Kosovo Serbs organize Easter celebrations

Orthodox Serb Christians are celebrating Easter in the north of Kosovo and in their enclaves throughout the province.

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Sunday, 19.04.2009.

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Orthodox Serb Christians are celebrating Easter in the north of Kosovo and in their enclaves throughout the province. In the monastery of Gracanica, close to the enclave, the Holy Midnight Liturgy was served last night to celebrate the beginning of the most joyous Christian holiday. Kosovo Serbs organize Easter celebrations Serbian Orthodox Church (SPC) Bishop Artemije led the liturgy, attended by several hundred locals and Serbs who arrived from various towns in central Serbia. In Kosovsko Pomoravlje, worshippers flocked to the SPC churches and temples to attend Easter celebrations. Some 100 Serbs, escorted by Kosovo police, KPS, visited the St. Sava temple in the southern, Albanian part of the divided town of Kosovska Mitrovica. This Orthodox church was set on fire by ethnic Albanians in March 2004. "For the sixth Easter in a row, connected to this holy place, we came to pray to the risen Lord to help us and give us strength and faith, just as he did to his disciples and the holy women at his tomb. Let the Lord help us, and let's celebrate the resurrection of Christ for many years," Archpriest Milija Arsovic told the gathered Serbs. In Pristina, the Church of St. Nicholas was closed, and no liturgy was celebrated this Easter.

Kosovo Serbs organize Easter celebrations

Serbian Orthodox Church (SPC) Bishop Artemije led the liturgy, attended by several hundred locals and Serbs who arrived from various towns in central Serbia.

In Kosovsko Pomoravlje, worshippers flocked to the SPC churches and temples to attend Easter celebrations.

Some 100 Serbs, escorted by Kosovo police, KPS, visited the St. Sava temple in the southern, Albanian part of the divided town of Kosovska Mitrovica. This Orthodox church was set on fire by ethnic Albanians in March 2004.

"For the sixth Easter in a row, connected to this holy place, we came to pray to the risen Lord to help us and give us strength and faith, just as he did to his disciples and the holy women at his tomb. Let the Lord help us, and let's celebrate the resurrection of Christ for many years," Archpriest Milija Arsović told the gathered Serbs.

In Priština, the Church of St. Nicholas was closed, and no liturgy was celebrated this Easter.

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