Russian patriarch: Kosovo sacred for Serbs
Patriarch Alexy II of Moscow has addressed the Council of Europe in Strasbourg Tuesday.
Wednesday, 03.10.2007.
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Patriarch Alexy II of Moscow has addressed the Council of Europe in Strasbourg Tuesday. The head of the Russian Orthodox Church said on Tuesday Serbs must be able to live peacefully in Kosovo after its final status is determined, and decried the destruction of Orthodox churches in the province, which he said was carried out with “tacit consent of the ethnic Albanian majority.” Russian patriarch: Kosovo sacred for Serbs Patriarch Alexy II said "Kosovo was sacred for Serbs," and offered his help in mediating the crisis in the region. "The Russian Orthodox Church has considerable experience in peace-building and peacemaking, and we stand ready to help," he told the Council of Europe's parliamentary assembly. In a speech and a question-and-answer session with parliamentarians from the council's 47 member states, Alexy said Kosovo was a subject of political bargaining by people who did not appreciate the province's history and its importance for Serbs. "Those people have never been to Kosovo and have never seen with their own eyes what Kosovo means for the Serbian people," he said. "There are many monuments that are sacred to the people of Serbia, and we cannot silently stand by when those monuments are being destroyed, despite the fact that they are under the protection of UNESCO and were built in the 12th, 13th or 14th century," Alexy II said. Alexy repeated his calls for a wide-ranging dialogue between cultures and religions, saying no world view, including secularism, should claim a monopoly in Europe or elsewhere. Patriarch Aleksy II addresses the CoE assembly (FoNet)
Russian patriarch: Kosovo sacred for Serbs
Patriarch Alexy II said "Kosovo was sacred for Serbs," and offered his help in mediating the crisis in the region."The Russian Orthodox Church has considerable experience in peace-building and peacemaking, and we stand ready to help," he told the Council of Europe's parliamentary assembly.
In a speech and a question-and-answer session with parliamentarians from the council's 47 member states, Alexy said Kosovo was a subject of political bargaining by people who did not appreciate the province's history and its importance for Serbs.
"Those people have never been to Kosovo and have never seen with their own eyes what Kosovo means for the Serbian people," he said.
"There are many monuments that are sacred to the people of Serbia, and we cannot silently stand by when those monuments are being destroyed, despite the fact that they are under the protection of UNESCO and were built in the 12th, 13th or 14th century," Alexy II said.
Alexy repeated his calls for a wide-ranging dialogue between cultures and religions, saying no world view, including secularism, should claim a monopoly in Europe or elsewhere.
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