Bells toll from desecrated church in Priština

Just in time for slava.
History restored amid the most gruesome times for Serbian people in Kosovo.Great news.

And lets not talk about destruction, until serbs can come to your albania and to turkey and enslave you and destroy everything for 500 years and then you can start talking.

Only animals would be inhumane enough as to attack these religious sites, and judging by the videos that came out after 2004, there sure are a hell of a lot of them in 'kosova'

how many mosques where leveled to the ground during the kosovo war? please tell me!!!


Regards

Berat
(Berat, 20 December 2009 21:01)

Not nearly a fraction of the amount of Orthodox churches that were destroyed. I believe you can count on one had the number of mosques... Nice try.

Good has triumphed over evil.....thank you all of the monks at Decani Monastery! May the Lord bless and protect you as you serve the Lord in the belly of the beast.

In fact a mosque by the Mitrovica bridge has not been restored for 10 year now.

good news, but the perpetrators should not believe they will not be held accountable.

justice is patient.

and these criminals will pay for what they have done.
but one thing after the other...

how many mosques where leveled to the ground during the kosovo war? please tell me!!!


Regards

Berat
(Berat, 20 December 2009 21:01)

Hm, well the number of Serbian Holy sites happens to be over 150+, and considering the fact that there have been atleast 3 mosques built over the sites of what used to be Serbian churches, I would say none.

Regards

So why don't you restore your mosque, Bekim? Are you waiting for EU taxpayers to pay for that too?

Out enemies can destroy buildings but not our spirit.
We will rebuild and start over but your shame for doing thing will remain part of history.

You are losers in the end.

So why don't you restore your mosque, Bekim? Are you waiting for EU taxpayers to pay for that too?
(svojgazda, 20 December 2009 23:11)

Svojgazda- They will probably wait for the Saudis to send them money to build another 20 to replace that one mosque.

I'm also surprised that there isn't the comment that St Nick's church in Pristina was originally built on the foundations of an Illyrian Church 2000 years ago LOL. I was half-expecting that.

Also, B92 its SPC in Serbian and SOC in English when describing the Serbian Orthodox Church.

You tell us how many mosques were destroyed, Bekim. How would Serbs know?

(Smulan, 21 December 2009 03:16)

Your beloved NATO killed Albanians in Kosovo ask Ehud Olmert, he openly stated this fact 3 years ago. You beloved NATO bombed anything in its sights, it did not care if it was a houses or people. Don’t blame the Serbs.
The Albanians in Kosovo are refugees from the Enver Hoxha regime and not native in that area so your Mosques are relatively new whereas our Churches are hundreds of years old.

i just want to make this clear. Simply b/c USA is "backing" k-albos doesnt mean the USA citizens are. Many of us Americans are fully aware of the "behind the curtain" deals that is obviously happening. You think K-Albos have something to offer America. HA!! i truly wonder....

The dark times of Milosevic with all his monster creatures must be destroyed immediately- what have you been waiting Kosovars???…??
(ben, 21 December 2009 15:24)

Do not forget that many of us internationals here have weapons, and those like me would not hesitate to use them if I saw someone trying to destroy a church. Just so you know...

@ Demi

"Ok Jason who are you trying to scare ? Dont play like you are an international. Internationals dosen't have weapons only Kfor do."

-- Ever hear of EULEX?

"Jason is an american name."

-Wow, what an astute observation.

"Do you think I am stupid...?"

-Do you really want me to answer that???

In all honesty, I never disliked an Albanian in my life until I came here to work and got to know many. This is not a blanket condemnation of all Albanians of course, but I daresay I identify with Serbs far more than I do Albanians. Call me what you will.

"In your comments it clearly showes that you are serb trying to make a bad name for the internationals in Kosovo."

-An extremely arrogant and ill-informed statement. If it makes you feel better to delude yourself into thinking no American can dislike you, then have at it. I hate to break it to you though, there are quite a few of us here that do not care for the average Kosovo Albanian. The truth hurts, doesn't it?

As for making internationals look bad, it depends on what side you support. I tend to think that Serbs would be happy to see at least one American who supports international law and does not agree with Western policy in the Balkans.

As for Ment and Ben, I am not making a threat, rather just pointing out a fact. I applaud the few colleagues who used force to defend Serbian cultural sites in the 2004 riots - sadly however, not nearly enough force was used and it is a stain upon the international community.

P.S. All this aside, I am getting pretty good at the Serbian language so maybe one day I can pass for a native speaker. Sadly because I learned a more eastern Slavic tongue first, everyone says I speak with a foreign accent... something about my pronunciations being too soft

Goran

how many mosques where leveled to the ground during the kosovo war? please tell me!!!


Regards

Berat

What is everyones deal, this is an article based on a religious sacrament being restored for all those who celebrate. This isnt a pawn for an emotional/political chess game. Something that has been destroyed has been rebuilt. Can someone tell me what gives any of you the audacity to attempt to bring this down ? Besides your ego's.

At least the churches and mosques can allways be rebuild...

(Smulan, 21 December 2009 15:13)

This kind of comment comes from someone who has no appreciation of ancient architecture or art. These destroyed sites, be they monastary/church/mosque cannot be replaced. Following this logic, art by Michelangelo is not important if destroyed because it too can be replaced.

Why are you trying to destroy something so old and so valuable and then excuse it as destroying Milosevic built things?
(Peggy, 21 December 2009 23:27)

Peggy I don't know why you bother with these people. ANyone with an inclination of a brain knows that Kosova is a Bantu speaking tribe in Kenya and that Albanians are amongst the last arrivals to the Balkan peninsula.

The dark times of Milosevic with all his monster creatures must be destroyed immediately- what have you been waiting Kosovars???…??
(ben, 21 December 2009 15:24)

I didn't know that Milosevic was a vampire centuries old who built all those centuries old churches and monasteries.

Why are you trying to destroy something so old and so valuable and then excuse it as destroying Milosevic built things?

Yes there are many Serbian-American citizens that do not back the US policy, not many outside of that. Also no one outside of the Serbian communities would use the phrase K-Albo's!!
(pss, 22 December 2009 05:02)

Keep crying that only Serbian-Americans could possibly support Serbia in this issue. It only makes you look arrogant and foolish. Anyone who works here has picked up local terminology... so if I say "Kosovo and Metohija" means nothing more than I know the proper name for this PROVINCE. Do you think all the Romanians, Scots, Spanish, and some Brits, Americans and Germans here are all Serbs in disguise too?

You serbs cry about some building but what do you expect from a human being wich you have killed all of his family ? And the churches seems fine now so the K-albanians is clearly showing maturity. The march riots on 2004 was clearly provoked by the serbs in Kosovo directly controled by the goverment in belgrade. I think Europe, US and the rest of the world knows who was and still is the badguy in Kosovo. 12 000 albanians murdered and 40 000 albanian houses destroyed is evidence enough. Nothing compared to some churches wich nobody visits or needs because the majority of the population in Kosovo are muslims.


And yes there are much more destroyed mosques in Kosovo than churches. You cannot even compare the difference.

"Good has triumphed over evil.....thank you all of the monks at Decani Monastery!"

Indeed.

And given that Haradinaj and the AAK protected Decani against the mobs in 2004 (and Decani specifically thanked them for this), perhaps we can say they are indirectly responsible for helping out here as well.

(Jason, 21 December 2009 16:15)

I thought that you (as American- Serb) are armed with mouse and info from Serbiana.

Some orthodox churches were destroyed, and you guys still bark about that. What happened that you guys destroyed all this historical monuments during Yugoslavia war. That's say, you bombed Dubrovnik for what reason, just to destroye it, no reason there. You destroyed mosques in Bosnia and Kosovo, for what reason, no reason. Now you've got some churches destroyed and going crazy about that, btw you guys build churches within a months and you say it was a holy church since 5 century.
Get a grip guys, look forward to the future.

Destroying religious objects is never right but judging by the comments of the Serbs in this website I wish they had levelled every Serb Orthodox Church in Kosova.

Do not forget that many of us internationals here have weapons, and those like me would not hesitate to use them if I saw someone trying to destroy a church. Just so you know...
(Jason, 21 December 2009 16:15)

Ok Jason who are you trying to scare ? Dont play like you are an international. Internationals dosen't have weapons only Kfor do. And if you were a kfor soldier you wouldn't have time to be on internet all day long writing garabage about albanians. Kfor is there to hep the resident of Kosovo and not to hate or shot people.


Jason is an american name. Do you think I am stupid to belive that you are an american and have so much hate against the albanians ? In your comments it clearly showes that you are serb trying to make a bad name for the internationals in Kosovo.

Jason
=====

So you won't hesitate to use a gun, will you?

You must clearly assume you yourself are immune to bullets then... not very bright at all, especially when considering you're serving in a region awash with small weapons and trigger-happy folk ;-).

Feel free to sound tough on the Internet though....it's safer that's for sure.

Your beloved NATO killed Albanians in Kosovo ask Ehud Olmert, he openly stated this fact 3 years ago. You beloved NATO bombed anything in its sights, it did not care if it was a houses or people. Don’t blame the Serbs.
The Albanians in Kosovo are refugees from the Enver Hoxha regime and not native in that area so your Mosques are relatively new whereas our Churches are hundreds of years old.
(sj, 21 December 2009 12:25)


Is this the best excuse for what your country have done against the albanian civilians in Kosovo ? All those massacres wich we all know about was commited by serb paramilitary forces against innocent civilians wich even included children and women. If Nato killed albanians then why all those massgraves all aurond Serbia filled with albanian civilians from Kosovo ? And about albanians bveing refuges from Enver hoxhas regime dosent fit with reality. Albanians in Kosovo has been a majority since as least 16.th century.

Here is some of them listed: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kosovo_massacres

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Massacre_at_Velika_Kru%C5%A1a




At least the churches and mosques can allways be rebuild but people and lives can never come back. Allmost all churches in Kosovo has been rebuild and today when the albanians fully control Kosovo those churches face no danger and the bells can ring in middle of Prishtina. This is good image for Kosovo.

Are we talking about the Church build illegally form Milosevic's regime in the garden of National Library???

That architectural monster should be destroyed immediately.

Everything build during the Milosevic's regime MUST be destroyed.

We cannot feed the Serbian. And here all of us should agree: Serbs and Albanians.

The dark times of Milosevic with all his monster creatures must be destroyed immediately- what have you been waiting Kosovars???????????

i just want to make this clear. Simply b/c USA is "backing" k-albos doesnt mean the USA citizens are. Many of us Americans are fully aware of the "behind the curtain" deals that is obviously happening. You think K-Albos have something to offer America. HA!! i truly wonder....
(John Aston - USA, 21 December 2009 18:52)
Yes there are many Serbian-American citizens that do not back the US policy, not many outside of that. Also no one outside of the Serbian communities would use the phrase K-Albo's!!

Why are you trying to destroy something so old and so valuable and then excuse it as destroying Milosevic built things?
(Peggy, 21 December 2009 23:27)

What is wrong with that? Religion is the opium of the people. Instead of crying foul about the destruction of the Orthodox Churches you should be calling for the destruction all the mosques as well.

In fact a mosque by the Mitrovica bridge has not been restored for 10 year now.

Goran

how many mosques where leveled to the ground during the kosovo war? please tell me!!!


Regards

Berat

You serbs cry about some building but what do you expect from a human being wich you have killed all of his family ? And the churches seems fine now so the K-albanians is clearly showing maturity. The march riots on 2004 was clearly provoked by the serbs in Kosovo directly controled by the goverment in belgrade. I think Europe, US and the rest of the world knows who was and still is the badguy in Kosovo. 12 000 albanians murdered and 40 000 albanian houses destroyed is evidence enough. Nothing compared to some churches wich nobody visits or needs because the majority of the population in Kosovo are muslims.


And yes there are much more destroyed mosques in Kosovo than churches. You cannot even compare the difference.

Destroying religious objects is never right but judging by the comments of the Serbs in this website I wish they had levelled every Serb Orthodox Church in Kosova.

"Good has triumphed over evil.....thank you all of the monks at Decani Monastery!"

Indeed.

And given that Haradinaj and the AAK protected Decani against the mobs in 2004 (and Decani specifically thanked them for this), perhaps we can say they are indirectly responsible for helping out here as well.

Some orthodox churches were destroyed, and you guys still bark about that. What happened that you guys destroyed all this historical monuments during Yugoslavia war. That's say, you bombed Dubrovnik for what reason, just to destroye it, no reason there. You destroyed mosques in Bosnia and Kosovo, for what reason, no reason. Now you've got some churches destroyed and going crazy about that, btw you guys build churches within a months and you say it was a holy church since 5 century.
Get a grip guys, look forward to the future.

Are we talking about the Church build illegally form Milosevic's regime in the garden of National Library???

That architectural monster should be destroyed immediately.

Everything build during the Milosevic's regime MUST be destroyed.

We cannot feed the Serbian. And here all of us should agree: Serbs and Albanians.

The dark times of Milosevic with all his monster creatures must be destroyed immediately- what have you been waiting Kosovars???????????

And lets not talk about destruction, until serbs can come to your albania and to turkey and enslave you and destroy everything for 500 years and then you can start talking.

Your beloved NATO killed Albanians in Kosovo ask Ehud Olmert, he openly stated this fact 3 years ago. You beloved NATO bombed anything in its sights, it did not care if it was a houses or people. Don’t blame the Serbs.
The Albanians in Kosovo are refugees from the Enver Hoxha regime and not native in that area so your Mosques are relatively new whereas our Churches are hundreds of years old.
(sj, 21 December 2009 12:25)


Is this the best excuse for what your country have done against the albanian civilians in Kosovo ? All those massacres wich we all know about was commited by serb paramilitary forces against innocent civilians wich even included children and women. If Nato killed albanians then why all those massgraves all aurond Serbia filled with albanian civilians from Kosovo ? And about albanians bveing refuges from Enver hoxhas regime dosent fit with reality. Albanians in Kosovo has been a majority since as least 16.th century.

Here is some of them listed: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kosovo_massacres

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Massacre_at_Velika_Kru%C5%A1a




At least the churches and mosques can allways be rebuild but people and lives can never come back. Allmost all churches in Kosovo has been rebuild and today when the albanians fully control Kosovo those churches face no danger and the bells can ring in middle of Prishtina. This is good image for Kosovo.

Do not forget that many of us internationals here have weapons, and those like me would not hesitate to use them if I saw someone trying to destroy a church. Just so you know...
(Jason, 21 December 2009 16:15)

Ok Jason who are you trying to scare ? Dont play like you are an international. Internationals dosen't have weapons only Kfor do. And if you were a kfor soldier you wouldn't have time to be on internet all day long writing garabage about albanians. Kfor is there to hep the resident of Kosovo and not to hate or shot people.


Jason is an american name. Do you think I am stupid to belive that you are an american and have so much hate against the albanians ? In your comments it clearly showes that you are serb trying to make a bad name for the internationals in Kosovo.

Only animals would be inhumane enough as to attack these religious sites, and judging by the videos that came out after 2004, there sure are a hell of a lot of them in 'kosova'

(Jason, 21 December 2009 16:15)

I thought that you (as American- Serb) are armed with mouse and info from Serbiana.

Jason
=====

So you won't hesitate to use a gun, will you?

You must clearly assume you yourself are immune to bullets then... not very bright at all, especially when considering you're serving in a region awash with small weapons and trigger-happy folk ;-).

Feel free to sound tough on the Internet though....it's safer that's for sure.

i just want to make this clear. Simply b/c USA is "backing" k-albos doesnt mean the USA citizens are. Many of us Americans are fully aware of the "behind the curtain" deals that is obviously happening. You think K-Albos have something to offer America. HA!! i truly wonder....
(John Aston - USA, 21 December 2009 18:52)
Yes there are many Serbian-American citizens that do not back the US policy, not many outside of that. Also no one outside of the Serbian communities would use the phrase K-Albo's!!

Just in time for slava.
History restored amid the most gruesome times for Serbian people in Kosovo.Great news.

how many mosques where leveled to the ground during the kosovo war? please tell me!!!


Regards

Berat
(Berat, 20 December 2009 21:01)

Not nearly a fraction of the amount of Orthodox churches that were destroyed. I believe you can count on one had the number of mosques... Nice try.

how many mosques where leveled to the ground during the kosovo war? please tell me!!!


Regards

Berat
(Berat, 20 December 2009 21:01)

Hm, well the number of Serbian Holy sites happens to be over 150+, and considering the fact that there have been atleast 3 mosques built over the sites of what used to be Serbian churches, I would say none.

Regards

Good has triumphed over evil.....thank you all of the monks at Decani Monastery! May the Lord bless and protect you as you serve the Lord in the belly of the beast.

Out enemies can destroy buildings but not our spirit.
We will rebuild and start over but your shame for doing thing will remain part of history.

You are losers in the end.

So why don't you restore your mosque, Bekim? Are you waiting for EU taxpayers to pay for that too?
(svojgazda, 20 December 2009 23:11)

Svojgazda- They will probably wait for the Saudis to send them money to build another 20 to replace that one mosque.

I'm also surprised that there isn't the comment that St Nick's church in Pristina was originally built on the foundations of an Illyrian Church 2000 years ago LOL. I was half-expecting that.

Also, B92 its SPC in Serbian and SOC in English when describing the Serbian Orthodox Church.

So why don't you restore your mosque, Bekim? Are you waiting for EU taxpayers to pay for that too?

Why are you trying to destroy something so old and so valuable and then excuse it as destroying Milosevic built things?
(Peggy, 21 December 2009 23:27)

What is wrong with that? Religion is the opium of the people. Instead of crying foul about the destruction of the Orthodox Churches you should be calling for the destruction all the mosques as well.

You tell us how many mosques were destroyed, Bekim. How would Serbs know?

(Smulan, 21 December 2009 03:16)

Your beloved NATO killed Albanians in Kosovo ask Ehud Olmert, he openly stated this fact 3 years ago. You beloved NATO bombed anything in its sights, it did not care if it was a houses or people. Don’t blame the Serbs.
The Albanians in Kosovo are refugees from the Enver Hoxha regime and not native in that area so your Mosques are relatively new whereas our Churches are hundreds of years old.

good news, but the perpetrators should not believe they will not be held accountable.

justice is patient.

and these criminals will pay for what they have done.
but one thing after the other...

What is everyones deal, this is an article based on a religious sacrament being restored for all those who celebrate. This isnt a pawn for an emotional/political chess game. Something that has been destroyed has been rebuilt. Can someone tell me what gives any of you the audacity to attempt to bring this down ? Besides your ego's.

The dark times of Milosevic with all his monster creatures must be destroyed immediately- what have you been waiting Kosovars???…??
(ben, 21 December 2009 15:24)

Do not forget that many of us internationals here have weapons, and those like me would not hesitate to use them if I saw someone trying to destroy a church. Just so you know...

i just want to make this clear. Simply b/c USA is "backing" k-albos doesnt mean the USA citizens are. Many of us Americans are fully aware of the "behind the curtain" deals that is obviously happening. You think K-Albos have something to offer America. HA!! i truly wonder....

@ Demi

"Ok Jason who are you trying to scare ? Dont play like you are an international. Internationals dosen't have weapons only Kfor do."

-- Ever hear of EULEX?

"Jason is an american name."

-Wow, what an astute observation.

"Do you think I am stupid...?"

-Do you really want me to answer that???

In all honesty, I never disliked an Albanian in my life until I came here to work and got to know many. This is not a blanket condemnation of all Albanians of course, but I daresay I identify with Serbs far more than I do Albanians. Call me what you will.

"In your comments it clearly showes that you are serb trying to make a bad name for the internationals in Kosovo."

-An extremely arrogant and ill-informed statement. If it makes you feel better to delude yourself into thinking no American can dislike you, then have at it. I hate to break it to you though, there are quite a few of us here that do not care for the average Kosovo Albanian. The truth hurts, doesn't it?

As for making internationals look bad, it depends on what side you support. I tend to think that Serbs would be happy to see at least one American who supports international law and does not agree with Western policy in the Balkans.

As for Ment and Ben, I am not making a threat, rather just pointing out a fact. I applaud the few colleagues who used force to defend Serbian cultural sites in the 2004 riots - sadly however, not nearly enough force was used and it is a stain upon the international community.

P.S. All this aside, I am getting pretty good at the Serbian language so maybe one day I can pass for a native speaker. Sadly because I learned a more eastern Slavic tongue first, everyone says I speak with a foreign accent... something about my pronunciations being too soft

Why are you trying to destroy something so old and so valuable and then excuse it as destroying Milosevic built things?
(Peggy, 21 December 2009 23:27)

Peggy I don't know why you bother with these people. ANyone with an inclination of a brain knows that Kosova is a Bantu speaking tribe in Kenya and that Albanians are amongst the last arrivals to the Balkan peninsula.

The dark times of Milosevic with all his monster creatures must be destroyed immediately- what have you been waiting Kosovars???…??
(ben, 21 December 2009 15:24)

I didn't know that Milosevic was a vampire centuries old who built all those centuries old churches and monasteries.

Why are you trying to destroy something so old and so valuable and then excuse it as destroying Milosevic built things?

At least the churches and mosques can allways be rebuild...

(Smulan, 21 December 2009 15:13)

This kind of comment comes from someone who has no appreciation of ancient architecture or art. These destroyed sites, be they monastary/church/mosque cannot be replaced. Following this logic, art by Michelangelo is not important if destroyed because it too can be replaced.

Yes there are many Serbian-American citizens that do not back the US policy, not many outside of that. Also no one outside of the Serbian communities would use the phrase K-Albo's!!
(pss, 22 December 2009 05:02)

Keep crying that only Serbian-Americans could possibly support Serbia in this issue. It only makes you look arrogant and foolish. Anyone who works here has picked up local terminology... so if I say "Kosovo and Metohija" means nothing more than I know the proper name for this PROVINCE. Do you think all the Romanians, Scots, Spanish, and some Brits, Americans and Germans here are all Serbs in disguise too?