Prishtina forbade Patriarch Porfiri to come to the Patriarchate of Peć on the eve of Christmas

With the assessment that it is an "extremely discriminatory decision", the patriarch called on the Pristina authorities to "stop trampling on the human rights and religious freedoms of Orthodox Serbs who have lived in the province for at least 1.500 years continuously.

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Patriarch Porfirije, Photo: Savo Prelevic
Patriarch Porfirije, Photo: Savo Prelevic
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The Serbian Orthodox Church announced that the authorities in Pristina forbade SPC Patriarch Porfirija to come to the Patriarchate of Peć before Christmas.

With the assessment that it is an "extremely discriminatory decision", the patriarch called on the Pristina authorities to "stop trampling on the human rights and religious freedoms of Orthodox Serbs who have lived in the province for at least 1.500 years continuously, on the land of their ancestors".

"Patriarch Porfirije does not give up his intention to serve divine service in the Patriarchate of Pec and expects that this extremely discriminatory decision will be overturned", it was announced from his cabinet. N1.

The Patriarch added that he "prays to God for peace and goodwill among all people" and that "he especially prays for peace to reign between Serbs and Albanians in Kosovo and Metohija, where they have lived together for centuries".

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