At the donor dinner held at Hotel "Pljevlja", 25.050 euros and 360 dollars were collected for the opening of a soup kitchen in that city.
"These, along with the amount of 35.000 decided by Rudnik uljja and the same amount foreseen in the budget of the Municipality of Pljevlja for this year, are certainly significant funds that will enable the work of the NGO 'Narodna kuhinja Pljevlja'", announced the Pljevlja Rudnik uljja, which is the organizer. donor evenings.
Bishop Mileševski addressed those present Athanasius, president of Majlis of the Islamic community of Pljevlja, chief imam Ferid Osmanagić and executive director of Rudnik and president of the Organizing Committee for the opening of the soup kitchen Milan Lekic.
"This project surpassed all our differences - ideological, political, religious and national, all our functions and careers as individuals, because a hungry man and a poor man are nothing but a hungry man and a poor man," said Lekić.
Bishop Atanasije, in his sermon, pointed out that this is a beautiful, virtuous and God-pleasing idea.
"The idea around which we gathered tonight was certainly inspired by God. We are all here according to God's providence to better organize our lives, to use the goods that God has given us in the community. Before us tonight is a big task to start a humane and philanthropic activity of helping those who are lacking in something, in some material goods. We are all in this space together. God wants us to be his co-workers. With this work, we will show our Creator, the chief manager and editor of the world and history, that no matter how different we are in something, we bear the burden of life and the joy of life together. We will certainly not make the creator happy with wars, but he will certainly rejoice in this. I am happy that the Creator is happy and we are all together, that's why I thank all of you who gathered around this common idea tonight and I invite you to persevere in it", said, among other things, Bishop Atanasije.
Announcing the address of Effendi Ferid Osmanagić, program manager Rajko Palibrk recalled the existence and cooperation of two organizations from the end of the 19th century in Pljevlja, "Merhamet" and "Bratstvo", as well as examples of those Pljevlja of one and another religion who were, as he said, friends among themselves and friends to everyone.
"I am glad to participate in the implementation of activities aimed at helping the weakest among us. I am aware of how much this initiative and its successful organization will mean to people who need this help. Sometimes a person, as an individual, cannot do much, but when we all get involved we can do a lot of positive things. We can feed someone's hungry mouth and bring a smile to someone's face instead of sadness. Ultimately, the meaning of our existence in this world is to do good and to be of help to those who are in any kind of need. We must not allow ourselves to be weakened by the warmth of our home and the material well-being of our families in compassion and helping those who have none", said Osmanagić, and added that the people of Pljevlje helped each other many times throughout history without asking who belonged to which religion, nation or any other determinants.
"When it's time to help those in need, let all our differences be put aside, because let's be aware of one truth, and that is that when we help people, we actually change their world for the better, and there is no and should be no room for looking at who to whom it belongs in any sense. Those at risk among us are a concern, an obligation and a test of the nobility of each of us," said Osmanagić.
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