U Manastiru Visoki De^Ani Rukopolo@En Episkop Lipqanski Teodosije

Godina V, Broj 183-184 maj 2004 ISSN 1451-1266 NEDEQNI PREGLED NAJVA@NIJIH VESTI

U MANASTIRU VISOKI DE^ANI RUKOPOLO@EN EPISKOP LIPQANSKI TEODOSIJE

-U prisustvu vi{e stotina vernika iz cele Srbije i Crne Gore na In the presence of several hundred faithful from throughout Serbia svetoj arhijerejskoj liturgiji koju je danas u manastiru Visoki De~ani and Montenegro, Serbian Patriarch Pavle with 17 hierarchs of the Serbian sluìo patrijarh srpski Pavle sa 17 arhijereja Srpske i Gr~ke and Greek Orthodox Churches served Holy Hierarchal Liturgy at Visoki pravoslavne crkve rukopoloèn je novi episkop lipqanski i vikar Decani Monastery on June 20 (Sunday), consecrating as the new Bishop Eparhije ra{ko-prizrenske Teodosije of Lipljan and auxiliary Bishop of the Diocese of ([ibali}), iguman de~anski. Raska and Prizren, Teodosije (Sibalic), Abbot of - Predajem Ti èzal ovaj da s wim napasa{ Decani Monastery. povereno Ti stado Hristovo. Poslu{nima neka "I give You this scepter to graze the flock of bude za oslonac i ukrepqwe, a neposlu{ne i Christ entrusted to you. May it serve to support nepokorne upu}uj, karawem kroti i vaspitaj u and give strength to the obedient; teach the dis- Hristu Isusu Gospodu - poru~io patrijarh obedient and unruly, tame them by reprimand and Pavle novom episkopu lipqanskom. educate them in Jesus Our Lord Christ," Patriarch U prvoj besedi posle rukopoloèwa Pavle exhorted the new Bishop of Lipljan. vladika Teodisije naglasio je da mu je "najve}a In his first sermon after consecration Bishop ~ast {to ga je Sveti arhijerejski sabor Srpske Teodosije emphasized that "it is the highest honor pravoslavne crkve prizvao da u episkopskom that the Holy Assembly of Bishops of the Serbian ~inu pomaè svom arhijereju na prostoru mno- Orthodox Church has invoked him to assist his gostradalne Eparhije ra{ko-prizrenske i spiritual father in the much-suffering Diocese of kosovsko-metohijske". Raska-Prizren and Kosovo-Metohija as bishop." -Svo moje bi}e vezano je za ove prostore, za "My entire being is connected to this region, to ovaj narod i wegove svetiwe. Na Kosovu i this people and to its holy shrines. In Kosovo and Metohiji svi stradaju, i narod i wegove Metohija all are persecuted, both the people and vekovne svetiwe. Na ovim prostorima ima vi{e its centuries-old shrines. In this region there is tuge i pla~a, nego li radosti i de~ijeg osmeha. more sorrow and tears than joy and children's Ali, ovaj narod koji je oduvek prolazio Hris- smiles. But at the same time this people, passing tovu Golgotu, sa Hristom je i vaskrsavao. Vladike u De~anima through Christ's Golgotha, has been resurrected in Christ. We hope that this time will be no differ- Nadamo se da }e i ovaj put biti tako - rekao je Cjtipqt!jo!Efdboj vladika Teodosije. ent," said Bishop Teodosije. On je poru~io svojim "saìteqima, He called on all his "cohabitants, the po{tenom i ~estitom narodu metohi- honest and honorable people of Metohija jskom i kosovskom" da "olako ne and Kosovo" "not to readily depart from napu{taju svoje vekovne domove i da se their centuries-old homes and renounce ne odri~u ota~kog nasle|a koje mu je u the patrimony of their fathers entrusted to zalog predato". Vladika Teodosije them for safekeeping". Bishop Teodosije posebno se zahvalio italijanski expressed his special thanks to Italian vojnicima KFOR-a koji poput KFOR, "the good Samaritan" keeping ''milostivog Samarjanina'', danono}no watch over Visoki Decani Monastery ~uvaju i brinu o manastiru Visoki around the clock. De~ani. "We also wish to thank our neighbors -Hvala i onima susedima na{im sa (Kosovo Albanians) with whom we share kojima delimo ovo par~e zemqe pod this piece of land under heaven. This holy nebom. Ova svetiwa i weni ìteqi shrine and its inhabitants have always uvek su im ~inili dobro. Neki su na to served them well. Some returned the uzvra}ali dobrom, a neki nisu. Daj favor in kind; others did not. May God grant that some of them exist even today. Boè, da ih ima i danas. Verujem da ih I believe that there are those who do not ima, koji ne odobravaju ovo zlo koje se condone this evil perpetrated against our ~ini svetiwama i narodu na{em. Neka holy shrines and people. May God be bi Bog bio svima milostiv, ali ujedno i merciful toward all but, at the same time, pravi~an. I ovog puta àlim qud- Patrijarh Pavle sa novoizabranim Episkopom Lipqanskim Teodosijem may He be just. Yet again I regret with a skim srcem, a posebno sada episkop- human heart and especially now with the skim, arhijerejskim srcem, svaku qud- Qbusjbsdi!Qbwmf!xjui!ofxmz!fmfdufe!Cjtipq!Ufpeptjkf!pg!Mjqmkbo heart of a Bishop every human tear, every 2 KOSOVO I METOHIJA KOSOVO AND METOHIIJA sku suzu, svaku qudsku `rtvu, human victim, every drop of blood svaku kap krvi prolivene; svako that has been spilled; every human qudsko bi}e postradalo, a koje being who perished, despite being je stvoreno za ìvot. created to live. Poru~ujem svima, nemojmo "My message to all is this: let us ostajati na zlu kojega je, not stop with the evil that tragically naàlost, i bilo, a i sada ga je transpired and still remains a part of dosta u qudskoj istoriji. Gleda- human history. Let us look forward, jmo napred, prvo na Boga koji je first at God who is more powerful than ja~i od svakoga zla, ''jer Bog je every evil for 'God is love.' He calls us qubav''. On nas poziva na ve~ni to an eternal assembly of together- sabor zajedni{tva, a ne na izo- ness, not to isolation, separatism or lacije, separatizam i zatvarawa autism. Let us all be what this holy u sebe. Budimo svi ono {to je shrine has always been - open to all, oduvek ova svetiwa bila - prema bearing no hatred toward others, per- svima otvoreni, bez mr`we secuting no one," emphasized Bishop prema drugome, bez progawawa Teodosije. drugoga - naglasio vladika Teo- "Today, more than ever before, dosije. Decani Monastery is important for the - De~ani su danas, vi{e nego survival of the Serbs both in this ikada ranije, zna~ajni za region and for those who living opstanak srpskoga bi}a, kako na abroad all across God's Earth. St. ovim prostorima, tako i za sve Stefan built part of himself into Decani one koji su u rasejawu i ìve po and breathed some of heaven into celom Boìjem svetu. Sveti the monastery," said Bishop Teodosi- Kraq je sobom izgradio i u wih je after the consecration, emphasiz- udahnuo deo neba - rekao vladi- ing that "all the sublimity and great- ka Teodosije posle ness of episcopal dignity lies in ser- rukopoloèwa i naglasio da je vice, in sharing in love the suffering of je "sva uzvi{enost i veli~ina one's flock and in zeal for the salva- episkopskog dostojanstva u tion of the souls of God's people sluèwu, sastradavawu u entrusted to him". qubavi svojoj pastvi i revno{}u Thanks to strong and well orga- za spasewe du{a poverenog mu nized KFOR escorts Serbs from all naroda Boìjeg". parts of Kosovo and Metohija arrived Zahvaqu}i pratwama KFOR in Visoki Decani, claiming that the u Visoke De~ane na atmosphere at the monastery yester- rukopoloèwe novog vladike Sa nare~ewa novoizabranog episkopa lipqanskog Teodosija day was especially festive. The buses stigli su Srbi iz delova Kosova Gspn!dpotfdsbujpo!pg!ofxmz!fmfdufe!Cjtipq!Ufpeptjkf!pg!Mjqmkbo with the guests from Serbia and Mon- i Metohije, koji su tvrdili da je tenegro were additionally escorted by ju~era{wi dan u ovoj svetiwi bio helicopters. In addition to a large posebno sve~an. Rukopoloèwu vladike Tedosija, pored velikog number of the faithful, Serbian minister of education and sports Ljiljana broja vernika, prisustvovali su i Qiqana ôli} i Vojislav Vuk~evi}, Colic, Serbian minister for the emigrant community Vojislav Vukcevic, ministri prosvete i sporta i dijaspore u Vladi Srbije, Rada Tra- Return Coalition deputies and members of the Serbian National Council jkovi} i Ran|el Nojki}, poslanici Koalicije Povratak i ~lanovi Srp- of Kosovo and Metohija Rada Trajkovic and Randjel Nojkic, representa- skog nacionalnog ve}a Kosova i Metohije, predstavnici KFOR i tives of KFOR and the international community in Kosovo and Metohija, me|unarodne zajednice na Kosovu i Metohiji, mona{tvo i the monks and clergy of the Archbishopric of Belgrade and Karlovci, the svesten{tvo Arhiepiskopije beogradsko-karlova~ke, Mitropolije Metropolitanate of Montenegro and the Littoral and the Dioceses of Raska crnogorsko-primorske, eparhija: Ra{ko-prizrenske, Zahumsko-herce- and Prizren, Zahumlje and Herzegovina, and Zica all attended. gova~ke i @i~ke. Representatives of the U.S., British, French and Italian offices in Sve~anoj liturgiji i ru~ku prisustvovali su predstavnici Pristina also attended Holy Liturgy and the luncheon, as did the com- ameri~ke, britanske, francuske i italijanske kancelarije u mander of Italian and German military forces, general Danilo Errico and Pri{tini kao i komandant italijasnko-nema~kih vojnih snaga general his officers. Representing the UNMIK chief was Johannes Regenbrecht, Eriko Danilo (Errico the deputy chief of the Danilo) sa svojim ofi- UNMIK police section, cirima. [efa UNMIK-a who with carefully cho- predstavqao je sen words congratulat- gospodin Johanes Regen- ed the Bishop of Lipljan breht (Johanes Regen- on his consecration on brecht), zamenik {efa behalf of the UN Mis- politi~kog odseka sion. Regional and local UNMIK-a, koji je biran- UNMIK representatives im re~ima u ime Misije also attended the cere- UN ~estitao rukopo- mony. loèwe Episkopu The newly conse- Lipqanskom. crated Bishop of Lipljan Novorukopoloèni will perform the duties of episkop Lipqanski an auxiliary (vicar) bish- obavqa}e du`nost op of the Diocese of vikarnog episkopa Raska-Prizren and Eparhije ra{ko- Kosovo-Metohija and prizrenske i kosovsko- will be seated in Visoki metohijske i ima}e Decani Monastery sedi{te u manastiru where, in addition to his Visoki De~ani gde }e episcopal duties, he will pored svojih episkop- continue serving as Abbot of Decani skih obaveza i daqe Sa nare~ewa novoizabranog episkopa lipqanskog Teodosija obavqati du`nost nas- Monastery. Gspn!dpotfdsbujpo!pg!ofxmz!fmfdufe!Cjtipq!Ufpeptjkf!pg!Mjqmkbo 3 tojateqa manastira. KOSOVO I METOHIJA KOSOVO AND METOHIIJA BESEDA VLADIKE TEODOSIJA TFSNPO!PG!CJIPQ!UFPEPTJKF

Va{a Svetosti, Va{a Visokopreosve{tenstva, bra}o Arhijereji, Your Holiness, Your Eminences, brother Hierarchs, ladies and gentle- uvaèna Gospodo, bra}o i sestre, men, brothers and sisters, Neka je blagosloven Bog u Trojici slavqeni, predve~ni Otac, May the Lord celebrated in Three Persons be blessed: the pre-eternal jedinorodni Sin Wegov i Duh Sveti Ute{iteq. Neka je blagosloveno Father, His consubstantial Son and the consoling Holy Spirit. May His ime Wegovo, neka je blagosloven promisao Wegov, neka je blagoslove- name be blessed, may His providence be blessed, may His love be na qubav Wegova. blessed. Po~iwem ove re~ svoga obra}awa, blagosiqawem Boga, ìvoga i I begin these words of my address by blessing the living and true Lord istinitoga, jer je to, od svega najva`nije; da uvek Boga prizivamo u because the most important thing of all is precisely this: that we always molitvama svojim, da uvek Bogu blagodarimo za sve {to nam daje i da call upon the Lord in our prayers, that we always thank the Lord for all He s Bogom zapo~iwemo sve {to ~inimo u ovom ìvotu. gives us and that we begin all we do in this life with the Lord. Blagodarim Bogu, na prvom mestu, {to me je I thank the Lord, first of all, for creating me BIOGRAFIJA CJTIPQ!UFPEPTJKF(T EPISKOPA CJPHSBQIZ TEODOSIJA The newly consecrated Bishop Teodosi- je (Theodosios) of Lipljan, was born Zivko Novorukopoloèni episkop lipqans- Sibalic (1963) in Cacak. Upon completing his ki Taodosije, svetovno @ivko [ibali} elementary and secondary school studies in (1963) rodom je iz â~ka. Posle zavr{ene Gorjani and Uzice, he studied theology at the osnovne i sredwe {kole u Gorjanima i Theological Faculty in Belgrade, graduating Uìcu, studije na Bogoslovskom fakulte- while at Decani Monastery. He began his tu u Beogradu zavr{io iz manastira Viso- monastic life in Crna Reka Monastery under ki De~ani. Monaski ìvot zapo~eo je u the spiritual guidance of then Abbot Artemije manastiru Crna Reka, pod duhovnim (Radosavljevic), now Bishop of Raska- rukovodstvom tada{weg igumana Artemija Prizren and Kosovo-Metohija. He took his (Radosavqevi}a), sada{weg episkopa monastic vows in 1989 and appointed Abbot ra{ko-prizrenskog i kosovsko-metohi- of Decani three years later upon the restora- jskog. Zamona{io se 1989, a za igumana tion of monastic communal life (coenobitism) de~anskog imenovan je tri godine kasnije, in the endowment shrine of the Holy King, St. kada je u zadu`bini svetog kraqa Ste- Stefan of Decani. He was elected Bishop of fana De~anskog obnovqeno op{teì}e. Lipljan and Vicar of the Diocese of Raska Za episkopa lipqanskog i vikara Eparhi- and Prizren at this year's May session of the je ra{ko-prizrenske izabran je na ovoogo- Holy Assembly of Bishops of the Serbian di{wem majskom zasedawu Svetog arhi- Orthodox Church. Bishop Teodosije's see jerejskog sabora SPC. Sedi{te vladike will be at Visoki Decani, currently the largest Teodosija bi}e u Visokim De~anima koji su male monastery of the Serbian Orthodox trenutno, sa 30 monaha i isku{enika, Church, number 30 monks and novices najve}i mu{ki manastir u SPC. Episkop lipqanski Teodosije Cjtipq!Ufpeptjkf!pg!Mjqmkbo today. u Svom predve~nom promislu, stvorio i uveo u bi}e; {to mi je podario and giving me being in His pre-eternal providence; for giving me life and ìvot, a pogotovu - {to me je uveo u novi ìvot - u Crkvi svojoj - Sve- especially, for initiating me in a new life - in His Church - Holy, Apostolic toj, Apostolskoj i Pravoslavnoj. and Orthodox. Danas, imam jo{ ve}i razlog za blagosiqawe i blagodarewe Bogu, Today I have even more reason to bless and thank the Lord that Your {to me je Va{a Svetosti, preko Vas i otaca Arhijereja, koji ste Hris- Holiness and the Fathers of the Church, who are Christ's desciples and tovi u~enici i Apostolski naslednici, uveo u blagodat i slu`bu the heirs of the Apostles, have initiated me in the blessing and service of episkopstva. the bishop's office. To je blagodat i slu`ba samoga Gospoda Hrista, koji je po re~ima This is the blessing and service of Christ the Lord Himself who is, in svetoga Apostola ''episkop i ~uvar du{a na{ih'' (1 Petr. 2, 25). On je the words of the holy Apostle, "the Shepherd and Guardian of your souls" Pastir i Arhipastir Crkve Svoje svete; pa je i mene danas, preko Sve- (1 Peter 2:25). He is the Pastor and Archpastor of His Holy Church; con- tog Arhijerejskog Sabora i va{ih bogoblagodatnih ruku, bra}o Arhi- sequently, through the Holy Assembly of Bishops and your divinely jereji, uveo u ~in, uveo u blagodat i slu`bu arhipastira Crkve blessed hands, brother Hierarchs, He has also initiated me into office, ini- Wegove. tiated me into the blessing and service of the protopastors of His Church. Biti episkop Crkve Hristove, to zna~i na prvom mestu, biti To be a bishop of the Church of Christ means first and foremost to be sluìteq - jer ''Sin ôve~iji nije do{ao da Mu sluè, nego da sluì a servant - "even as the Son of man came not to be served but to serve, i dade ìvot Svoj u otkup za mnoge'' (Mt. 20, 28); sluìti Bogu and to give his life as a ransom for many" (Matthew 20:28); to serve God vi{wemu, i bli`wima u kojima obitava i ìvi sam Hristos, naro~ito Almighty and those close by in whom Christ himself lives and resides, u ''najmawoj bra}i Wegovoj'' (Mt. 25, 40), kojima je On i obe}ao Carstvo especially in "the least of these my brethren" (Matthew 25:40) to whom He Svoje nebesko. promised His Heavenly Kingdom. U ovom privremenom, zemaqskom ìvotu, nemamo ni~ega {to bi In this transient, earthly life, we have nothing higher than pastoral ser- bilo iznad pastirskog sluèwa, jer je ono posve}eno najve}em i vice for it is dedicated to the greatest and highest act, which is the salva- najuzvi{enijem delu, a to je, spasewe du{a qudskih. Istinski pastir, tion of human souls. A true pastor, a true bishop of God's Church must istinski episkop Crkve Boìje, treba da brine za slovesno stado take care of the flock entrusted him by "the great shepherd" (Hebrews povereno mu od ''Velikog Pastira'' (Jev. 13, 20) Gospoda Isusa Hrista i 13:20) Jesus Our Lord Christ and do so for every soul individually. to za svaku du{u pojedina~no. The Lord speaks to us and calls on us through his prophet Ezekiel: I Gospod nam govori i poru~uje preko svoga proroka Jezekiqa: ''Ja myself will be the shepherd of my sheep, and I will make them lie down... }u pasti stado svoje, i ja }u ih odmarati. Traì}u izgubqenu, i I will seek the lost, and I will bring back the strayed, and I will bind up the dove{}u natrag odagnanu, i rawenu }u zaviti i bolesnu okrijepiti; a crippled, and I will strengthen the weak, and the fat and the strong I will tovnu }u i jaku potrti, pa{}u ih po pravdi'' (Jez. 34, 15-16). watch over; I will feed them in justice. (Ezekiel 34:15-16). Sva uzvi{enost i veli~ina episkopskog dostojanstva sastoji se All the sublimity and greatness of episcopal dignity lies precisely in upravo u sluèwu. Istinski episkop treba svakodnevno da sastrada- service. A true bishop must share daily in love the suffering of one's flock va u qubavi svojoj prema pastvi i da neprekidno gori svetom and to burn continuously with holy zeal for the salvation of the souls of revno{}u za spasewe du{a poverenog mu naroda Boìjeg; da God's people entrusted to him; to strive continuously toward their spiritual renewal so that all may achieve spiritual perfection - "to the measure of 4 KOSOVO I METOHIJA KOSOVO AND METOHIIJA neprestano stremi ka the stature of the full- wihovom duhovnom ness of Christ" (Eph- preporodu, kako bi esians 4:13). svi dostigli u Thus I am well duhovno savr{enstvo aware, Your Holiness - ''u meru rasta puno}e and brother Hierarchs, Hristove'' (Ef. 4, 13). that the Lord has also Stoga sam i ja called me, as He once danas svestan, Va{a called his His Patri- Svetosti i bra}o archs, His Prophets, Arhijereji, da je i His Apostles and His mene Gospod, kao Bishops to the cross, nekada svoje Proroke, that he has invited me svoje on the path to Golgo- Prvosve{tenike, tha. But I also know svoje Apostole i Arhi- that this is the only jereje, upravo pozvao path that leads to res- na krst, pozvao na gol- urrection, and that only gotski put svoj. Ali, by the Cross can we znam, isto tako, da triumph over all that samo taj put vodi u obstructs our eternal vaskrsewe, i da se life. Hence I now need samo kroz Krst more than ever before dolazi do pobede nad your prayers and your svim onim {to je paternal advice with- prepreka na{em out which I would not ve~nom ìvotu. Zato be able to carry this su mi sada, vi{e nego burden and all the ikada ranije, potreb- Vernici sa Kosova i Metohije na hirotoniji u De~anima responsibilities you ne Va{e molitve i Gbjuigvm!qfpqmf!gspn!Lptpwp!boe!Nfupijb!evsjoh!dpotfdsbujpo!jo!Efdboj have entrusted to me. I Va{i o~inski saveti, bez kojih ne bih mogao da nosim ovo breme i ove obaveze koje ste mi poverili. Ne oslawam se na svoje snage, koliko na Boìju pomo} i Va{e svete molitve. Neizmerno sam blagodaran Bogu, {to pripadam narodu u kome sam ro|en, u kome sam kr{ten i evo danas hirotonisan. Srpski narod je, kao i svaki drugi - Boìji narod; narod koji je i{ao i koji ide Hris- tovim putem. Sre}an sam da mi je Gospod dao da mogu da mu sluìm u ovom uzvi{enom dostojanstvu, onako kao {to su mu sluìli i sveti preci na{i, sveti praoci na{i - od Sv. ]irila i Metodija, preko Sve- toga Save i ostalih svetiteqa, sve do svetoga Kraqa, ktitora ove svete obiteqi u ~ijem hramu, ja nedostojni i najmawi me|u sluìte- qima Hristovim, primih ovaj zalog Duha Svetoga. To je jo{ jedan veliki razlog za moje blagodarewe Bogu; {to sam upravo u ovom svetom manastiru, zadu`bini Kraqa - mu~enika, Visokim De~anima, doìveo ovu najve}u blagodat. De~ani su danas, vi{e nego ikada ranije, zna~ajni za opstanak srpskoga bi}a, kako na ovim prostorima, tako i za sve one koji su u rasejawu i ìve po celom Boìjem svetu. Sveti Kraq je sobom izgradio i u wih udah-nuo deo neba. Iz tog razloga oni sve do danas nepokolebivo stoje odolevaju}i svakoj stihiji zemaqskoj i nas uzvode}i nebu i prvoliku Hristu, ~ine}i nas blagodatno neosetqivim, za sve opasnosti koje nas okruùju. do not rely so much on my own strength as on the help of the Lord and Svestan sam u kakvo vreme sam postao episkop; svestan sam i u your holy prayers. kakvim okolnostima; svestan sam i svih te{ko}a i opasnosti koje me I am immeasurably grateful to the Lord that I belong to the people in o~ekuju. Ali, nisam sam i nismo sami. ''Evo ja sam s vama u sve dane do which I was born, in which I was baptized and in which I was consecrat- svr{etka veka'' (Mt. 28, 20), to je rekao Gospod Hristos i poslao nam ed today. The Serbian people, like every other people, is a people of God; Duha svoga Ute{iteqa, i to se delo nastavqa sve do danas. Gospod- a people that has followed and is following Christ's path. I am happy that we je prisustvo, Gospodwe je delo, od Gospoda je svaki uspeh. A, mi the Lord has given me the opportunity of serving him in this high office as smo samo u tome saradnici Boìji, kako ~esto ponavqa na{ Sveti our holy forefathers served Him; our Holy Fathers, from Sts. Cyril and Patrijarh, ovde sada prisutan. Methodius to St. Sava and the other saints to the Holy King and patron of Hvala Vam, Va{a Svetosti, hvala Vama oci Arhijereji. Hvala, {to this holy family in whose holy shrine I, unworthy and the least among the ste i ovaj put potvrdili da je Va{e srce i da je Va{a du{a upravo servants of Christ, accepted this pledge to the Holy Spirit. ovde na Kosovu i Metohiji. Va{im dolaskom, Va{om `rtvom, Va{om This is yet another important reason for my giving thanks to God; that neizmernom qubavqu potvrdili ste svoje opredeqewe i dali ste it is in this very holy monastery, the endowment of a king and martyr, Viso- nama primer, da i mi danas, sve do smrti i krvi sluìmo ovom mestu; ki Decani, that I experienced this greatest of blessings. Today, more than da zajedno sa na{im mnogonapa}enim i mnogostradalnim narodom, ever before, Decani is important for the survival of the Serbs both in this opstanemo na ovim prostorima. region and for those who living abroad all across God's Earth. St. Stefan Hvala mojim ~estitim i skromnim roditeqima, ocu Milanu i majci built part of himself into Decani and breathed some of heaven into the Biqani - sada u mona{tvu monahiwi Marti, {to su me rodili i vaspi- monastery. For that reason it still stands today, firmly resolute and resis- tali u skromnosti i po{tewu. Blagodarim Bogu za majku, koja me je ne tant to every earthly catastrophe and leading us to the heavens and pro- samo telesno rodila, nego me je i duhovno uputila da svim svojim totype Christ, making us blessedly unsusceptible to all dangers that sur- bi}em stremim i sluìm @ivome Bogu; koja se danas i ponajvi{e radu- round us. je ovom uzvi{enom ~inu. Ona je danas ovde sa nama u mona{kom liku i I am aware of the sort of time in which I have become a bishop; I am obrazu, prinev{i Bogu sve {to je imala, pa i samu sebe, gledaju}i also aware under what circumstances; I am aware of all the difficulties and samo na Gospoda, koji je i obe}ao ''da je takvih Carstvo nebesko'' (Mt. dangers that await me. But I am not alone and we are not alone. "Lo, I am 19, 14). with you always, to the close of the age" (Matthew 28:20) said Christ the Hvala i svim mojim u~iteqima koji su me strahu Boìjem u~ili i Lord and sent the Holy Spirit to console us and that act continues to the 5 KOSOVO I METOHIJA - DANI POGROMA KOSOVO AND METOHIIJA - POGROM DAYS ovom putu vodili; na prvom mestu ocu Dmitru, parohu poè{ke crkve, present day. The Lord's is the presence, the Lord's is the act, from the koji mi je bio i prvi verou~iteq, primiv{i me i u~iv{i azbuci Lord comes every success. And in this all we are but associates of the duhovnog i crkvenog ìvota. Neizmerno blagodarim Bogu, {to me je u Lord, as our Holy Patriarch, who is present here with us, frequently says. pravo vreme uputio na Bogoslovski fakultet, gde sam sreo najve}e bogoslove i u~iteqe na{e Crkve u liku svojih otaca i profesora, koji su danas ovde i prisutni. Oni su mi na najboqi na~in udahnuli duh bogoslovqa i nau~ili me da je Crkva Boìja - ìva Crkva, i da se samo kroz wu i u woj moèmo spasti; da se samo kroz Svetu Liturgiju otkriva kona~ni smisao ìvqewa, kako ovde na zemqi, tako i u ve~nosti; da se samo verom moè istinski ìveti i delima svoja vera potvr|ivati. Blagodarim i Wegovoj Svetosti, Patrijarhu na{em gospodinu Pavlu, tada{wem episkopu ra{ko-prizrenskome, {to je imao o~insko razumevawe za moj izbor da se posvetim mona{kom pozivu i da budem monah u wegovoj eparhiji; koji me je zamona{io u malenom, ali za mene mnogo zna~ajnom crnore~kom manastiru, koji }e kasnije postati pravi rasadnik mu{kog mona{tva u celoj eparhiji; koji me je rukopoloìo u prvi stepen sve{tenstva, dav{i mi |akonski ~in u sabornoj crkvi Svetog Velikomu~enika Georgija u Prizrenu, a koja je danas poru{ena od strane neprijateqa i vi{e se u woj ne sluì. A najve}u blagodarnost odajem duhovnom ocu i vladici svome - Artemiju, koji mi je u ìvotu bio sve; i roditeq, i u~iteq, i duhovni rukovoditeq na tesnom i uskom putu Hristovom (up. Mt. 7, 14); koji me je pa`qivo i strpqivo uzvodio na lestvici duhovnog ìvota - od isku{enika, preko mona{kog do igumanskog sluèwa, pa sve do danas, kada sam primio najve}u blagodat ovde na zemqi - blagodat Sve~anost je okupila vernike iz svih delova zemqe episkopskog sluèwa. Pored svega velikog i uzvi{enog {to mi je Dpotfdsbujpo!hbuifsfe!uif!gbjuigvmt!gspn!bmm!qbsut!pg!dpvousz predao, od svega isti~em to, {to me je nau~io i nazidao na temequ o~inskog blagoslova svetog starca Ave Justina ]elijskog; {to me je Thank you, Your Holiness; thank you, Hierarchal Fathers. Thank you nau~io kako se istinski Bogu sluì celim svojim bi}em u smirewu i for once again confirming that your heart and your soul is right here in potpunoj predanosti voqi Wegovoj svetoj. Kosovo and Metohija. By your arrival, your sacrifice, your endless love Sa punim poverewem uzveo me je u zvawe igumana ove svete obite- you have confirmed your choice and given us an example so that we qi, tada mladog i u svemu neiskusnog, ali nikada me ne ostavqaju}i today may serve in this place to death and blood; that we may survive samog, bez svoje pomo}i i za{tite. Blagoslov wegov uvek me je pratio together with our much-suffering and much-persecuted people in this i {titio, naro~ito u ove posledwe i najteè dane, kada smo svi region. pro{li, a i sada prolazimo Hristovu Golgotu, stradaju}i i bivaju}i Thanks to my honorable and modest parents, my father Milan and u opasnostima svakodnevnim. Poverio mi je bratiju, sa kojom sam mother Biljana - now Sister Marta, a nun - for bearing me and educating po~eo podvig i ìvot u ovoj svetoj obiteqi, a koja se wegovim molit- me in modesty and honest. I thank God for my mother, who not only phys- vama umnoìla u mnogorodno drvo, na ~ije grane danas mnogi dolaze i ically gave birth to me but spiritually directed me to strive and to serve the hrane se wenim slatkim duhovnim plodovima. Living Lord with all my being; who is today made happiest of all by this dis- Mojoj bratiji de~anskoj, koja mi je od svih najblià i najdraà, tinct honor. She is here with us today as nun, having offered to the Lord neka je hvala na svemu, jer ose}am da bez wih ni ja danas ne bih pos- all that she had and ultimately herself, seeing only the Lord who promised tojao na ovom svetom mestu. Ovog puta od svih wih traìm opro{taj, that "to such belongs the kingdom of heaven" (Matthew 19:14). ako sam nekada nekoga povredio i ako ga nisam na pravi na~in Thanks also to all my teachers who taught me to fear God and led me razumeo ili prihvatio, a molim se Gospodu i Svetom Kraqu da nas do kraja na{eg zemnog podviga sve sa~uva objediwenim, slo`nim i nepokolebqivim. A Svetom Kraqu, osniva~u ove svete obiteqi, najve}a blagodarnost od mene i od sve bratije, na prvom mestu {to nas je izabrao i prizvao da mu sluìmo, {to nas je u sve dane te{ke i tegobne ~uvao i sa~uvao, daju}i nam nadu i radost, vode}i nas ka ve~nom nebeskom ciqu - Carstvu Boìjem. Od Svetog Arhijerejskog Sabora Srpske Pravoslavne Crkve, prizvan sam da u episkopskom ~inu pomaèm svome arhijereju na prostoru mnogostradalne Eparhije ra{ko-prizrenske i kosovsko-metohijske. To mi je i najve}a ~ast koju sam mogao dobiti jer je svo moje bi}e vezano za ove prostore, za ovaj narod i wegove svetiwe. Na Kosovu i Metohiji svi stradaju, i narod i wegove vekovne svetiwe. Na ovim prostorima ima vi{e tuge i pla~a, nego li radosti i de~ijeg osmeha. Ali ovaj narod, koji je oduvek prolazio Hristovu Golgotu, sa Hristom je i vaskrsavao. Nadamo se da }e i ovaj put biti tako. Zato je ovo sveta zemqa, ovo je srpski Jerusalim koji je osve}en Boìjim imenom, idewem Boìjim putem, ìvqewem radi Boga i sluèwem Bogu, sve do `rtve i stradawa za Wega. Ovog puta i sa ovog mesta poru~ujem svim svojim saìteqima, po{tenom i ~estitom narodu metohijskom i kosovskom - nemojmo posustati i nemojmo se pokole- Sveta liturgija u De~anima bati na svom putu ka ve~nom ciqu, ka ve~nom ìvotu. Gospod koji nas Uif!ipmz!Mjuvshz!jo!Efdboj je i prizvao na ovaj put, On }e nas sa~uvati i izbaviti kada to bude trebalo, ali da mi budemo uvek blizu Wega, u Wega verujemo i u Wemu se nadamo. Zato, nemojmo olako napu{tati svoje vekovne domove i toward this path; first and foremost, Father Dmitar, the parish priest of the odricati se ota~kog nasle|a koje nam je u zalog predato. church in Pozega, who was my first religious instructor, receiving me and U ovom trenutku se}am se ne samo ìvih na zemqi, nego i onih teaching me the alphabet of spiritual and church life. I am endlessly grate- ìvih na nebu, koji su napustili ovaj zemaqski ìvot; bilo pre- ful to the Lord for directing me to the Theological Faculty at the right time, minulih, bilo prisilno odaslanih odavde - ubistvima, klawima, where I met the greatest theologians and teachers of our Church among mu~ewima. Takav je pre svih otac Gavrilo - arhi|akon, sabrat na{; my fathers and professors, who are also present here today. They takav je i Hariton - monah, tako|e sabrat na{; takav je i Stefan breathed the spirit of theology into me in the best possible fashion and jeromonah; takva su i deca iz Gorazdevca, iz Pe}i; takav je i novo- taught me that the Church of God is a Living Church and that only through postradali Dimitrije gra~ani~ki - svi oni mu~eni i pobijeni Hrista it and in it can we gain salvation; that only through the Divine Liturgy is the 6 KOSOVO I METOHIJA KOSOVO AND METOHIIJA ultimate purpose of life revealed, both here on earth and in eternity; that only with faith can one truly leave and reaffirm one's faith by action. Novomu~enici iz 1999. godine - otac I also thank His Holiness, Our Patriarch Pavle, then Bishop of Raska Hariton i otac Stefan and Prizren, for his fatherly understanding of my decision to dedicate Uif!ofx!nbsuzst!gspn!2:::/!.!Gbuifs!Dibsj. myself to the monastic calling and to be a monk in his diocese; who ton- upo!boe!Gbuifs!/!Tufqibo sured me in the small but for me very important Crna Reka Monastery, which later became a monastic center for this entire Diocese; who ordained me to the first level of the priesthood, elevating me the office of radi i imena srpskoga radi. Wihovom nevinom krvqu Gospod iskupqu- deacon in the Cathedral of St. George the Great-martyr in Prizren, which je rod srpski od svih wegovih zabluda, lutawa i gre{aka, po~iwenim u istoriji sve do danas. Posebno bih se ose}ao neiskrenim, ako ne bih ovde pred svima Vama, pomenuo i ''milostivog Samarjanina'', ovog puta u liku italijan- skih vojnika, koji nas danono}no ~uvaju i o nama brinu i bez ~ije za{tite i pomo}i mi danas ovde u ovim uslovima ne bismo mogli da opstanemo. Mi se wima ne moèmo ni~im oduìti, do molitvom Sve- tom Kraqu da im on uzvrati za sva wihova dobra koja su u~inili wegovoj svetiwi. Hvala i onima susedima na{im sa kojima delimo ovo par~e zemqe pod nebom. Ova svetiwa i weni ìteqi uvek su im }inili dobro. Neki su na to uzvra}ali dobrom, a neki nisu. Daj Boè, da ih ima i danas, i verujem da ih ima, koji ne odobravaju ovo zlo koje se ~ini svetiwama na{im, koje se ~ini narodu na{em. Neka bi Bog bio svima milostiv, ali ujedno i pravi~an. I ovog puta àlim qudskim srcem, a posebno sada episkopskim, arhijerejskim srcem, svaku qudsku suzu, svaku qudsku `rtvu, svaku kap krvi prolivene; svako qudsko bi}e postradalo, a koje je stvoreno za ìvot. I zato, poru~ujem svima, nemojmo ostajati na zlu kojega je, naàlost, i bilo, a i sada ga je dosta u qudskoj istoriji. Gledajmo napred, prvo na Boga koji je ja~i od svakoga zla, koji je svetliji od svakoga mraka, i koji je qubavqu obilniji od svake mr`we, ''jer Bog je qubav'' (1 Jov. 8, 4). On nas poziva na ve~ni sabor Patrijarh i vladike tokom rukoploèwa zajedni{tva, a ne izolacije, separatizma i zatvarawa u sebe. [iroko Qbusjbsdi!boe!Cjtipqt!evsjoh!dpotfdsbujpo srce nam je dao, ve}e od vaseqene i {ire od kosmosa. I zato, budimo svi ono {to je oduvek ova svetiwa bila - prema svima otvoreni, bez today lies in ruins at the hands of the enemy and where services are no mr`we prema drugome, bez progawawa drugoga. longer held. Va{oj qubavi, svima ovde prisutnim arhijerejima, bra}i i sestra- And the greatest thanks of all I give to my spiritual father and bishop, ma, naro~ito onima koji su izdaleka do{li; predstavnicima dràve Artemije, who has been everything in my life: my parent, my teacher, my i vlasti, kojima su ova vrata uvek bila otvorena sa èqom da i srca spiritual leader on the narrow and hard path of Christ (cit. Matthew 7:14); wihova budu otvorena za ovaj mnogostradalni narod; prose}i od svih who carefully and patiently led me through the states of spiritual life - from Vas opro{taj i molitve, èlim svaki Boìji blagoslov, blagodat novice to monk to the office of abbot to the present day when I received Svetoga Duha, a Gospodu na{em koji je proslavqen zajedno sa Svojim the greatest blessing here on earth - the blessing of the bishop's service. Ocem i Duhom Svetim, neka je slava, ~ast i poklowewe, sada i uvek i In addition to all the great and sublime things in which he has instructed u vekove vekova. Amin! me above all I stress that he has taught and built me on the foundation of the paternal blessing of the holy elder Avva Justin of Celije; that he has taught me how to truly serve the Lord with all my being, calmly and com- pletely submitting to His Holy Will. EPISKOPSKO ISPOVEDAWE VERE With full confidence he initiated me, then young and inexperienced in (Slede}e ispovedawe vere pro~itao je Episkop Teodosije uo~i all things, to the abbot's office of this holy family at the same time never svog rukopoloèwa. U ispovedawu vere izlaù se osnovne istine leaving me alone without his help and protection. His blessing always Pravoslavne Crkve koje je svaki pravoslavni episkop duàn da accompanied and protected me, especially during these most recent and po{tuje i propoveda) most difficult times through which we all passed and still are passing on the way to Christ's Golgotha, suffering and confronted with dangers every SIMVOL VERE day. He entrusted me with the brotherhood with whom I began my endeavors and life in this holy family, which through his prayers has Verujem u jednoga Boga Oca, Svedrìteqa, Tvorca neba i zemqe i svega vidqivog i nevidqivog. increased into a richly bearing fruit whose branches today are visited by I u jednoga Gospoda Isusa Hrista, Sina Boìjeg, Jedi- many who feed on its sweet spiritual fruits. norodnog, od Oca ro|enog pre svih vekova, Svetlost od Svet- To my Decani brothers who are closest and dearest to me, thanks for losti, Boga istinitog od Boga istinitog, ro|enog, ne everything for I feel that without them I would not exist either today in this stvorenog, jednosu{tnog Ocu, kroz Koga je sve postalo; holy place. I beseech their forgiveness at this time if I have ever harmed Koji je radi nas qudi i radi na{eg spasewa si{ao s nebe- them or failed to understand or accept them in the proper fashion and I sa, i ovaplotio se od Duha Svetoga i Marije Djeve, i postao pray to the Lord and to the Holy King that protect us all in unity, harmony ~ovek; and steadfastness to the end of our earthly endeavor. I Koji je raspet za nas u vreme Pontija Pilata, i stradao And to the Holy King, the founder of this Holy Family, I give the great- i pogreben; est thanks in my own name and the name of all the brotherhood; first and I Koji je vaskrsao u tre}i dan, po Pismu; foremost, for selecting and calling upon us to serve him, for protecting and I Koji se uzneo na nebesa i sedi s desne strane Oca; preserving us through days of hardship and difficulty, for giving us hope I Koji }e opet do}i sa slavom, da sudi ìvima i mrtvima, and joy, and leading us toward the eternal heavenly goal - the Kingdom of Wegovom Carstvu ne}e biti kraja. Heaven. I u Duha Svetoga, Gospoda, @ivotvornoga, Koji od Oca I have been called upon by the Holy Assembly of the Serbian Ortho- ishodi, Koji se zajedno sa Ocem i Sinom po{tuje i slavi, dox Church to help my spiritual father as bishop in the region of the much- Koji je govorio kroz proroke. suffering Diocese of Raska-Prizren and Kosovo-Metohija. This is the high- U jednu, svetu, sabornu i apostolsku Crkvu. est honor I could have received for my entire being is connected to this Ispovedam jedno kr{tewe za otpu{tewe grehova. êkam vaskrsewe mrtvih. region, to this people and to its holy shrines. In Kosovo and Metohija all I ìvot budu}eg veka. are persecuted, both the people and its centuries-old shrines. In this region there is more sorrow and tears than joy and children's smiles. But Amin. at the same time this people, passing through Christ's Golgotha, has been resurrected in Christ. We hope that this time will be no different. 7 KOSOVO I METOHIJA KOSOVO AND METOHIIJA That is why this is a holy land; this is the Serbian Jerusalem conse- OP[IRNIJE ISPOVEDAWE VERE crated by God's name, following the path of God, living for the sake of Verujem u Oca i Sina i Svetoga Duha, Jednoga Boga u Tri Lica ned- God and service to God to the point of sacrifice and suffering for Him. At eqivo razdeqivanog; razdeqivanog po Li~nim svojstvima, nerazde- this time and from this place I call on all my cohabitants, the honest and qivog po su{tini. Jedna i ista je svecela Trojica, i jedna i ista je honorable people of Metohija and Kosovo not to yield nor to wander from svecela Jedinica; Jedinica po su{tini i prirodi i obli~ju, a Trojica their path toward the eternal goal, toward eternal life. The Lord who called po Linim svojstvima i Imenima; jer se naziva: jedan Otac, a jedan Sin, on us to take this path will protect us and save us when it is necessary a jedan Sveti Duh. but we must always remain near Him, believe in Him and place our hope Otac je Nero|en i Bespo~etan; Nero|en, jer nema ni~eg starijeg od in Him. Therefore, let us not readily depart from our centuries-old homes Wega, jer On (uvek) be{e i svakako be{e Bog; a Bespo~etan je zato {to and renounce the patrimony of our fathers entrusted to us for safekeep- niotkuda nema bi}e, nego sam od sebe. Verujem tako|e da je Otac ing. Uzrok Sina i Duha: Sina ra|awem, a Svetoga Duha isho|ewem, i u At this sublime moment, I think not only of those who live upon the tome se nikakva razlika niti otu|ewe ne sagledava, nego samo razlika Ipostasnih svojstava. Jer Otac ra|a Sina i izvodi Duha Sveto- ga, a Sin se ra|a od jedinog Oca, i Duh Sveti ishodi od Oca, te tako po{tujem jedno Na~elo (ili Po~etak) i priznajem Oca jedinim Uzrokom Sina i Duha. A i Sina nazivam Po~etkom nadvremenim i neograni~enim, ne kao po~etkom stvorewa, kao prvostvorenoga koji wih prevashodi stare{instvom - ne bilo toga! To je buncawe arijanske bezbo`nosti, jer taj zloimeni (Arije) bogohulio je da su Sin i Duh Sveti stvorewa - a ja govorim da je Sin sabespo~etni Po~etak od Bespo~etnoga Oca, da ne bi bila prihva}ena dva na~ela (ili dva po~etka). A sa ovim Po~etkom o Sinu, ispovedam tako|e i Duha Svetoga, po{to i Sin i Duh Sveti i istovremeno i zajedno imaju bi}e od Oca: jedan ro|ewem, a druga isho|ewem, kako je ve} re~eno. I niti se Otac razdvaja od Sina, niti Sin od Duha, niti Duh Sveti od Oca i Sina, nego je sav Otac u Sinu i u Svetome Duhu, i sav Sin je u Ocu i u Svetome Duhu, i sav Duh Sveti u Ocu i u Sinu, jer su sjediweni razdeqeno i razdeqeni sjedi- weno. Ispovedam tako|e da je Logos Boìji, Save~ni Ocu, Nadvremeni, Neobuhvativi, Bezgrani~ni, si{ao do na{e prirode i ~oveka uniènog i svega palog uzeo od ~edne i devi~anske krvi jedine Preneporo~ne i îste Djeve, da bi, iz Svojega milosr|a, vascelome svetu podario spasewe i blagodat. I zbilo se u Hristu ipostasno Sveta liturgija u De~anima sjediwewe prirode (Boànske i ~ove~anske); ne kao da se dete (u Uif!ipmz!Mjuvshz!jo!Efdboj utrobi Djeve) usavr{avalo postepenim dodacima, niti su se dve sas- tav{e se prirode sjedinile sa me{awem ili slivawem ili sarast- varawem, niti je (prvo) postao ~ovek pa onda naknadno do{ao Logos, te tako nastalo relativno sjediwewe, shodno bogomrskom i judejski misle}em Nestoriju; niti pak bez uma i bez du{e, shodno zaista bezumnom Apolinariju, jer je on buncao da je umesto uma dovoqno Boànstvo. A ja ispovedam Wega - Hrista - kao savr{enoga Boga i Wega istoga kao savr{enoga ôveka; Koji, ~im je postao telo istovremeno je to bilo telo Boga Logosa, odu{evqeno razumnom i umnom du{om; Koji o~uvava i posle sjediwewa sva prirodna svojstva Svoga Boànstva i ~ove~anstva, i nije promenio osobine Svoga Boànstva ili ~ove~anstva usled celovitog sjediwewa sa Logosom; Wega istoga Koji ima Jednu sloènu Ipostas, dve prirode i energije, koja Ipostas ~uva ovo (dvoje) iz ~ega je i u cemu je On Isti, Jedan Isus Hristos, Bog na{, Koji ima i dve prirodne, a ne gnomi~ke voqe. A treba znati da je On postradao za nas kao Bog, ali telom, a nikako da je Boànstvo stradalno ili da je Ono stradalo telom. Jo{ ispovedam da je On uzeo na Sebe sva na{a besprekorna stradawa, koja su svojstvena na{oj prirodi, osim greha, kao {to su: glad, è|, zamor, suze i tome sli~no, koja deluju u Wemu, ali ne prin- udno kao kod nas, nego tako {to qudska voqa sledi Wegovu boànsku voqu. Jer On hote}i - ogladne, hote}i - oèdne, hote}i - umori se, hote}i - umre. On, dakle, umire primaju}i smrt za nas, a earth but also those who dwell in the heavens, who have left this earthly Wegovo Boànstvo ostaje nestradalno. Jer On, Koji uzima na Sebe life; those who passed quietly from this life and those who were forcibly greh sveta, nije podlegao smrti (nu`no) ve} radi toga da sve nas sent from it - victims of murder, slaughter, torture. I think of Father Gavri- izbavi od svepro`drqive ruke smrti i da nas krvqu Svojom privede lo (Gabriel) - archdeacon, our brother; I think of Monk Hariton (Chariton), Ocu Svome. I smrt, napadnuv{i telo qudsko, silom Boànstva biva also our brother; and also of Hieromonk Stefan; and the slain children smrvqena, i du{e pravednika, od veka okovane, bivaju izvedene from Gorazdevac near Pec; and the recently slain Dimitrije (Popovic) from odande. A posle Wegovog vaskrsewa iz mrtvih, po{to se ~etrdeset Gracanica. All of them were tortured and killed for Christ and for their Ser- dana pojavqivao na zemqi sa u~enicima Svojim, vazneo se na nebo i bian name. By their innocent blood the Lord redeems the Serbian nation seo sa desne strane Oca. Desnu pak stranu Oca ne kaèm prostorno, from all its misconceptions, wanderings and mistakes throughout history niti ograni~eno, nego kaèm da je desna strana Boìja - ona to the present day. bespo~etna i predve~na slava koju Sin ima|a{e pre o~ove~ewa, i I would feel very insincere if I did not mention here before you "the posle o~ove~ewa istu ima. Jer Wegovo sveto telo po{tuje se ~asnim good Samaritan" embodied in Italian KFOR, who keeps watch over us poklowewem zajedno sa Wegovim Boànstvom, ali ne kao da je Sveta around the clock and care for us and without whose protection and assis- Trojica primila dodatak - da ne bude! - jer, Trojica je ostala Trojica tance we could not survive here today. We have nothing with which to i posle sjediwewa Jedinorodnoga, a Wegovo sveto telo ostaje ner- repay this great debt except our prayers to the Holy King that all the kind- azdvojno i sa Wim ostaje i nadaqe doveka. Jer }e On sa wime do}i da nesses they have brought to his holy shrine be returned in kind. sudi ìvima i mrtvima, pravednima i gre{nima, pravednike We also wish to thank our neighbors [Kosovo Albanians] with whom nagra|uju}i za veru i dela vrline Carstvom Nebeskim, radi kojega su we share this piece of land under heaven. This holy shrine and its inhab- se ovde i podvizavali; a gre{nicima uzvra}aju}i ve~nom mukom i pak- itants have always served them well. Some returned the favor in kind; oth- lenim ogwem bez svr{etka, ~ije iskustvo neka bi svi mi izbegli i ers did not. May God grant that some of them exist even today. I believe that there are those who do not condone this evil perpetrated against our 8 KOSOVO I METOHIJA KOSOVO AND METOHIIJAS

obe}ana nam besmrtna dobra zadobili, u Hristu Isusu Gospodu na{em! Amin! JO[ OP[IRNIJE ISPOVEDAWE I ZAVETOVAWE Verujem u Jednoga Boga Oca, Svedrìteqa, Tvorca neba i zemqe i svega vidqivog i nevidqivog; Bespo~etiog i Nero|enog i Bezuzro~nog, a ipostasnog Po~etka (ili Na~ela) i Uzroka Sina i Duha. Verujem i u Jedinorodnog Sina Wegovog, neiste~no i vanvremeno od Wega Ro|enog, Wemu Jednosu{tnog, kroz Kojega je ove postalo. Verujem i u Duha Svetoga, od istog Oca Ishode}eg i sa Ocem i Sinom Saproslavqanog kao Save~nog i Saprestolnog i Jednosu{tnog i Jednoslavnog, Stvoriteqa i @ivotodavca i Osve}uju}eg blagoda}u svu tvar, Koji je kroz Proroke govorio i kroz Sina javqen i darovan Apostolima i svoj Crkvi kao Ute{iteq i Darodavac blagodatnih darova i Oboìteq spasavanih. Odbacujem pak nova~ewe Posledwe ubistvo i novi mu~enik ubijen u Gra~anici - latinske jeresi, koja pogre{no mudruje da Duh Sveti ipostasno ishodi od Oca i Sina, ~ime se izvr}e Hristovo Boànsko Otkrivewe i Dimitrije Popovi} (07.11.1986 - 05.06 2004) kvari sveti i neizmewivi Simvol vere Svetih Sabora i Svetih Uif!mbuftu!nvsefs!boe!uif!ofx!nbsuzs!ljmmfe!jo!Hsbdbojdb!. Otaca Saborne Crkve Pravoslavne, kojim jasno priznajemo Boga Oca Ejnjusjkf!Qpqpwjd!)18/22/2:97!.!16/17!3115* kao jedino ve~no Na~elo i Izvor Boànstva Sina i Duha, ~ime holy shrines and people. May God be merciful toward all but, at the same blago~estivo ispovedamo Jedinona~alije Svete i Nerazdeqive Tro- time, may He be just. jice. Yet again I regret with a human heart and especially now with the Verujem da je Jedan od te iste Nadsu{tastvene i @ivona~alne heart of a bishop every human tear, every human victim, every drop of Trojice, Jedinorodni Sin i Logos, si{ao s nebesa radi nas qudi i blood that has been spilled; every human being who perished, despite radi na{ega spasewa, i ovaplotio se od Duha Svetoga i Marije Djeve being created to live. That is why my message to all is this: let us not stop i o~ove~io se, to jest postao savr{eni ôvek ostaju}i Bog, ni{ta ne with the evil that tragically transpired and still remains a part of human his- promeniv{i niti izmeniv{i u Boànskoj su{tini zbog op{tewa sa tory. Let us look forward, first at God who is more powerful than every evil telom, nego, primiv{i bez promene ~oveka, u wemu stradawe i smrt "for God is love" (1 John 4:8). He calls us to an eternal assembly of pretrpe On Koji je po Boànskoj prirodi slobodan od svakog togetherness, not to isolation, separatism or autism. He has given us an stradawa, i vaskrse u tre}i dan iz mrtvih, i uzi{av{i na nebesa, open heart, bigger than the universe, broader than the cosmos. And thus sede s desne strane Boga i Oca. let us all be what this holy shrine has always been - open to all, bearing Verujem i svima predawima i tuma~ewima Jedne, Svete, Saborne no hatred toward others, persecuting no one. i Apostolske Crkve o Bogu i Boànskim stvarima. Ispovedam jedno To your love, to all the present bishops, brothers and sisters, espe- kr{tewe za otpu{tewe grehova. êkam vaskrsewe mrtvih, i ìvot budu}eg veka. Jo{ ispovedam jednu Ipostas O~ove~enoga Logosa i verujem i propovedam da je Jedan i Isti Hristos, u dvema - po o~ove~ewu - i prirodama i voqama, Koji ~uva ono (dvoje) u ~emu i iz ~ega postoji, pa sledstveno, i dve voqe u Wemu po{tujem, po{to svaka priroda o~uvava sopstvenu voqu i sopstveno dejstvo (tj. energiju). Ispovedam tako|e da se Troji~ni Bog javqa, ali ne po su{tini - jer niko nikada nije video niti iskazao su{tinu Boìju - nego po blago- dati i sili i energiji, koja je zajedni~ka Ocu i Sinu i Svetome Duhu. Jer svakome od Wih sopstvena je Svoja Ipostas i ono {to se na wu odnosi, a zajedni~ka Im je ne samo nadsu{tastvena i nepristupna, po{to je iznad svakog imenovawa i projavqivawa i op{tewa ili zajedni~ewa - nego i blagodat i sila i energija i svetlost i Carstvo i besmrtnost i uop{te sve ono ~ime Bog op{ti i zajedni~ki i po blago- dati se sjediwuje sa svetim An|elima i qudima, ne gube}i pritom Svoju prostotu niti zbog deqivosti i razlikovawa Triju Ipostasi, niti zbog deqivosti i raznovrsnosti sila i energija. Tako ispovedam Jednog Svemogu}eg Boga u jednom Boànstvu, jer niti od savr{enih Triju Ipostasi biva neka sloènost, niti se Bog, zato {to ima i pose- duje prirodnu mo} i silu i energiju i blagodat, moè zbog toga naz- vati sloènim. Zato pravoslavno ispovedam da zajedni~ka blagodat Oca i Sina i Svetoga Duha i ona najboànstvenija svetlost budu}ega veka, u kojoj }e pravednici zasijati kao sunce, kao {to je to i Hristos prethodno pokazao zablistav{i na Gori Tavoru, i uop{te svaka sila i energija i oboàvaju}a blagodat Triipostasnog Boànstva jeste netvarna i nestvorena - jer ni{ta {to je Bogu po prirodi svojstveno nije kasnije nastalo - te zato sve one koji Jedno Boànstvo ne~estivo rasecaju na tvarno i netvarno, kao {to su Varlaam i Akindin, koji su bezbo`no u~ili da boànske sile i energije i sve {to se na neki na~in neizrecivo razlikuje od Boànske prirode, jeste tvarno i stvoreno, takve kao bezbo`ne i mnogobo{ce odbacujem i odsecam od Freska iz De~ana - The fresco from Decani puno}e pravoslavno veruju}ih, kao {to to ~ini i Sveta Hristova cially those who have come from afar; representatives of the state and Katoli~anska i Apostolska Crkva, veruju}i u Jedno Boànstvo, Tri- administration to whom these doors have always remained open in the ipostasno i Svemo}no, Koje nikako ne gubi jedinstvenost i prostotu hope that their hearts would also remain open to this much-suffering peo- zbog Svojih Triju Ipostasi ili zbog Svojih blagodatnih sila i energi- ple; begging from all your forgiveness and prayers, I wish every blessing ja. from the Lord, the blessing of the Holy Spirit - and glory, honor and ado- Poklawam se iz po~asti, a ne iz oboàvawa, boànstvenim i ration to Our Lord, together with His Father and the Holy Spirit, now and ~asnim Ikonama: Samoga Hrista, radi nas Ovaplo}enoga pa stoga i forever, and unto ages of ages. Amen! opisivoga Sina Boìjeg; Pre~iste Bogomatere i svih Svetih - prenose}i na Prvolikove ~ast wima ukazivanu. Uz to poklawam se i (Translation by Snezana De Berthet) 9 KOSOVO I METOHIJA KOSOVO AND METOHIIJA âsnome Krstu i po{tujem Boànske hramove i Sveta mesta i Sve{tene sasude i Bogopredane re~i, radi Boga koji u wima obitava UIF!SJUF!PG!DPOTFDSBUJPO Svojom blagoda}u. Tako|e po{tujem i s qubavqu celivam Svete Mo{ti Svetih Mu~enika i Boìjih Ugodnika kao izvor spasewa i By the laying on of their hands on those chosen from among the faith- dokaz vaskrsewa. Ispovedam i s qubavqu primam ~isti i ~estiti ful, the Apostles consecrated bishops, priests and deacons. It is evident hri{}anki ìvot u veri i nadi i qubavi i u svima hri{}anskim pod- from this that the Christian faith is not merely dogma but spiritual power. vizima, vrlinama i blagodatnim darovima Duha Svetoga, a odbacujem Bishop Nikolai Velimirovich prqavo i ne~isto i bogolikog ~oveka nedostojno ìvqewe i delawe. The consecration of a bishop is comprised of three separate rites: the Primam i bogonadahnute spise i u~ewa starijih i novijih Svetih rite of election, of confession and the actual consecration. Otaca Crkve Hristove, koji su saglasni Jevan|equ i u~ewu Svetih Election: Before the Vigil on the eve of the consecration, the hierarchs Apostola i po{tujem ih i prihvatam kao doprinose}a izgra|ivawu who are to perform the rite take their places at a table in the middle of the savr{enoga ~oveka po meri rasta puno}e Hrista Bogo~oveka i church. From the altar two senior priests lead the candidate to the table. sabornoga ìvqewa i spasewa sviju u zajednici Tela Hristovog koje All stand as the protodeacon reads the nomination, to which the candidate je Crkva. responds: "I return thanks, and accept, and say nothing contrary thereto." One pak koji druga~ije, a ne pravoslavno misle o hri{}anskoj The hierarchs chant some brief prayers, invoking the Holy Spirit Who was veri, odbacujem kao tu|emisle}e Hristovoj Crkvi, kao kvariteqe sent down upon the Apostles and empowered them to "catch the uni- Istine Boìje i upropastiteqe spasewa qudi. Anatemi{em Arija i verse" with the preaching of the Gospel. After a short litany, the nominee wegove jednomi{qenike i zajedni~are wegovog bezumnog zlomislija; delivers his acceptance speech. He then retires to the altar and the Vigil Makedonija i one oko wega, s pravom nazvane duhoborcima; tako|e begins. Nestorija, Evtiha i Dioskora, i druge jeresina~alnike, i wihove jednomi{qeiike odbacujem i anatemi{em, i jasno i glasno govorim: Svima jereticima anatema! Gospo|u pak na{u, Bogorodicu Mariju, prevashodno i istinski ispovedam i propovedam, kao Onu Koja je po telu rodila Jednoga od Trojice, Hrista Boga i Spasa na{eg. Ona neka mi bude Pomo}nik Pokrov i Za{tita u sve dane ìvota moga! Ovome svome ispovedawu svete vere jo{ dodajem: Primam i prihvatam svetih Sedam Vaseqenskih Sabora i sve Pomesne Sabore koje Sveti Oci prihvati{e i potvrdi{e, a koji su svi sabirani radi o~uvawa pravoslavnih dogmata Crkve. Ispovedam sve odredbe prave vere, koje su one u razna vremena, vo|eni prosvetqu- ju}om blagoda}u Presvetoga Duha, izloìli. Primam i sve sve{tene kanone koje sastavi{e Blaèni Oci i predado{e ih Crkvi, na ukra{ewe Svete Crkve Hristove i na dobar poredak naravi, to jest na bogougodno hri{}ansko crkveno ìvqewe, delawe i pona{awe, saglasno Apostolskim predawima i smislu Jevan|elskog boànskog u~ewa. Stara}u se da po wima upravqam sluèwe koje mi je Boìjom voqom predano u nasle|e i da po wima u~im sav povereni mi u duhovno pastirstvovawe sve{teni Klir i izabrani Narod Boìji. Ispovedam kao veoma va`no da ~uvam i drìm jedinstvo vere pravoslavne svezom mira crkvenoga, i da sve ono {to Jedna, Sveta, Saborna i Apostolska Crkva Pravoslavnih prima i dogmatski ispove- da, to i ja primam i verujem i ispovedam; ni{ta ne dodaju}i, ni{ta ne oduzimaju}i, ni{ta ne mewaju}i ni od Dogmata ni od Predawa, nego ~vrsto stoje}i u wima i sve to sa strahom Boìjim i dobrom save{}u u~e}i i propovedaju}i; a sve {to ona osu|uje i odbacuje kao u~ewe tu|e Javan|equ, to i ja odbacujem i sasvim odgonim od Stada Hris- tovog. Ispovedam i ~vrsto verujem da se na Boànstvenoj Liturgiji ûvena freska iz De~ana - Car Du{an sa porodicom izvr{uje pretvarawe hleba i vina u istinsko Telo i Krv Hristovu, Uif!gbnpvt!gsftdp!gspn!Efdboj!.!Fnqfsps!Evtbo!xjui!ijt!gbnjmz silom i dejstvom i nailaskom Svetoga Duha, saglasno re~i Gospodwoj i Jevan|elskoj veri i predawu Apostola i Svetih Otaca, a sluèwem Confession: The next morning, after the reading of the Hours, the i molitvenim prizivawem (epiklezom) od strane Crkve Boìje, pred- hierarchs again take their places behind the table, in front of which is a vo|ene Episkopom i ~asnim prezviterima. Na Boànstvenoj Liturgiji, large eagle rug. The senior priest and protodeacon lead the bishop-elect kao sabrawu i sluèwu i svetotajinskom zajedni{tvu sve Crkve Nar- onto the tail of the eagle. He is asked, "How believest thou?" and oda Boìjeg, ostvaruje se i ~ini prisutnim sav Hristov Boànski responds by reciting the Creed. Advancing to the middle of the rug, he Domostroj spasewa sveta i roda qudskog, u woj se otkriva expounds on the Creed by reciting a second "confession of faith". Finally, Bogo~ove~anska Svetajna Crkve Boìje kao ve~noga Carstva Svete at the top of the rug, he is asked to explain his attitude towards the canons Trojice, tako da samo onaj ko zna {ta je Liturgija, zna i {ta je Crkva and traditions of the Church. The candidate promises to observe these Boìja, i zna da bez Boànske Liturgije, kao sabrawa i zajedni~ewa and likewise "to preserve the peace of the Church and firmly to hold and svih u Hristu vernih, sabirnih oko Episkopa, prezvitera i |akona, ni zealously to teach the people entrusted to me, and not to devise any thing Crkva se ne naziva. whatsoever which is contrary to the Orthodox Catholic Christian faith of Obe}avam da }u ~uvati i ~vrsto odràvati crkveni mir, da }u the East all the days of my life....I promise also to do nothing through con- usrdno pou~avati u Jevan|equ povereni mi narod i, koliko god mo}i straint, whether coerced by powerful persons, or by a multitude of the imam, pravo upravqati Re~ju Istine, i da nijednim obi~ajem, u bilo people....I promise to visit and watch over the flock now confided to me, ~emu ne}u umovati ni ~initi suprotno Pravoslavnoj katoli~anskoj after the manner of the Apostles...and to inspect with diligence, and to isto~noj hri{}anskoj veri, do kraja moga ìvota, kao da }u u svemu exhort and inhibit, that there be no schisms, superstitions and impious Crkvenom slediti i svagda se poviwavati svetom Saboru Arhijere- veneration, and that no customs contrary to Christian piety and good jskom, koji se, kao i u drevna apostolska vremena, svake godine sas- morals may injure Christian conduct....And may our God, Who seeth the taje. Sa Svjatjej{im Patrijarhom, Preosve{tenim Arhiepiskopima, heart, be the witness to my vow." The bishop-elect then bows down before Mitropolitima i Episkopima Pomesne Crkve Srpske i svekolike the assembled hierarchs and kisses their hands as a sign that he is enter- Saborno-katoli~anske Pravoslavne Crkve u vaseqeni, bra}om mojom ing their ranks and as a pledge of love and peace with them in Christ. The choir sings "Many years", and the bishop-elect goes into the altar, where i sasluìteqima u Hristu, u svemu }u saglasan i saobrazan biti, po he stands at the side on an eagle rug, waiting like a bride-to-be, as the boànstvenim zapovestima i sve{tenim pravilima Svetih Apostola i Liturgy begins. Svetih Otaca, i svesrdno }u prema wima gajiti qubav duhovnu i Consecration: After the Small Entrance (which represents the coming po{tovati ih kao oce i bra}u svoju. Uvaàva}u tako|e i ~uvati prven- to earth of the Lord incarnate) and the singing of the Trisagion, the senior stvo ovoga Patrijaraskog trona i po{tovati ~ast Prvostojateqa u priest and protodeacon lead the bishop-elect through the south door onto : KOSOVO I METOHIJA KOSOVO AND METOHIIJA Saboru Crkve Bo`je ovoga naroda, shodno Apostolskom pravilu koje the ambo to the Royal Doors where he is received by two hierarchs. While kaè da se takvom slogom i skladnim poretkom qubavi proslavqa the candidate kneels with his head touching the altar table, an open sabornost i jedinstvo Crkve Boìje po slici Svete Trojice. Gospel is placed face down upon his head, as a sign that although he is Obe}avam da }u sa strahom Boìjim i bogoqubivim i ~oveko- given authority over all, he himself is under the law and his head is Christ. qubivim raspoloèwem pastirstvovati povereni mi Narod Boìji, Holding the Gospel in this way, the bishops pray: " O Lord our God...do ovo stado Pastirena~alnika Hrista u kojem sam postavqen da Thou make this man...to be an imitator of Thee, the true Shepherd, Who sve{tenodejstvujem Jevan|eqe spasewa i da Bogu prinosim darove i didst lay down Thy life for Thy sheep; to be a leader of the blind, a light to `rtve Wegove Svete Crkve. Zato zavet dajem da }u poverenu mi those who are in darkness, a reprover of the unwise, a teacher of the pastvu ~esto pose}ivati i sabirati na Slu`bu Boìju i jevan|elskim young, a lamp to the world..." pou~avawem je ~uvati, sa svakim usr|em i starawem, od svih jeresi i The new bishop is then vested as a hierarch, and when the omophori- raskola, od sujeverja i la`nog ìvqewa i od svakog nepravednog on-an article unique to the episcopal office- is placed upon his shoulders, delawa. Obe}avam da, bez krajwe nu`de i te{ke krivice, ne}u niko- the clergy followed by the people shout thrice, "Axios!" ("worthy"), indicat- ga, bilo pojedinca bilo zajednicu, od Crkvenih tajni i zajedni{tva u ing their assent to the implied question: "Is he, in truth, worthy of this min- Hristu odlu~ivati, niti prokliwati, nego ve}ma u Duhu Svetome istry?" savetovati i na put pokajawa i spasewa obra}ati. At the end of the Liturgy, the Chief Bishop gives a word of instruction Sa protivnicima Crkve Svete postupa}u sa rasu|ivawem, krotko to the new bishop and hands him his pastoral staff. The new bishop bless- i pravedno, po Apostolu Pavlu, jer sluzi Gospodwem ne prili~i da se es the congregation with both hands as the choir sings, "Eis poll ti gnevi, nego da bude tih, nezlobiv i ~ovekoqubiv prema svima, mole}i Despota" (Many years, O Master). se Bogu da svima qudima podari pokajawe za poznawe Istine. U sve- tovne poslove ne}u se uplitati, osim ako je u~iwena neka javna nepravda, u kom slu~aju }u najpre savetovati, a onda i u za{titu ugroènih ustajati, saglasno Jevan|elskoj re~i da se ve}ma treba DPNNVOJRVF!CZ!UIF!CJTIPQT pokoravati Bogu nego qudima i iskati pre svega Carstvo Nebesko i Pravdu Boìju, a za slabe se pravedno zauzimati i malu bra}u Hris- HBUIFSFE!BU!UIF!DPOTFDSBUJPO!PG tovu nikada ne zaboravqati. Stara}u se da sve ~inim sa iskrenom qubavqu prema Bogu i bli`wima, a kao kona~no merilo i ciq svih CJTIPQ!UFPEPTJKF!PG!MJQMKBO misli, re~i i dela svojih postavqa}u slavu Boìju, spasewe du{a qudskih i sve tvorevine Boìje, izgra|ivawe bogolikih qudskih Gathered today in Visoki Decani at this all-blessed event during the li~nosti i sazidawe Bogo~ove~anskog Tela Crkve, ne traè}i ono Holy Trinity of the consecration of the newly elected Bishop of Lipljan, {to je moje, nego ono {to je Gospoda Hrista, Arhipastira sviju nas i Abbot Teodosije of Visoki Decani, we the twenty Bishops of the Pec Patri- Vrhovne Glave vascele Crkve Boìje kao smisla i vozglavqewa archate and the Ohrid Archdiocese, headed by His Holiness Serbian celokupne tvorevine. Patriarch Pavle with concelebration of our brother Archpriests from the Uz ovo obe}avam da ni{ta ne}u raditi pod prinudom, ma bio i pri- Hellenic Church, moravan od vlastodràca ili od mno{tva qudi, pa makar mi i smr}u pretili zahtevaju}i od mene da u~inim ne{to {to je suprotno Boànskim zapovestima i sve{tenim pravilima Crkve Hristove. U tu|oj Eparhiji ne}u bogosluìti ili vr{iti ikakvu sve{tenu radwu bez saglasnosti Episkopa doti~ne Eparhije. Isto tako, ne}u rukopo- lagati ni jereja, ni |akona, niti bilo kakvoga klirika tu|e Eparhije, niti ih primati bez otpusnih gramata wihovih Episkopa. Predawe je Svetih Otaca Crkve da na jednoj Liturgiji rukopolaèmo samo po jednog prezvitera i |akona, a ne vi{e wih, i tu sve{tenu praksu po{tova}u i ~uva}u. Mona{tvo }u rukovoditi po pravilima i ustavi- ma Svetih Otaca, koji su kroz vekove vaìli i danas vaè u Pravoslavqu, kako u blagoqepiju svetog Bogosluèwa, tako i u ostalom poretku mona{kog devstvenog i an|elskog ìvqewa i hris- tolikoga i mu~enikopodobnog podvizavawa. Jo{ obe}avam da }u, kada me Sveti Sinod, sa Patrijarhom (ili drugim Prvojererhom) na ~elu, blagoizvoli pozvati na Sabor, do}i na Sabor zajedno sa svojom bra}om Episkopima, bez neumesnog pravdawa ili izgovora. Ako bi, {tavi{e, neki mo}nici ili mno{tvo qudi hteli da me spre~e, duàn sam da se odazovem pozivu na Sveti Arhijerejski Sabor, jer je Sabor i sabornost Episkopata i cele Crkve Boìje Sve- toduhovski dar i ustanova i ìvo kroz vekove Apostolsko-svetoo- ta~ko predawe u Crkvi Isto~noj Pravoslavnoj. Odmor kraj de~anske ~esme i borova Na kraju, zavetno iskazujem pred Bogom @ivim i Crkvom Svetih Wegovih, sastavqenom od An|ela i od qudi, i pred Va{om apostol- Uif!sftu!cz!Efdboj!gpvoubjo!boe!qjoft skom Svetiwom: da }u uvek pamtiti stra{ne re~i Svetoga Pisma: Proklet svako ko nemarno vr{i delo Bo`je! - te zato savesno obe}avam da }u se starati, koliko mi je qudskih mo}i, da u svakom delu ovoga apostolskog zvawa i sluèwa hodim kao u delu Boìjem, sa svakom pobo`no{}u i blagorazumnom revno{}u, sa iskrenim hris- toqubqem i ~ovekoqubqem, a Srceznalac Bog neka mi svagda i u svemu bude svedok i pravedni Sudija. Tako|e iskazujem pred Svevide}im Bogom i Va{im Bogoqubqem da sve ovo izloèno u mojem episkopskom ispovedawu i zavetovawu ne shvatam druga~ije nego kako ovde izgovorih i svojeru~no potpisah. A u svemu mojem od danas pa nadaqe episkopskom ìvqewu, sluèwu, upravqawu i delawu u Bogopoverenoj mi ovoj Crkvi Naroda Boìjeg molim se Bogu, a molim i sve Vas da se molite: da mi svagda i u svemu bude U~iteq i Pomo}nik - Na~elnik i Savr{iteq vere i svakog dobrog dela i re~i jevan|elske, Gospod moj i Bog moj, Jedini ôvekoqubac, Milostivi Spasiteq sviju nas i svega roda qudskog, Bogo~ovek Isus Hristos, Kome neka je, zajedno sa Vi{wim Ocem i Svesvetim Duhom, svaka slava, ~ast i poklowewe, ve~na qubav na{a i blagodarnost besmrtna, sada i uvek i u vekove vekova. Amin! 21 KOSOVO I METOHIJA KOSOVO AND METOHIIJA - give our thanks to the Living and True God celebrated in Three Per- SAOP[TEWE ARHIJEREJA sons, the Holy Great Martyrs Stefan of Decani and Lazarus of Kosovo and OKUPQENIH NA HIROTONIJI other Holy Saints and Martyrs of the Lord in this suffering but gloried land of Kosovo and Metohija; and offer our gratitude for this spiritual joy of EPISKOPA LIPQANSKOG togetherness with the Divine Heavenly Church, present through all the Saints and Martyrs and with the earthly Church of Christ personified in TEODOSIJA God's people in attendance. We thank God, the Savior of all people, for His gift - for our new Bish- Sabrani danas u Visokim De~anima, na ovaj sveblagodatni op, consecrated and marked today for beautiful and fertile Metohija, which pedesetni~ki doga|aj hirotonije novoizabranog Episkopa Lipqan- has for many centuries been filled with holy monasteries and churches skog gospodina Teodosija, igumana Visokih De~ana, nas dvadeset and the faithful people of God around them and in them but also the Episkopa Pe}ke Patrijar{ije i Ohridske Arhiepiskopije, na ~elu sa graves of martyrs and the ruins of the houses of God and people. Today, Wegovom Sveto{}u Patrijarhom srpskim Gospodinom Pavlom, uz unfortunately, Metohija is largely empty of its Orthodox [Christian] popula- sasluèwe i bra}e Arhijereja iz Jeladske Crkve, tion and in it there are far more than ever before destroyed holy shrines, - uznosimo blagodarnost Bogu @ivome i Istinitome, u Trojici devastated homes and desecrated graves, looted and illegally usurped slavqenome, Svetim Velikomu~enicima Stefanu De~anskom i Lazaru property, injustice and lack of freedom crying out to God and the con- Kosovskom i ostalim Svetim Bo`jim Ugodnicima i Mu~enicima ove science of humanity, spilled innocent blood that, like that of Abel, weeps stradalne, ali slavne Kosovskometohijske zemqe; zahvaqujemo na to the Heavens. ovakvoj duhovnoj radosti zajedni{tva sa Nebeskom Crkvom Bo`jom, It is our own sorrow and that of every human being of goodwill and an prisutnom kroz Svetiteqe i Mu~enike, i sa zemaqskom Crkvom Hris- honest heart that before the eyes of the Serbian and international com- tovom, oli~enom u prisutnom narodu Bo`jem. munities and in the presence of the military forces and civil authorities of Blagodarimo Bogu, Spasite- the international community over qu svih qudi, za Wegov dar - za one hundred thirty churches and novog Episkopa, danas hiroton- monasteries have been destroyed isanog i nazna~enog za divnu i and hundreds of Serb villages and plodnu Metohiju. Ona je odvajka- settlements emptied from neigh- da bila ispuwena svetim manas- boring Pec to Djakovica, Prizren tirima i hramovima i vernim and Holy Archangels in Metohija narodom Bo`jim oko wih i u and onward to Devic and most wima, ali i grobovima mu~enika cities and villages throughout i ru{evinama Bo`jih i qudskih Kosovo. Though more than five domova. Danas je ona, naàlost, years of the United Nations and uveliko ispra`wena od NATO protectorate have passed, Pravoslavnog naroda. U woj je, hardly any of the expelled Serbs mnogo vi{e nego ikada ranije, have returned - returned with poru{enh svetiwa, razorenih great difficulty and in constant domova i oskrnavqenih grobova, danger for their very lives, and opqa~kane i nezakonito uzurpi- especially for the lives and future rane imovine, nepravde i neslo- of their children. It is with pain that bode koja Bogu i savesti we recall last year's murder during ~ove`~anstva vapije, nevino this same season of two innocent prolivene krvi koja kao Aveqe- Serbian children (and two others va vi~e k Nebu. who were seriously wounded in Tuga je za nas, i za svako Patrijarh Pavle i Mitropolit Amfilohije nearby Gorazdevac, as well as qudsko bi}e dobre voqe i Qbusjbsdi!Qbwmf!boe!Nfuspqpmjubo!Bngjmpijkf last week's heinous slaying of a iskrena srca, {to je od susedne Serbian youth, Dimitrije Popovic, Pe}i do \akovice, Prizrena i Svetih Arhangela u Metohiji, i daqe in downtown Gracanica. Only two months ago, a horrible pogrom was car- do Devi~a i ve}ine gradova i sela {irom Kosova, pred o~ima na{e i ried out against the Serbs and their Holy Shrines from March 17-19 of this svetske javnosti, a u prisustvu vojnih snaga i civilnih vlasti year, 2004. me|unarodne zajednice, poru{eno preko stotrideset crkava i manas- Despite all, these tragic events have not drowned our Christian hope tira i ispra`weno na stotine srpskih sela i naseqa. U wih, evo, i and just expectations that better days and a brighter future for all residents posle pet godina protektorata Ujediwenih Nacija i NATO- snaga, of this district lie in the near future; that the full freedom to live, move jedva da se ko od prognanih Srba vratio, i to sa te{kom mukom i uz around, work and learn will finally come for the Serbs and their children, stalnu opasnost po ìvot, a naro~ito po ìvot i budu}nost svoje like for all people and all peoples' children who have lived here together dece. Se}amo se sa bolom proslogodi{weg ubistva, upravo u ovo for centuries. With faith but also with every right, we expect freedom and godi{we doba, dvoje nevine srpske dece (i jo{ dvoje te{ko rawene) u safety for all from the Serbian state and especially from the powerful inter- nedalekom Gora`devcu, kao i pro{lonedeqnog mu~kog ubistva srp- national community whose presence here loses every justification if it can- skog mladi}a Dimitrija Popovi}a usred Gra~anice, kao i, samo dva not or will not bring freedom, peace and tranquility for all and each. That meseca pre toga, uàsnog pogroma nad Srbima i wihovim Svetiwama, is why we beseech and demand that freedom and peace, justice and izvr{enog od 17. do 19. marta ove, 2004. godine. compassion, a safe life and prosperity, the guarantee of all human and Uprkos svemu, tragi~ni doga|aji ne potapaju na{u hri{}ansku national rights be ensured without delay for all residents of Kosovo and nadu i pravedna o~ekivawa da }e uskoro do}i boqi dani i svetlija Metohija, especially for the still persecuted Serbian people and its Holy budu}nost za sve ìteqe ove oblasti; da }e najzad do}i puna slobo- Shrines. We beg and we ask that real and safe returns for expelled Serbs da ìvota, kretawa, rada i u~ewa i za Srbe i wihovu decu, kao i za from Metohija and Kosovo be made possible right away, that protection be sve qude i svu decu, narod, koji ovde vekovima ìve zajedno. Sa provided for those who stayed and survived despite intolerable conditions verom, ali i sa punim pravom, slobodu i bezbednost za sve o~ekujemo and meager returns, that restoration of torched shrines, first and foremost, i od srpske dràve, a naro~ito od mo}ne svetske zajednice, ~ije pris- the monasteries of Devic in Drenica and Holy Archangels near Prizren, ustvo ovde gubi svaki smisao ako ne moè ili ne}e da donese slobo- begin immediately, as well as that of Serb homes in Lipljan, Obilic, Svin- du, mir i spokojstvo za sve i svakoga. Zato molimo, i zahtevamo, da se jare, Belo Polje and so many other settlements. sloboda i mir, pravda i humanost, bezbedan ìvot i prosperitet, We appeal also to our Serbian Orthodox people to remain steadfast garantovawe svih qudskih i nacionalnih prava, neodlo`no obezbe- in its faith and its human honor, not to stumble before the dangers and di za sve ìteqe Kosova i Metohije, a pogotovu za jo{ uvek pro- attacks of irrationality but to remain persistent and determined in the land gawani Srpski narod i wegove Svetiwe. Molimo i traìmo da se {to of its forefathers and among its God-given holy shrines. pre omogu}i stvarni i bezbedan povratak prognanih Srba u Metohiju i From this medieval Holy Shrine in Kosovo and Metohija, we appeal na Kosovo, kao i za{tita onih koji su ostali i opstali pod nesnosnim also to our cohabitants, the Albanians, wishing them God's peace and all uslovima i malobrojnih povratnika, kao i da se odmah pristupi progress in the same measure as to ourselves and our people, as well as obnovi spaqenih svetiwa, pre svih manastira Devi~a u Drenici i to all others who live here together with us. We wish to remind both them Svetih Arhangela kod Prizrena, pa zatim i srpskih ku}a u Lipqanu, and ourselves of an obvious truth: historically and fatefully, God and His 22 KOSOVO I METOHIJA KOSOVO AND METOHIIJA Obili}u, Sviwaru, Belom Poqu i tolikom drugim naseqima. Molimo i na{ srpski pravoslavni narod da istraje u svojoj veri i qudskoj ~estitosti, da ne klone pred opasnostima i naletima bezumqa, nego da ostane postojan i istrajan na svojoj pradedovskoj zemqi i u svojim bogodanim svetiwama. Iz ove drevne kosovskometohijske Sveti- we obra}amo se i na{im sugra|anima Albanci- ma, èle}i im od Boga mir i svaki napredak isto onoliko koliko i sebi i svome narodu, kao i svima ostalima koji zajedno sa nama ovde ìve. Podse}amo wih i sebe na o~iglednu istinu: istorijski i sudbinski uputio nas je Bog i Wegov Promisao jedne na druge. Hleba, sunca, vode i qubavi Bo`je na Kosovu i Metohiji ima za sve nas. Pokazalo se i pokazuje svakome ko ima du{e i razuma da nasiqe i progoni, raz- dori, mr`wa i zlo~ini, bilo sa koje strane dolazili, nikada i nikome nisu doneli niti }e doneti sre}u. Zlo dobra doneti ne moè. Na nesre}i i nevino prolivenoj suzi i krvi drugih, pogotovu nevine dece, ne gradi se sopstvena budu}nost. Dobro je {to su se na svoja ogwi{ta vratili prognani Albanci i obnovili svoje Patrijarh Pavle okruèn episkopima domove. Zar nije podjednako dobro da se isto Qbusjbsdi!Qbwmf!boe!Cjtipqt tako {to pre vrate i prognani Srbi i drugi ìteqi Kosova i Metohije - da bi ìveli u miru i slobodi na svojim Providence brought us together. There is enough bread, sun, water and vekovnim ogwi{tima? To zahteva pravda Bo`ja i to traì elemen- God's love in Kosovo and Metohija for all. It has been and is being shown tarna ~ove~nost; to zahtevaju i op{tequdski i evropski standardi to everyone with a soul and reason that violence and pogroms, division, demokratije i humanosti. Svako gaèwe ve~nih moralnih zakona i hatred and crime, no matter whence they come, have never brought nor op{tequdske pravednosti pre ili posle vra}a se qudima i narodi- will bring happiness to anyone. Evil cannot bring good. One's future can- ma Bo`jom merom i pravdom. not be build on tragedy and the innocently spilled tears and blood of oth- Zahvaqujemo Episkopu Ra{ko-Prizrenskom G. Artemiju na ers, especially innocent children. It is good that that expelled Albanians bratskoj qubavi. Zahvaqujemo i komandi i vojnicima Italijanskog returned to their centuries-old homes and restored them. Is it not equally kontingenta KFOR-a na usrdnom zalagawu oko bezbednosti svih good that expelled Serbs and other residents of Kosovo and Metohija u~esnika u dana{woj sve~anosti, koju smo svi sa svima delili u Sve- return as soon as possible to live in peace and freedom in their centuries- tim De~anima. Zahvaqujemo, na kraju, i novom Vladici Teodosiju i old homes? God's justice requires it, as does fundamental human com- wegovom de~anskom Bratstvu na qubavi i gostoprimstvu, ukazanim passion and general human and European standards of democracy and nama i svim dana{wim posetiocima i poklonicima ove drevne sveti- compassion. Every trampling of eternal moral laws and general human we Svetoga Ktitora Kraqa-Mu~enika, Stefana De~anskoga. justice will sooner or later return to individuals and peoples in God's mea- Episkopu, bratstvu i narodu u ovoj Svetiwi i oko ostalih Bo`jih i sure and justice. narodnih Svetiwa Kosova i Metohije èlimo Bo`ji i qudski mir, We wish to thank Bishop Artemije of Raska and Prizren for his frater- blagoslov, pravdu i slobodu u Duhu Svetome. nal love. We also wish to thank the command and soldiers of the Italian U Visokim De~anima, 20. juna 2004. KFOR contingent for their dedicated efforts to ensure security for all par- ticipants at today's event, which we shared with all those present in Holy + Arhiepiskop Pe}ki i Patrijarh Srpski Pavle, Decani. Finally, we wish to thank the new Bishop Teodosije and his Episkop Ra{koprizrenski i Kosovskometohijski Artemije, Decani Brotherhood for the love and hospitality shown to us and all visi- Episkop Lipqanski Teodosije, tors and pilgrims to this medieval shrine of its Holy Patron, St. Stefan of Mitropolit umirovqeni Kozanski Amvrosije, Decani, King and Martyr. We wish the Bishop, the Brotherhood and the Mitropolit Crnogorskoprimorski Amfilohije, people in this Holy Shrine and in every other Holy Shrine of God and the Mitropolit Vele{ki i Egzrh Ohridski Jovan, people in Kosovo and Metohija, God's peace, human peace, blessings, Episkop Ni{ki Irinej, justice and freedom in the Holy Spirit. Episkop Zvorni~kotuzlanski Vasilije, In Visoki Decani on June 20, 2004. Episkop Budimski Lukijan, Episkop Kanadski Georgije, + Archbishop of Pec and Serbian Patriarch Pavle Episkop Ba~ki Irinej, Bishop Artemije of Raska-Prizren and Kosovo-Metohija Episkop Sredweevropski Konstantin, Bishop Teodosije of Lipljan Episkop Vrawski Pahomije, Metropolitan Ambrosios of Kozani (retired) Episkop [umadijski Jovan, Metropolitan Amfilohije of Montenegro and the Littoral Episkop Budimqanskopolimski Joanikije,. Metropolitan Jovan of Veles, Exarch of Ohrid Episkop Zahumskohercegova~ki Grigorije, Bishop Irinej of Nis Episkop Jegarski Porfirije, Bishop Vasilije of Zvornik and Tuzla Episkop Veli~ki Joakim, Bishop Lukijan of Budim Episkop Atanasije, umirovqeni Hercegova~ki, Bishop Georgije of Canada Arhim. Jovan, novoizabrani Episkop Dioklijski Bishop Irinej of Backa Arhim. Maksim, novoizabrani Episkop Humski Bishop Konstantine of Central Europe Bishop Pahomije of Vranje Bishop Jovan of Sumadija Bishop Joanikije of Budimlje and Polimlje Bishop Grigorije of Zahumlje and Herzegovina Bishop Porfirije of Jegar Bishop Joakim of Velicka Bishop Atanasije of Zahumlje and Herzegovina (retired) Archimandrite Jovan, the newly elected Bishop of Dioklija Archimandrite Maksim, the newly elected Bishop of Hum

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Gra~anica, 28. juni 2004. Gracanica, June 28, 2004 - Svetom arhijerejskom liturgijom u manastiru Gra~anica i paras- St Vitus Day (Vidovdan), the feast of the Holy Prince Lazarus and the tosom srpskim junacima na Gazimestanu koja je sluìo patrijarh srps- 615th anniversary of the Battle of Kosovo, was celebrated today with Holy ki Pavle sa vi{e arhijereja Srpske pravoslavne crkve danas je na Liturgy in Gracanica Monastery and a memorial service (panykhida) for Kosovu i Metohiji obeleèn praznik svetog kneza Lazara, Vidovdan, Serbian heroes in Gazimestan served by His Holiness Serbian Patriarch i 615-godi{wica Kosovskog boja. Pavle and three other bishops of the Serbian Orthodox Church. U besedi posle pomena "svim junacima koji su ~asno stradali na After remembering "all the heroes who honorably perished for the braniku otaxbine od Boja na Kosovu do danas", poglavar SPC podse- defense of the land of their fathers from the Battle of Kosovo to today", tio je da se "Vidovdan i sveti knez Lazar zbog neprolaznih vrednos- the primate of the Serbian Orthodox Church reminded in his sermon that ti za koje se borio i ìvot svoj poloìo nalazi u ìì svesti i srca "Vidovdan (St. Vitus Day) and Holy Prince Lazar, the eternal values for celog na{eg naroda". which he fought and laid down his life, remain at the center of the con- - To treba da i danas pouka bude nama pouka i put kojim treba da science and hearts of our entire people". idemo. Da branimo slobodu, ali sa sve{}u da je ona potrebna svima - "This should remain a lesson for us even today and the path we poru~io je patrijarh Pavle i pomolio se gospodu da pomogne "i nama i should follow. To defend freedom but with the awareness that it is neces- neprijateqima na{im da kao qudi zasluìmo ìvot neprolaznih sary to all," said Patriarch Pavle. He prayed to God to help "both us and blaènstava u carstvu nebeskome". Neka je slava svim na{im poko- our enemies to earn as humans a life of eternal blessings in the Kingdom jnicima postradalim do dana dana{weg, mu~enicima i novomu~enici- of Heaven". Glory to all our deceased who perished to today, martyrs and ma i da gospod pomogne da i mi izdrìmo na putu Wegovom, bez obzira new martyrs, and may the Lord help us endure on His path regardless of na sve te{ko}e, rekako je poglavar SPC. all difficulties, said the head of the Serbian Orthodox Church. Pomen na Gazimestanu i liturgiju u Gra~anici patrijarh Pavle Patriarch Pavle served the memorial service at Gazimestan hill near sluìo je ju~e sa episkopima: ra{ko-prizrenskim Artemijem Pristina and liturgy in Gracanica together with Bishop Artemije (Radosavl- (Radosavqevi}em), biv{im zahumsko-hercegova~kim Atanasijem jevic) of Raska and Prizren, Bishop Atanasije (Jevtic) of Zahumlje and (Jevti}em), lipqanskim Teodosijem ([ibali}em), sve{tenstvom i Herzegovina (retired), Bishop Teodosije (Sibalic) of Lipljan, and the mona{tvom Ra{ko-prizrenske, Zahumsko-hercegova~ke i @i~ke priests and monks of the Dioceses of Raska and Prizren, Zahumlje and eparhije. Vladika Artemije je u besedi na liturgiji u manastiru Herzegovina and Zica. In his sermon during the liturgy at Gracanica Gra~anica pozvao kosovske Srbe da ostanu u svojim domovima, da Monastery, Bishop Artemije called on the Kosovo Serbs to remain in their "ostanu, ~vrsto se drè svojih svetiwa, grobova svojih predaka i homes, "to stay, holding on tightly to their holy shrines, the graves of their svete kosovsko-metohijske zemqe jer, kako je naglasio, bez Kosova ancestors and the holy land of Kosovo and Metohija for without Kosovo, nema pravoslavqa za Srbe niti srpske dràve". there is no Orthodoxy for the Serbs and no Serbian state," he empha- Zbog "jevan|eqskih vrlina po kojima je ìveo i spremnosti da sized. poloì svoj ìvot i krv svoju prolije za neprolazne vrednosti", Because of "the evangelical virtues according to which he lived and sveti knez Lazar, prema re~ima vladike Artemija i danas je vo|a srp- his readiness to give his life and spill his blood for eternal values", Holy skog naroda, ponajvi{e onog koji opstajava na Kosovu i Metohiji ve} Prince Lazar still remains the leader of the Serbian people, most of all punih pet godina u nenormalnim uslovima, teìm nego u turskom rop- those who have managed to survive in Kosovo and Metohija for more stvu. than five years under abnormal conditions, more difficult than during the 24 KOSOVO I METOHIJA KOSOVO AND METOHIIJA - U na{im nevoqama svu Turkish occupation, Bishop pomo} o~ekujem od Boga, Artemije emphasized. na{ih slavnih svetih preda- "In our times of trouble, I ka i ostalih mnogobrojnih expect every help from God, mu~enika i novomu~enika from our glorious holy ances- srpskih ~iji spomen danas tors and other numerous Ser- vr{imo zajedno sa bian Christian martyrs and uspomenom na svetog kneza new martyrs whom we Lazara. Neka nam oni molit- remember today together with vama i primerom svojim Holy Prince Lazar. May they pomognu da istrajemo na help us with their prayers and na{em te{kom krstonosnom example to endure on our ali zato hristonosnom i spa- cross-bearing but also Christ- sonosnom putu da bismo bearing and salvation-bearing ìveli dostojno jevan|eqa path that we may live in accor- Hristovog ovde na zemqi i dance with the Gospel of postali dosledni nasledni- Christ here on earth, and ci carstva nebeskog - rekao become worthy heirs of the je, izme|u ostalog, vladika Kingdom of Heaven," said Artemije u besedi povodom Bishop Artemije in commemo- ju~era{weg velikog ration of the great Orthodox pravoslavnog i srpskog Christian and Serbian nation- nacionalnog praznika. al holiday. Bogosluèwima u Services in Gracanica Gra~anici i na Gazimestanu and Gazimestan were attend- pored vernika ju~e su pris- ed by the faithful as well as by ustvovali i Milan Milan Radulovic, minister for Radulovi}, ministar vera u religions in the Serbian Gov- Vladi Srbije, politi~ki ernment, Kosovo Serb politi- lideri kosovskih Srba i cal leaders and representa- predstavnici Repbli~kog tives of the Serbian ministry of ministarstva kulture. culture. The memorial service Pomen na Gazimestanu in Gazimestan was secured obezbe|ivale su jake snage by strong KFOR forces. KFOR-a.

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KOSOVSKA MITROVICA, 28.juna 2004. (Beta) - Na temeqima KOSOVSKA MITROVICA, June 28, 2004 (Beta) - Orthodox priests hrama Svetog Dimitrija u severnoj Kosovskoj Mitrovici, ~ija je grad- served Holy Liturgy and a memorial service to all fallen Serbs from the wa u toku, sve{tenici su sluìli svetu arhijerejsku liturgiju i Battle of Kosovo to today on the foundation of the church of St. Dimitrije opelo svim Srbima koji su stradali od Kosovskog boja do danas. in northern Kosovska Mitrovica, whose construction is in progress. Na Pri{tinskom univerzitetu izme{tenom u Kosovsku Motrovicu The University of Pristina temporarily displaced to Kosovska Mitrovica danas je prvi put, posle pet godina, obeleèn Dan Univerziteta celebrated its patron saint's day (University Day) on Vidovdan (St. Vitus Vidovdan. Day) for the first time in five years. U prisustvu velikog broja gostiju sa svih Univerziteta u Srbiji, A formal academy was held in the presence of a large number of predstavnika privrednog i politi~kog ìvota, verskih zajednica, guests representing all Universities in Serbia, representatives of econom- odràna je sve~ana akademija na kojoj je rektor Pri{tinskog uni- ic and political domains and religious communities where the rector of the verziteta Radivoje Papovi} podsetio na sva stradawa srpskog naro- University of Pristina, Radivoje Papovic, reminded everyone of the difficult da u proteklih {est vekova. history of the Serbian people during the last six hundred years. Papovi} je istako da je Kosovo danas "pritisnuto i ~izmom i Papovic emphasized that Kosovo today is "oppressed by both the mr`wom". boot and by hatred". "Izme|u ovog i pro{log Vidovdana, za dva martovska dana, nesta- "Since the last St. Vitus Day in just two days in March, 40 of our holy lo je 40 na{ih svetiwa, opelo je jedina pesma koju na Kosovu slu{amo shrines disappeared. The requiem is the only song we hear in Kosovo and i koja ne prestaje", rekao je on i zapitao Evropu za{to }uti dok it is unending," he said. He also asked Europe why it remained silent as nedu`ni narod nestaje. innocent people disappeared. Papovi} je rekao da je raditi na tom Univerzitetu privilegija jer Papovic said that working at the University is a privilege because it se na wemu voli, u~i i brani. involved love, learning and defense. "Nema takvog Univerziteta ne kome se jednako brane i zemqa i "There is no other University where knowledge and the state are znawe, gde studenti stiù da budu najboqi iako dele sudbinu equally defended, where students manage to excel despite the fact they izbeglih i prognanih i u~e pod opsadom", reka je Papovi}. share the fate of the displaced and expelled, and they study under siege," Studentima zavr{nih godina koji imaju najboqi prosek ocena, said Papovic. dodeqene su diplome najboqi student, dok su zaslu`ni profesori Final year students with the highest academic achievement received dobili posebna vidovdanska priznawa. special certificates while deserving professors received special St. Vitus Studenti fakulteta muzi~kih umetnosti izveli su prigodan kul- Day recognitions. turni program. Students of the Faculty of Music Arts conducted a cultural program suitable to the occasion.

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GRA^ANICA, 27. juna 2004. (Beta) - Se~ewem kola~a i ~itawem GRACANICA, June 27, 2004 (Beta) - The St Vitus Day poetry event stihova, u manastiru Gra~anica ve~eras je odr`na manifestacija was celebrated this evening with the cutting of the festal cake and a poet- Vidovdansko pesni~ko pri~e{}e. ry reading. Manifestaciji je prisutvovao srpski Serbian Patriarch Pavle also attended the patrijarh Pavle, koji je pre toga u manastiru event after holding vigil services in the odr`ao bdewe. monastery. Slavski kola~ u ~ast doma}ina presekao The festal (slava) cake in honor of the host je vikarni episkop lipqanski Teodosije sa was cut by Bishop Teodosije of Lipljan together sve{tenstvom ra{ko-prizrenske eparhije. with the priests of the Diocese of Raska and Nakon ~itawa stihova, uglavnom Prizren. posve}enih stradawu Srba od kosovske After the poetry reading, primarily dedicated bitke sa Turcima 1389. godine, pesnicima su to the suffering of the Serbs since the Battle of uru~ene ovogodi{we nagrade. Kosovo against the Turks in 1389, this year's @iri je nagradu "Zlatni krst kneza top prizes were awarded to the poets. Lazara" dodelio pesniku iz Beograda The jury awarded the "Golden Cross of Danilu Nikoli}u. Prince Lazar" award to Belgrade poet Danilo Nagradu "Pero despota Stefana Lazare- Nikolic. vi}a" dobio je Branimir Boji} iz Novog Sada, The "Pen of Prince Stefan Lazarevic" went a "Kondir kosovske devojke" Qubica to Branimir Bojic of Novi Sad, and "The Cup of Mileti} iz Beograda. the Kosovo Maiden" to Ljubica Miletic of Bel- "Gra~ani~ka poveqa" pripala je grade. kosovskom stvaraocu Dragomiru Kosti}u iz The "Gracanica Charter" was awarded to Preoca. Kosovo artist Dragomir Kostic from Preoce. Manifestaciji u Gra~anici ve~eras je The Gracanica poetry event was attended pored oko hiqadu Srba prisustvovao i min- by approximately one thousand Serbs, as well istar vera u Vladi Srbije Milan Radulovi}. as by Milan Radulovic, the minister for religions Jake snage Kfora ve~eras obezbe|uju Vladika Teodosije se~e slavski kola~ in the Serbian Government. Strong KFOR Gra~anicu i okolinu. Cjtipq!Ufpeptjkf!dvut!tmbwb!dblf forces continue to protect Gracanica and its surroundings. On Monday morning Patriarch Pavle will serve the St Vitus Day liturgy in the morning in Gracanica Monastery and a memorial service for fallen Serb heroes in Gazimestan. Few hundreds of Serbs gathered at Gaz- imestan hill under strong KFOR escort to par- ticipate in the traditional memorial service to the Kosovo battle knights. Photo Darko Dozet (Tan- jug) (click to enlarge)

726UI!BOOJWFSTBSZ PG!UIF!CBUUMF!PG Vladika Artemije LPTPWP!BOE!6UI Cjtipq!Bsufnjkf BOOJWFSTBSZ!VOEFS 615. VIDOVDAN OD PDDVQBUJPO KOSOVSKE BITKE I GRACANICA, June 27, 2004 (Beta) - Com- PETI U ROPSTVU menting on the celebration of the anniversary of the Battle of Kosovo, Bishop Artemije of Raska GRAÂNICA, 27. juna 2004. (Beta) - and Prizren said in Gracanica on Sunday that Vladika ra{ko-prizrenski Artemije izjavio "the Serbs are celebrating the 615th anniver- je danas u Gra~anici, povodom proslave sary of the historic St Vitus Day and the fifth godi{wice Kosovske bitke, da "Srbi proslavqaju 615. Vidovdan istorijski i peti anniversary under the new occupation". u novom ropstvu". Kosovska bitka "Difficult conditions, a strong will and hope "Te{ki uslovi, jaka voqa i nada have sustained us during five hundred years odràli su nas petsto godina pod turskim i Uif!Lptpwp!Cbuumf under Turkish occupation and five years under pet godina u novom ropstvu", rekao je vladi- Uif!Lptpwp!Cbuumf!xbt!b!uvsojoh!qpjou!jo!uif the new occupation," said the Bishop. He ka na sve~anoj Vidovdanskoj sednici i expressed the hope that "Serbs would welcome izrazio nadu da }e "Srbi slede}i Vidovdan nfejfwbm!ijtupsz!pg!Fvspqf/!Ju!xbt!opu!pomz!b!cbu. do~ekati u boqoj slobodi". umf!gpvhiu!cfuxffo!b!Disjtujbo!bmmjbodf!mfe!cz!uif the next St Vitus Day in greater freedom". Lokalni koordinator u pri{tinskoj Local coordinator in the Pristina municipali- op{tini Marko Todorovi} rekao je da Srbi, Tfscjbo!Qsjodf!boe!uif!bsnz!pg!Tvmubo!Nvsbe!cvu ty Marko Todorovic said that the Serbs, despite iako raspeti izme|u èqe za opstankom i bmtp!bo!fwfou!xijdi!ibt!nbslfe!uif!dfouvsjft!pg being crucified between the desire to survive namere albanskih ekstremista da ih proter- tvctfrvfou!ijtupsz!pg!uijt!qbsu!pg!uif!Cbmlbot/ and the intent of the Albanian extremists to aju sa ogwi{ta, ne prestaju da proslavqaju chase them from their centuries-old homes, svoje hri{}anske praznike, jer iz wih crpe Lptpwp!ibt!sfnbjofe!bo!bsfb!pg!dpogmjdu!cfuxffo continue to celebrate their Christian holidays for novu snagu. uxp!djwjmj{bujpot-!uxp!sfmjhjpot!boe!nfoubmjujft/! they provide them with new strength. 26 KOSOVO I METOHIJA KOSOVO AND METOHIIJA Eparhija napomiwe da su obe svetiwe, manastir Devi~ i crkva Sv. POVODOM KRA\E MO[TIJU IZ Save u Mitrovici uni{tene 17 i 18. marta zahvaquju}i potpunoj PRAVOSLAVNIH CRKAVA NA nespremnosti francuskog komandanta brigade KFOR-a da za{titi ove crkve od albanskog nasiqa. Prema podacima koje Eparhija pose- KOSOVU I METOHIJI duje i obilnoj foto-dokumentaciji vojnici ove brigade KFOR-a nisu pruìli ni najmawi otpor u Mitrovici, pred crkvom Sv. Save, dok su ERP KIM Info-slu`ba iz Devi~a sramno pobegli helikopterima povev{i sa sobom stare Gra~anica, 14. juni 2004. monahiwe i ostaviv{i ~ak sopstvenu vojnu opremu, koju su kasnije Budu}i da su neki predstavnici javnih glasila u Srbiji danas Albanci pokrali zajedno sa ostalim vrednostima iz manastira. O kontaktirali francuski KFOR povodom saop{tewa ERP KiM o kra|i sramnom i kukavi~kom pona{awu francuskog i nema~kog KFOR-a pos- mostiju od strane francuskog vojnog kapelana Kristijana Venara toji dosta svedo~ewa i u me|unarodnoj i doma}oj {tampi pa o tome (Christian Venard) i da im je predstavnik francuskog KFOR-a smatramo da nema potrebe vi{e da se govori. saopt{io da su svete mo{ti navodno ve} vra}ene u manastir Devi~, Eparhija ra{ko-prizrenska èli da precizira da do nedeqe 6. juna mo{ti zasigurno nisu bile vra}ene u Devi~ jer je predstavnik Eparhi- je monah Jezekiq Staki} kontaktirao igumaniju Anastasiju, koja je KUTIJA SA MO[TIMA KONA^NO potvrdila da mo{ti nisu bile vra}ene. U me|uvremenu igumanija Anastasija nije obavestila Eparhiju o povratku ukradene kutijice sa VRA]ENA U MANASTIR DEVI^ svetiwama. Eparhija je mi{qewa da je gotovo izvesno da }e mo{ti biti ERP KIM Info-slu`ba vra}ene, posebno nakon {to je cela pri~a iza{la u javnost, ali je Gra~anica, 14. juni 2004. posebno va`no imati u vidu da su mo{ti uzete neposredno nakon mar- Igumanija manastira tovskog pogroma i da su vra}ene, odnosno tek treba da budu vra}ene: Devi~ potvrdila je u nedequ 1. tek na intervenciju predstavnika SPC koji su slu~ajno iz 13. juna informativnoj slu`bi me|unarodnih izvora saznali za kra|u kapelana Venara, i ERP KIM da je francuski 2. nakon vi{e od dva meseca neovla{}enog zadràvawa imovine KFOR kona~no vratio kutiju SPC kod nepoznatih lica i zbog sasvim nepoznatih razloga sa mo{tima koja se nalazila Imaju}i u vidu ove dve ~iwenice sasvim je neosporno da je re~ o zape}a}ena u ~asnoj trpezi u otvorenoj kra|i svetiwa (svetotatstvu) za koju odgovorni moraju da oltaru zapaqene crkve i koju odgovaraju. Tako|e francuski KFOR ili Francuski vojni ordinari- je bez znawa i saglasnosti jat imaju du`nost da saop{te sve ~iwenice po ~ijem su nalogu mo{ti SPC odneo francuski vojni uzimane iz crkava druge veroispovesti i gde su do sada neovla{}eno kapelan Kristijan Venar i bez znawa Pravoslavne Crkve dràne. Ponavqamo, da je Venar imao (Christian Venard) nakon mar- dobru nameru, kutijice sa svetiwama bi odmah bile predane tovskog pogroma. Pravoslavnoj Crkvi, {to nije u~iweno. Poku{aj prikrivawa istine, Eparhija napomiwe da vra}awem ukradenih stvari (nakon vi{e od dva meseca) i bez svo|ewe problema na to da li obja{wewa za{to je i kako Venar uzimao svetiwe iz pravoslavnih su mo{ti vra}ene nekoliko Crkava predstavqa otvoreno sau~estvovawe u kra|i koja nimalo ne dana pre ili kasnije, ali u prili~i francuskoj vojsci i KFOR-u. svakom slu~aju nakon zahteva Naravno, Eparhiji ra{ko-prizrenskoj je stalo da se ukradene Crkve, i zanemarivawe svetiwe {to pre vrate ali i da se razotkrije cela istina, jer posto- ~iwenice da je re~ o ji sasvim osnovana sumwa da je Venar obilazio i neke druge hramove neovla{}enom uzimawu tu|ih sa istim ciqem, {to Eparhija zbog ograni~enosti kretawa po KIM nije dragocenosti predstavqa u u mogu}nosti da proveri. Tako|e, imaju}i u vidu ovaj incident u osnovi poku{aj prikrivawa Eparhiji se sasvim razumqivo javqaju sumwe da li su i druga istine i opravdavawa kra|e me|unarodna lica bilo iz KFOR-a ili UNMIK-a u~estvovala u koja nedvosmisleno mora biti sli~nim kra|ama, budu}i da u zapaqenim crkvama nisu prona|eni osu|ena i ka`wena. tragovi brojnih dragocenosti. Pre dve godine jedan nema~ki vojnik KFOR-a je osu|en u Nema~koj zbog kra|e vrednog diptiha iz pravoslavne crkve u Prizrenu. ERP KiM je do sada vi{e puta obave{tavala javnost o kra|i svetiwa iz pravoslavnih crkava na Kosovu i Metohiji. Francuska kancelarija u Pri{tini o celom slu~aju je obave{tena Francuski vojni kapelan Kristijan Venar i ukradene mo{ti Sv. pre skoro mesec dana i do danas, ta~nije do prekju~e mo{ti u Devi~ Joanikija Devi~kog nisu bile vra}ene. Budu}i da mirnim posredovawem kako bi se izbe- gao skandal nije ni{ta postignuto, Eparhija je bila prinu|ena da vesti o ne~uvenom pona{awu rimokatoli~kog vojnog kapelana francuske vojske iznese u javnost. Svi detaqi koji se ti~u saop{tewa su provereni i fotograrfije kra|e mo{tiju i informacije vezane za izjavu Venara da mo{ti uzima kako bi ih navodno "predao biskupu u Prizren" potvr|ene su Eparhiji od pouzdanih me|unarodnih izvora koji su neposredno upu}eni u delatnosti kapelana Venara, ali koji za sada èle da ostanu anonimni. Lica koja su ERP KiM saop{tila ~iwenice vezane za Venarovu delatnost i sama su posumwala da je re~ o neovla{}enom uzimawu pravoslavnih svetiwa i da Pravoslav- na Crkva mora o tome da bude obave{tena. Episkop ra{ko-prizrenski Artemije izrazio je svoje zgraàvawe zbog ovog ne~uvenog i krajwe nedoli~nog ~ina francuskog kapelana i zatraìo je da se sve ~iwenice vezane za kra|u svetiwa razotkriju i objave u javnosti.

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