Posted on 06/25/2002 4:25:19 PM PDT by crazykatz
SERBIAN ORTHODOX DIOCESE OF RASKA AND PRIZREN COMMUNIQUE
For immediate release
SERBIAN ORTHODOX CEMETERY NEAR PRISTINA FOUND DESECRATED Pristina, June 24, 2002.
Fr. Zoran Filipovic, the Serbian Orthodox parish priest from Babin Most and Milosevo, confirmed today to the Diocesan Information Service that the Serbian cemetery at Milosevo, 10 km north from Pristina, was found desecrated.
On Saturday, June 22, Fr. Zoran and a group of his parishioners, escorted by KFOR, visited the cemetery at Milosevo village to perform the annual commemoration service. Upon arrival to the site they were shocked to see at least 70 tombstones desecrated. "There is almost not a single tomb which has not been damaged. But the most painful for us was to see the photos of the deceased on the tombstones with their eyes gouged out. For us that was more distressing than to see the tombstones toppled, " Fr. Zoran said . The priest could not say when the incident occurred and could only confirm that the last year on this day the cemetery stood intact while he with his parishioners performed the commemoration service. Fr. Zoran has written a letter of protest to the local UN administrator in the Municipality of Obilic to which Milosevo belongs.
Belgrade based TANJUG News Agency reported today that the UNMIK police spokesman Barry Fletcher said that this incident had not been reported to the UN Mission yet.
Beside the recently reported desecrations of cemeteries in Djakovica, Pec and Orahovac this latest event confirms the fear of Bishop Artemije who seriously suspects that all Serb cemeteries out of guarded enclaves might have been damaged or completely destroyed by Kosovo Albanians.
Serbian Orthodox Diocese of Raska and Prizren with its faithful people and clergy most strongly condemns such acts of barbarism and urgently requests from UNMIK and KFOR to protect the remaining Serbian patrimonial sites according to their obligation formulated in the UN Security Council Resolution 1244.
"By their tolerating systematic desecration of Christian Orthodox holy sites in Kosovo Metohija, the UN Mission and KFOR are seen directly responsible in the eyes of the Serbian people and the Church. According to our knowledge, not a single perpetrator has been brought to justice for these crimes so far, which cannot be justified and is utterly disgraceful. The silence and even shameless denials by the leading Kosovo Albanian officials, who accuse the Church of propaganda, even more confirm overtly antidemocratic and discriminatory orientation of the new Albanian-dominated institutions in Kosovo and Metohija and seriously discourage further Serb participation. With this pattern of behavior Kosovo is not heading towards Europe but is becoming the most uncivilized and backward part of the continent," said Fr. Sava (Janjic) in his comment on occasion of the incident at Milosevo.
"The leaders who are not capable of showing responsible leadership and do nothing to prevent destruction of Kosovo's centuries old Christian monuments do not act on behalf of all citizens but directly serve the narrow interests of Albanian nationalists. Such leaders cannot be accepted by the Serbian people as their own because they lead Kosovo's communities towards further confrontation. International community must not be deceived by empty rethoric and should request urgent concrete steps by the Government and the Parliament to finally bring to an end such behavior," concluded Fr. Sava.
Information Service of the Serbian Orthodox Diocese of Raska and Prizren, Kosovo and Metohija. Serbian Orthodox Diocese of Raska and Prizren
And, despite anything he says to the contary, he is a SERB BASHER. It is almost all his posts.
If he thinks he can goad me into giving information which he could use to hurt my dear friends, well he is one sorry creature. I am loyal to them and I do dearly care for them.
He needs to remember the time he called my father, a graduate of WEST POINT, a liar and he doesn't even know his name or anything about him or his friends.
I had related a story which was told to us YEARS before we ever met a Serb in the USA....about American flyers being turned over the the nazis during WWII by utaschis. And how hundreds were rescued by Serbs...in fact one, fellow that my DAD knew. THAT IS A DOCUMENTED FACT...The US ARMY has info. on it.
Why is so hard for him to accept that some of his countrymen turned nazi?? SHAME???
He immediately goes on the attack and accuses the Serbs of being THE BIGGEST nazis.
I cannot expect him to ever change, but if he continues to be such a brute, he will only hurt himself.
Oh, by the way, I sent to the FR moderator some of the actual information about my friends...they can check it out if they wish. I will not ever post all their EXACT personal information on a public forum.
Good. NO ONE should post sensitive material, that might get people hurt or in trouble, ANYWHERE on the Internet. ANYONE--even the worst of the bad guys--can see it!!!!
He has no justification for this abuse.
Please, JR, I would appreciate it, if YOU would request that he STOP slandering me and all my volunteer work for the past 6 years.
Hey, I am looking right now at an award I recieved from my Mayor for some of this work.
Not to be proud, but just to make a point....I worked, as well, for Bosnians, Sudanese, Iraqis, Kurds, Cambodians, Albanians, Russian Jews and Armenians over the past 6 years.....what do you say to T.P about this ?
Is T.P. an true example of one of your Croatian friends???
Are his "shoot from the hip" rude remarks to me good examples of how real Croatian friends of Serbs act?
Is he really a Croat or a Canadian?
Is he related to somebody in the present Croatian govt?
Who is he really?????
I know he is certainly NOT acting like a gentlemen.
On a somewhat lighter and humorous note....Calling a lady A LIAR...is one offense that used to get you in a duel with the lady's husband....my husband has an antique set of duelling pistols, Queen Ann era....and a couple old sabres...hahaHA...an OLD Revolutionary War Re-Enactor could still be a force to be reckoned with...especially, an old DRAGOON like my husband....he was such GREAT FENCER in his younger days and his gallantry and sword work on horseback was superior!! Those were the days!! HAHAHAHA!!
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