Posted on 03/06/2009 10:25:16 AM PST by Doctor13
What this article does not mention is that Decani Monastery is a center of humanitarian aid for the people of Kosovo. You may contribute funds for their efforts either through IOCC (designate checks for “Kosovo” in the memo line), or the Decani Monastery Relief Fund:
http://fr-d-serfes.org/missionary/crossstillaburden.htm
Most importantly, Decani Monastery is a center of prayer and the sacramental presence of God:
Decani is by NO MEANS merely a UNESCO-designated site for its artistic and historic value. It is a center of Christian worship, life, and love.
Save Decani, save Kosovo!!!!
'Nuff said!!!!
In “mainline” protestant churches, such as the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America that I left to become Orthodox, it is already taboo to say the truth that islam spread by bloody conquest and oppression, and wants to do the same to the remaining “kuffar” world.
So the encyclopedia editor is in line with what passes for “enlightened, informed Christian opinion”, but is really just the opposite!
The Turks were always nice to collaborators and quiet serfs.
How many mosques or Catholic Churches are still standing in what is now Republic Srpska?
How many Albanian houses did Serbs destroy on purpose during their "crimes against humanity" campaign?
God, Spare me please! It's like being forced to listen to Michael Jackson give lessons on child-rearing!
“nameless-fool” is NOT a newbie, but the returned-from-banishment Ronly Bonly Jones.
Bonly, a notorious troll, is just recycling his usual stuff, often using the very same phrases as before.
And, as usual, he quotes unreliable sources. I tried to work with USAID (the source of Bonly’s “abuse” quote on this thread) quite a few years ago, so I know!!!! Of course, quoting USAID is a few notches above quoting the ICTY, which Bonly (and Hoppy) do all the time!
This guy Bonly has more lives than a cat. You'd think they'd figure out his IP address by now and ban him for life!
Defending rapists again? Some nations would find it shameful, but Serbia is in running with Sudan, Somalia and Congo when it comes to morals. Will Bashir share the same jail cell as your hero, Karadzic?
Regarding Iran: Serbia, Iran to promote parliamentary ties
and like your motherland: Iran, Serbia sign security agreement
Tell us how Serbia resisted the Nazis again, go ahead. How do you guys like that Croatia and Albania are both joining NATO? Try something, go get your 'Jerusalem', or Krajina! Even Dodik shut his mouth now:
"Milorad Dodik, the Prime Minister of the Serb-dominated Bosnian entity of Republika Srpska, has seemingly softened his radical rhetoric and temporarily abandoned plans for his entitys independence, local media reported on Wednesday. The apparent shift in Dodiks attitude came after his meeting on Tuesday with Stuart Jones, the deputy US Assistant Secretary in charge of the Balkans."
http://balkaninsight.com/en/main/news/17122/
Oh, that is not reliable?
http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21985,24116743-661,00.html
Reality TV uncovers domestic violence in Serbia
21 August 2008 in Domestic Violence, Europe, Family Marriage Partnership, Media
A bridegroom on a popular Serbian television show brags how he slaps his bride now and then - with her mothers approval.
The bashful bride acknowledges, while looking adoringly at her husband-to-be, that she can be lazy and disobedient and should be hit in the face from time to time.
The scene from 48-Hour Wedding, a reality TV show that sets up Serb couples for real nuptials, points to a less romantic issue in the macho Balkan society: spousal abuse.
Domestic violence is the most common kind of abuse in Serbia and every third women has been a victim, surveys of non-governmental groups say. Laws have been tightened, but lenient punishment and a patriarchal society remain hurdles.
A slap in Serbia still isnt regarded as beating. To slap a woman in the face if her husband is annoyed is considered OK, Vesna Stanojevic of the Consultancy Against Domestic Violence told local media.
Many men in Serbia, unsettled by the nations defeats in the 1990s Balkan wars and crumbling moral values, believe women should stay at home and take care of their men and children.
Of course, beating is out of the question, but a slap now and then - why not? She needs to know her place, said taxi driver Pera, who declined to give his last name.
Most victims are believed to be among Serbias Roma population and Serb refugees who fled to the homeland during the recent wars. But the abusers can be found in all walks of life.
One woman spoke out to Deutsche Presse-Agentur (DPA) about her dentist husband, refusing to give her name out of fear of another beating.
Where can I go? Whom can I turn to? Nobody will believe me. Hes a well-respected dentist and Im his sweet, good-looking wife, she said.
So I stay with him. Thank God I cant have children, so he cant hurt them, she said. But he hits me because I cant give him sons.
Advocacy groups believe women report attacks by the men in their lives in only one of 20 cases. There are no official data.
Vanja Macanovic of Belgrades Autonomous Womens Centre blames lack of cooperation among state institutions, slow courts and womens fear of their attackers.
In 78 per cent of domestic violence cases, a husband, ex-husband or partner is the source, the consultancy says.
And domestic violence was behind about 30 per cent of murders committed in Serbia in 2007, data shows.
The Belgrade Centre for Human Rights says Serb judges are often judgmental toward the victims and unlikely to remove culprits from the home or issue restraining orders. Usually, offenders get one years probation or a fine.
Women who go to court are liable to be faced with months of proceedings, with humiliating testimony to police and in front of a court and perpetrators who accuse them of asking for it. e Getting away from violent male spouses is also difficult. Serbia has only three safe houses for abused women, though more are due to be built.
In a country where democracy, rule of law and membership in the European Union are goals for more than 70 per cent of population, wife beaters are still considered macho men.
I tried leaving home and finding a job, but hed always find me, the dentists wife said. I tried fighting back but the last time I did that, he broke my jaw and left hand.
Now I try to stay away and hope that hell kill me the next time he hits me, she said.
The Christian Serbs attempt to preserve a medieval Christian treasure and you respond by attempting to smear all Serbians.
You never change, Bonly-boy.
I was responding in kind to accusations thrown, accusations that had nothing to do with the monastery.
If these "accusations" have "nothing to do with the monastery", then why are you trolling this thread?
This is a discussion thread on the subject of the monastery, not your own personal toilet!
BTTT. Very tragic and doubly so that such hateful destruction and violence is ignored by the west and the MSM.
LucyT -it could indeed happen here; we’re on that trajectory. Just depends if it changes direction or not. HOw much “community organizing” goes on, and if the head “community organizer” gets dragged off the stage or not.
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