Patriarch Kirill Supports Serbia in Resolving Kosovo Problem

Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia recently expressed his support of the people of Serbia.

"The Russian Orthodox Church will never leave brothers in the Christ in Kosovo enduring the difficult period on the territory of the sacred and God-loving ancestors," he wrote in a message to the President of the Association of the Serb Municipalities in Kosovo, according to the Moscow Patriarchate website.

The Patriarch added, "The Moscow Patriarchate has been invariably supporting efforts of the Serbian state and the Serbian Orthodox Church in search of the weighed and fair decision of the Kosovo problem."

Kosovo broke away from Serbia and declared itself an independent state several months ago. The United Nations, the European Union, and most nations -- including Russia -- have refused to recognize Kosovo as an independent nation.