Serbia to get another Russian center - this one, in Belgrade

The Spiritual Center of the Russian Orthodox Church will be established in Belgrade, within the Temple of the Holy Trinity, known also as "the Russian Church."

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Serbia to get another Russian center - this one, in Belgrade
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Serbia to get another Russian center - this one, in Belgrade

The plan is to extend the existing building housing the church's offices, and set up the Spiritual Center, that would host spiritual and cultural events of interest to Russians and Serbs, Father Vitaly Tarasyev said.

He explained that religious and Russian language classes would also be held at the premises.

Belgrade City Manager Goran Vesic and Minister Nenad Popovic recently visited the church, Sputnik is reporting. Vesic noted that according to the 1931 census, one in six Belgraders was a Russian - while priest Tarasyev said that the situation now is "not comparable," but that the number of Russians in Serbia and in Belgrade has been growing over the past 20 years.

Currently, about 2,000 people are in contact with the Russian Church, he said.

Serbia already has a Russian Center - the humanitarian one in the southern town of Nis, which has become a bone of contention in the country's relations with the EU and the United States. And while Russia wants that Center's staff to be granted diplomatic status, the West opposes it.

On the other hand, Serbian officials are saying that Serbia, rather than the EU and the US, will be the one to decide on this issue.

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