U.S. Ambassador to Serbia, Mary Warlick, attends 95th Anniversary of heroic WWI defence of Belgrade

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A memorial service to the defenders of Belgrade in the First World War

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Radio Srbija

07 October 2010

Serbian Patriarch Irinej

Observing the 95th anniversary of the defence of Belgrade in the First World War, Serbian Patriarch Irinej blessed the renewed military memorial at the Belgrade New Cemetery and held a service for soldiers that died defending the Serbian capital in 1915. A memorial tomb at the New Cemetery contains the mortal remains of more than 2,600 soldiers, who defended Belgrade aware of the fact that their names had been erased from the list of the living. Serbian Defence Minister Dragan Sutanovac said that Serbia had not fought for its own freedom only at the time, but also for the freedom of the entire democratic world and that it was among the allies that liberated Europe. He emphasized that in the 21st century Serbia wants to be a country of peace and friendship, that it has not enemies and wants to be a stability factor. The state ceremony was attended by numerous foreign military envoys and representatives of the diplomatic corps. The ceremony ended with an art programme dedicated to major Dragutin Gavrilovic, the heroic leader of the defence of Belgrade in 1915.

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U.S. Ambassador to Serbia Mary Burce Warlick standing 4th from left as you view the photo

Major Dragutin Gavrilovic

Reputation of Belgrade, our capital, must be bright!

7. October 2010

95th ANNIVERSARY OF THE DEFENCE OF BELGRADE

His Holiness Irinej, Serbian Patriarch served today, in the Memorial ossuary to the defenders of Belgrade in the First World War at the New cemetary, the commemoration for suffered heroes in the defence of the Serbian capital in 1915. After the prayerful remembrance of the ancestors fallen for freedom, the remains of the famous warriors were stored in the restored memorial ossuary with the honorary salvo.

Following the ceremony of laying the wreaths done by representativs of the Government of the Republic of Serbia, the Serbian Army, the City of Belgrade and organizations which care that deeds of our ancestors should not be forgotten, Mr. Dragan Sutanova, minister of Defence in the Government of the Republic of Serbia, addressed the present. Besides the state officials, also the representatives of the diplomatic corps attended the short cultural program.

In October 1915, attacking with its main forces over the Sava and the Danube, the armies of the Central Axis had a goal to encircle and destroy the Serbina army. Belgrade was attacked by parts of the German and Austro-Hungarian army, with a strong support of the artillery from the land and the rivers. The troops of the Belgrade Defence provided the resistance, especially on the positions which were defended by major Dragutin Gavrilovic.

The memorial ossuary is located in the Belgrade New cemetary, a and it was built in 1931. by the project of the Russian architect Roman Verhovskoy. In the Memorial ossuary there are the remains of several thousand defenders of Belgrade from 1915.

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who defended Belgrade aware of the fact that their names had been erased from the list of the living.

Though certain sure that they would be remembered by God.