"Assembly has reconciled bishops"

Metropolitan Amfilohije of Montenegro and the Littoral says there were no conflicts among the bishops at the meeting of the Holy Assembly. The highest gathering of the Serbian Orthodox Church (SPC) was held for several days last week. "Assembly has reconciled bishops" "There were no conflicts. The Assembly is a living organism, it is not some kind of machine or a passive, cabinet group of people. They are living beings and every one of them has their own responsibility and opinion," Amfilohije said for the Belgrade daily Vecernje Novosti. The Assembly "primarily asked Patriarch Pavle to continue at the head of the Church, which is very important," he said. "Both the Church and the people accepted this with delight," the daily reported on Monday. In the current situation, when the patriarch is undergoing treatment at Belgrade's Military Medical Academy VMA, the SPC Synod will continue functioning in its current composition until the end of May, when a new session of the Assembly should be held, Metropolitan Amfilohije said.

"Assembly has reconciled bishops"

"There were no conflicts. The Assembly is a living organism, it is not some kind of machine or a passive, cabinet group of people. They are living beings and every one of them has their own responsibility and opinion," Amfilohije said for the Belgrade daily Večernje Novosti.

The Assembly "primarily asked Patriarch Pavle to continue at the head of the Church, which is very important," he said.

"Both the Church and the people accepted this with delight," the daily reported on Monday.

In the current situation, when the patriarch is undergoing treatment at Belgrade's Military Medical Academy VMA, the SPC Synod will continue functioning in its current composition until the end of May, when a new session of the Assembly should be held, Metropolitan Amfilohije said.