Thousands of Serb pilgrims gathered in a medieval monastery in western Kosovo today (October 3, 2010) amid tight security to attend the enthronement ceremony of the new Serbian Patriarch Irinej. No incidents were reported.
The ceremony in the Pec Patriarchate -- the spiritual seat of Serbian clergy -- took place just outside the ethnic Albanian-dominated town of Pec. Serbia's President, Boris Tadic, attended the ceremony, according to the Belgrade Post website.
Today, Serb faithful scrambled for space in the complex of churches that Serbs consider the seat of the medieval Serbian state and the Serbian Orthodox Church. Some were draped in the Serbian flag waiting to get a glimpse of their spiritual leader.
Irinej told the faithful after the ceremony, "From this holy place we plead the powerful actors of the world not to burden their souls with sin by finding a solution for this southern Serbian province that will deprive the Serbian nation of its heritage, prosperity, graves of ancestors and its sacred sites."
Kosovo was a province in Serbia from which it seceded in 2008, and declared itself an independent nation.
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Wasn’t it the genocide that occurred in the region that caused the majority of the Kosovo people to want Kosovo to become an independent nation? Their desire was to free themselves from the power of unwarranted violence that has been affecting their population since the downfall of communist ruler ship. And hasn’t the violence decreased dramatically since Kosovo became an independent nation?
ReplyDeleteAnd since the majority of the people in that region want to be part of the EU, it would seem that they would have a better representation in the EU policy making process as independent nations rather than as a single nation.
Sin is a worldly thing, a power given to Lucifer and his angles by the grace of God. And it is a power that will end once Jesus comes back!
And it is without a doubt that our leaders have put their trust in Lucifer rather than God when trying to resolve social problems. The Iraqi war is a prime example of relying on Lucifer’s rationale to develop policies to achieve a desired result. How many Iraqi’s were killed as the result of this policy? How many soldiers died as a result of this policy?
Did not the Kosovo people place their trust in God? And has not peace come to this region because their reliance on God?