the invitation of one of the panel participants, "those who voted for DPS to never do it again", Father Backović said that "the moment that party started persecuting the Church of God through its program, institutionally, from that moment you have to decide to are you going to be members of the DPS or the Church of God".
The host of the tribune in the Podlastva Monastery was Mother Aquilina, the regent of this Holy Family.
On the occasion of commemorating the 150th anniversary of the uprising in Boka Kotorska, a round table was organized in the Podlastva monastery on the topic "Uprising in Boka Kotorska in 1869", organized by Matica Boka and the Budva Public Library.
"The uprising in Boka Kotorska in 1869, also known in history as the "Krivošija Uprising" broke out due to Vienna's decision to implement the Law on Military Conscription in Boka Kotorska. Until then, Bokelians had the privilege of serving military service in their local national guard, which was solely responsible for the defense of Boka Kotorska. On the occasion of commemorating the 150th anniversary of the uprising in Boka Kotorska, in the organization of Matica Boka, flowers were previously laid on the memorial plaque to the fallen fighters of the Bokel Uprising of 1869, and in the monastery church of the Birth of the Blessed Virgin Mary, a memorial service was held for the fallen insurgents," they conclude. from the Budva Library.
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