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15 May 2010
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KURŠUMLIJA -- Patriarch Irinej said that a partition of Kosovo is both unacceptable and unachievable.
He also said that the situation in the province is very difficult and added that he cannot imagine the Peć patriarchy not being a part of Serbia, but a part of another country, adding that this too would be unacceptable.
“Serbia is not Serbia without Kosovo. For me it is a being without a head. Our country cannot be beheaded and stripped of Kosovo. I hope that enough reason and wisdom will be found by us and the world,” he said.
Regarding dialogue with officials of the Catholic Church and the Pope, Irinej said that such talks are important, adding that the Serbian Orthodox Church (SPC) is not running from such talks, because discussions can help overcome divisions that exist in the Christian church.
“The Pope has great power in the world, so why not talk about our problems and the problems of others with such a person? We must try to stop the divisions and start turning towards united values,” Patriarch Irinej said.
Alas, thus speaks one infested with worldliness.
ReplyDelete"our country" he focusses on. Someone technically
Orthodox said that Serbian Orthodoxy is
Orthodoxy ennobled by a vigorous nationalism.
WHAT BLASPHEMY! How can Holy Orthodoxy be
ennobled by anything especially something that
is merely a throwback to paganism such as the
extreme national feeling, a kind of religious
feeling?
And no one but a lowly convert notices this.
Never mind pews, worry about your spiritual
priorities.
God decreed Kosovo be conquered, and St.
Nicolas of Zica (Velimirovich) said that the
Serbs main driving sin was pride, which would
often cause them disasters. 80% of the Serbs
don't go to Holy Liturgy and view Churches
and monasteries as SERBIAN CULTURAL ARTIFACTS!
Again, what blasphemous misappropriation.
These things were built by Serbs but as part of
the Kingdom of Heaven, at least nominally.