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NEDEQNI PREGLED NAJVA@NIJIH VESTI

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

In the presence of several hundred faithful from throughout Serbia -U prisustvu vi{e stotina vernika iz cele Srbije i Crne Gore na svetoj arhijerejskoj liturgiji koju je danas u manastiru Visoki De~ani and Montenegro, Serbian Patriarch Pavle with 17 hierarchs of the Serbian slu`io patrijarh srpski Pavle sa 17 arhijereja Srpske i Gr~ke and Greek Orthodox Churches served Holy Hierarchal Liturgy at Visoki pravoslavne crkve rukopolo`en je novi episkop lipqanski i vikar Decani Monastery on June 20 (Sunday), consecrating as the new Bishop of Lipljan and auxiliary Bishop of the Diocese of Eparhije ra{ko-prizrenske Teodosije Raska and Prizren, Teodosije (Sibalic), Abbot of ([ibali}), iguman de~anski. Decani Monastery. - Predajem Ti `ezal ovaj da s wim napasa{ "I give You this scepter to graze the flock of povereno Ti stado Hristovo. Poslu{nima neka Christ entrusted to you. May it serve to support bude za oslonac i ukrepqwe, a neposlu{ne i and give strength to the obedient; teach the disnepokorne upu}uj, karawem kroti i vaspitaj u obedient and unruly, tame them by reprimand and Hristu Isusu Gospodu - poru~io patrijarh educate them in Jesus Our Lord Christ," Patriarch Pavle novom episkopu lipqanskom. Pavle exhorted the new Bishop of Lipljan. U prvoj besedi posle rukopolo`ewa In his first sermon after consecration Bishop vladika Teodisije naglasio je da mu je "najve}a Teodosije emphasized that "it is the highest honor ~ast {to ga je Sveti arhijerejski sabor Srpske that the Holy Assembly of Bishops of the Serbian pravoslavne crkve prizvao da u episkopskom Orthodox Church has invoked him to assist his ~inu poma`e svom arhijereju na prostoru mnospiritual father in the much-suffering Diocese of gostradalne Eparhije ra{ko-prizrenske i Raska-Prizren and Kosovo-Metohija as bishop." kosovsko-metohijske". "My entire being is connected to this region, to -Svo moje bi}e vezano je za ove prostore, za this people and to its holy shrines. In Kosovo and ovaj narod i wegove svetiwe. Na Kosovu i Metohija all are persecuted, both the people and Metohiji svi stradaju, i narod i wegove its centuries-old shrines. In this region there is vekovne svetiwe. Na ovim prostorima ima vi{e more sorrow and tears than joy and children's tuge i pla~a, nego li radosti i de~ijeg osmeha. smiles. But at the same time this people, passing Ali, ovaj narod koji je oduvek prolazio Hristhrough Christ's Golgotha, has been resurrected tovu Golgotu, sa Hristom je i vaskrsavao. Vladike u De~anima in Christ. We hope that this time will be no differNadamo se da }e i ovaj put biti tako - rekao je Cjtipqt!jo!Efdboj ent," said Bishop Teodosije. vladika Teodosije. He called on all his "cohabitants, the On je poru~io svojim "sa`iteqima, honest and honorable people of Metohija po{tenom i ~estitom narodu metohiand Kosovo" "not to readily depart from jskom i kosovskom" da "olako ne their centuries-old homes and renounce napu{taju svoje vekovne domove i da se the patrimony of their fathers entrusted to ne odri~u ota~kog nasle|a koje mu je u them for safekeeping". Bishop Teodosije zalog predato". Vladika Teodosije expressed his special thanks to Italian posebno se zahvalio italijanski KFOR, "the good Samaritan" keeping vojnicima KFOR-a koji poput watch over Visoki Decani Monastery ''milostivog Samarjanina'', danono}no around the clock. ~uvaju i brinu o manastiru Visoki "We also wish to thank our neighbors De~ani. (Kosovo Albanians) with whom we share -Hvala i onima susedima na{im sa this piece of land under heaven. This holy kojima delimo ovo par~e zemqe pod shrine and its inhabitants have always nebom. Ova svetiwa i weni `iteqi served them well. Some returned the uvek su im ~inili dobro. Neki su na to favor in kind; others did not. May God uzvra}ali dobrom, a neki nisu. Daj grant that some of them exist even today. Bo`e, 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 `alim qud- Patrijarh Pavle sa novoizabranim Episkopom Lipqanskim may He be just. Yet again I regret with a Teodosijem skim srcem, a posebno sada episkophuman heart and especially now with the skim, arhijerejskim srcem, svaku qudQbusjbsdi!Qbwmf!xjui!ofxmz!fmfdufe!Cjtipq!Ufpeptjkf!pg!Mjqmkbo heart of a Bishop every human tear, every

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human victim, every drop of blood sku suzu, svaku qudsku `rtvu, that has been spilled; every human svaku kap krvi prolivene; svako being who perished, despite being qudsko bi}e postradalo, a koje created to live. je stvoreno za `ivot. "My message to all is this: let us Poru~ujem svima, nemojmo not stop with the evil that tragically ostajati na zlu kojega je, transpired and still remains a part of na`alost, i bilo, a i sada ga je human history. Let us look forward, dosta u qudskoj istoriji. Gledafirst at God who is more powerful than jmo napred, prvo na Boga koji je every evil for 'God is love.' He calls us ja~i od svakoga zla, ''jer Bog je to an eternal assembly of togetherqubav''. On nas poziva na ve~ni ness, not to isolation, separatism or sabor zajedni{tva, a ne na izoautism. Let us all be what this holy lacije, separatizam i zatvarawa shrine has always been - open to all, u sebe. Budimo svi ono {to je bearing no hatred toward others, peroduvek ova svetiwa bila - prema secuting no one," emphasized Bishop svima otvoreni, bez mr`we Teodosije. prema drugome, bez progawawa "Today, more than ever before, drugoga - naglasio vladika TeoDecani Monastery is important for the dosije. survival of the Serbs both in this - De~ani su danas, vi{e nego region and for those who living ikada ranije, zna~ajni za abroad all across God's Earth. St. opstanak srpskoga bi}a, kako na Stefan built part of himself into Decani ovim prostorima, tako i za sve and breathed some of heaven into one koji su u rasejawu i `ive po the monastery," said Bishop Teodosicelom Bo`ijem svetu. Sveti je after the consecration, emphasizKraq je sobom izgradio i u wih ing that "all the sublimity and greatudahnuo deo neba - rekao vladiness of episcopal dignity lies in serka Teodosije posle vice, in sharing in love the suffering of rukopolo`ewa i naglasio da je one's flock and in zeal for the salvaje "sva uzvi{enost i veli~ina tion of the souls of God's people episkopskog dostojanstva u entrusted to him". slu`ewu, sastradavawu u Thanks to strong and well orgaqubavi svojoj pastvi i revno{}u nized KFOR escorts Serbs from all za spasewe du{a poverenog mu parts of Kosovo and Metohija arrived naroda Bo`ijeg". in Visoki Decani, claiming that the Zahvaqu}i pratwama KFOR atmosphere at the monastery yesteru Visoke De~ane na day was especially festive. The buses Sa nare~ewa novoizabranog episkopa lipqanskog Teodosija rukopolo`ewe novog vladike with the guests from Serbia and Monstigli su Srbi iz delova Kosova Gspn!dpotfdsbujpo!pg!ofxmz!fmfdufe!Cjtipq!Ufpeptjkf!pg!Mjqmkbo tenegro were additionally escorted by i Metohije, koji su tvrdili da je helicopters. In addition to a large ju~era{wi dan u ovoj svetiwi bio posebno sve~an. Rukopolo`ewu vladike Tedosija, pored velikog number of the faithful, Serbian minister of education and sports Ljiljana broja vernika, prisustvovali su i Qiqana ^oli} 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, representaskog 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. Representatives of the U.S., British, French and Italian offices in gova~ke i @i~ke. Sve~anoj liturgiji i ru~ku prisustvovali su predstavnici Pristina also attended Holy Liturgy and the luncheon, as did the comameri~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, the deputy chief of the Eriko Danilo (Errico UNMIK police section, Danilo) sa svojim ofiwho with carefully chocirima. [efa UNMIK-a sen words congratulatpredstavqao je ed the Bishop of Lipljan gospodin Johanes Regenon his consecration on breht (Johanes Regenbehalf of the UN Misbrecht), zamenik {efa sion. Regional and local politi~kog odseka UNMIK representatives UNMIK-a, koji je biranalso attended the cereim re~ima u ime Misije mony. UN ~estitao rukopoThe newly conselo`ewe Episkopu crated Bishop of Lipljan Lipqanskom. will perform the duties of Novorukopolo`eni an auxiliary (vicar) bishepiskop Lipqanski op of the Diocese of obavqa}e du`nost Raska-Prizren and vikarnog episkopa Kosovo-Metohija and Eparhije ra{kowill be seated in Visoki prizrenske i kosovskoDecani Monastery metohijske i ima}e where, in addition to his sedi{te u manastiru episcopal duties, he will Visoki De~ani gde }e continue serving as pored svojih episkopAbbot of Decani skih obaveza i daqe Sa nare~ewa novoizabranog episkopa lipqanskog Teodosija Monastery. obavqati du`nost nasGspn!dpotfdsbujpo!pg!ofxmz!fmfdufe!Cjtipq!Ufpeptjkf!pg!Mjqmkbo tojateqa manastira.

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BESEDA VLADIKE TEODOSIJA

Va{a Svetosti, Va{a Visokopreosve{tenstva, bra}o Arhijereji, uva`ena Gospodo, bra}o i sestre, Neka je blagosloven Bog u Trojici slavqeni, predve~ni Otac, jedinorodni Sin Wegov i Duh Sveti Ute{iteq. Neka je blagosloveno ime Wegovo, neka je blagosloven promisao Wegov, neka je blagoslovena qubav Wegova. Po~iwem ove re~ svoga obra}awa, blagosiqawem Boga, `ivoga i istinitoga, jer je to, od svega najva`nije; da uvek Boga prizivamo u molitvama svojim, da uvek Bogu blagodarimo za sve {to nam daje i da s Bogom zapo~iwemo sve {to ~inimo u ovom `ivotu. Blagodarim Bogu, na prvom mestu, {to me je

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Your Holiness, Your Eminences, brother Hierarchs, ladies and gentlemen, brothers and sisters, May the Lord celebrated in Three Persons be blessed: the pre-eternal Father, His consubstantial Son and the consoling Holy Spirit. May His name be blessed, may His providence be blessed, may His love be blessed. I begin these words of my address by blessing the living and true Lord because the most important thing of all is precisely this: that we always call upon the Lord in our prayers, that we always thank the Lord for all He gives us and that we begin all we do in this life with the Lord. I thank the Lord, first of all, for creating me

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Novorukopolo`eni episkop lipqanski Taodosije, svetovno @ivko [ibali} (1963) rodom je iz ^a~ka. Posle zavr{ene osnovne i sredwe {kole u Gorjanima i U`icu, studije na Bogoslovskom fakultetu u Beogradu zavr{io iz manastira Visoki De~ani. Monaski `ivot zapo~eo je u manastiru Crna Reka, pod duhovnim rukovodstvom tada{weg igumana Artemija (Radosavqevi}a), sada{weg episkopa ra{ko-prizrenskog i kosovsko-metohijskog. Zamona{io se 1989, a za igumana de~anskog imenovan je tri godine kasnije, kada je u zadu`bini svetog kraqa Stefana De~anskog obnovqeno op{te`i}e. Za episkopa lipqanskog i vikara Eparhije ra{ko-prizrenske izabran je na ovoogodi{wem majskom zasedawu Svetog arhijerejskog sabora SPC. Sedi{te vladike Teodosija bi}e u Visokim De~anima koji su trenutno, sa 30 monaha i isku{enika, najve}i mu{ki manastir u SPC.

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The newly consecrated Bishop Teodosije (Theodosios) of Lipljan, was born Zivko Sibalic (1963) in Cacak. Upon completing his elementary and secondary school studies in Gorjani and Uzice, he studied theology at the Theological Faculty in Belgrade, graduating while at Decani Monastery. He began his monastic life in Crna Reka Monastery under the spiritual guidance of then Abbot Artemije (Radosavljevic), now Bishop of RaskaPrizren and Kosovo-Metohija. He took his monastic vows in 1989 and appointed Abbot of Decani three years later upon the restoration of monastic communal life (coenobitism) in the endowment shrine of the Holy King, St. Stefan of Decani. He was elected Bishop of Lipljan and Vicar of the Diocese of Raska and Prizren at this year's May session of the Holy Assembly of Bishops of the Serbian Orthodox Church. Bishop Teodosije's see will be at Visoki Decani, currently the largest male monastery of the Serbian Orthodox Church, number 30 monks and novices today.

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u Svom predve~nom promislu, stvorio i uveo u bi}e; {to mi je podario `ivot, a pogotovu - {to me je uveo u novi `ivot - u Crkvi svojoj - Svetoj, Apostolskoj i Pravoslavnoj. Danas, imam jo{ ve}i razlog za blagosiqawe i blagodarewe Bogu, {to me je Va{a Svetosti, preko Vas i otaca Arhijereja, koji ste Hristovi u~enici i Apostolski naslednici, uveo u blagodat i slu`bu episkopstva. To je blagodat i slu`ba samoga Gospoda Hrista, koji je po re~ima svetoga Apostola ''episkop i ~uvar du{a na{ih'' (1 Petr. 2, 25). On je Pastir i Arhipastir Crkve Svoje svete; pa je i mene danas, preko Svetog Arhijerejskog Sabora i va{ih bogoblagodatnih ruku, bra}o Arhijereji, uveo u ~in, uveo u blagodat i slu`bu arhipastira Crkve Wegove. Biti episkop Crkve Hristove, to zna~i na prvom mestu, biti slu`iteq - jer ''Sin ^ove~iji nije do{ao da Mu slu`e, nego da slu`i i dade `ivot Svoj u otkup za mnoge'' (Mt. 20, 28); slu`iti Bogu vi{wemu, i bli`wima u kojima obitava i `ivi sam Hristos, naro~ito u ''najmawoj bra}i Wegovoj'' (Mt. 25, 40), kojima je On i obe}ao Carstvo Svoje nebesko. U ovom privremenom, zemaqskom `ivotu, nemamo ni~ega {to bi bilo iznad pastirskog slu`ewa, jer je ono posve}eno najve}em i najuzvi{enijem delu, a to je, spasewe du{a qudskih. Istinski pastir, istinski episkop Crkve Bo`ije, treba da brine za slovesno stado povereno mu od ''Velikog Pastira'' (Jev. 13, 20) Gospoda Isusa Hrista i to za svaku du{u pojedina~no. Gospod nam govori i poru~uje preko svoga proroka Jezekiqa: ''Ja }u pasti stado svoje, i ja }u ih odmarati. Tra`i}u izgubqenu, i dove{}u natrag odagnanu, i rawenu }u zaviti i bolesnu okrijepiti; a tovnu }u i jaku potrti, pa{}u ih po pravdi'' (Jez. 34, 15-16). Sva uzvi{enost i veli~ina episkopskog dostojanstva sastoji se upravo u slu`ewu. Istinski episkop treba svakodnevno da sastradava u qubavi svojoj prema pastvi i da neprekidno gori svetom revno{}u za spasewe du{a poverenog mu naroda Bo`ijeg; da

and giving me being in His pre-eternal providence; for giving me life and especially, for initiating me in a new life - in His Church - Holy, Apostolic and Orthodox. Today I have even more reason to bless and thank the Lord that Your Holiness and the Fathers of the Church, who are Christ's desciples and the heirs of the Apostles, have initiated me in the blessing and service of the bishop's office. This is the blessing and service of Christ the Lord Himself who is, in the words of the holy Apostle, "the Shepherd and Guardian of your souls" (1 Peter 2:25). He is the Pastor and Archpastor of His Holy Church; consequently, through the Holy Assembly of Bishops and your divinely blessed hands, brother Hierarchs, He has also initiated me into office, initiated me into the blessing and service of the protopastors of His Church. To be a bishop of the Church of Christ means first and foremost to be a servant - "even as the Son of man came not to be served but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many" (Matthew 20:28); to serve God Almighty and those close by in whom Christ himself lives and resides, especially in "the least of these my brethren" (Matthew 25:40) to whom He promised His Heavenly Kingdom. In this transient, earthly life, we have nothing higher than pastoral service for it is dedicated to the greatest and highest act, which is the salvation of human souls. A true pastor, a true bishop of God's Church must take care of the flock entrusted him by "the great shepherd" (Hebrews 13:20) Jesus Our Lord Christ and do so for every soul individually. The Lord speaks to us and calls on us through his prophet Ezekiel: I myself will be the shepherd of my sheep, and I will make them lie down... I will seek the lost, and I will bring back the strayed, and I will bind up the crippled, and I will strengthen the weak, and the fat and the strong I will watch over; I will feed them in justice. (Ezekiel 34:15-16). All the sublimity and greatness of episcopal dignity lies precisely in service. A true bishop must share daily in love the suffering of one's flock and to burn continuously with holy zeal for the salvation of the souls of 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

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the stature of the fullneprestano stremi ka ness of Christ" (Ephwihovom duhovnom esians 4:13). preporodu, kako bi Thus I am well svi dostigli u aware, Your Holiness duhovno savr{enstvo and brother Hierarchs, - ''u meru rasta puno}e that the Lord has also Hristove'' (Ef. 4, 13). called me, as He once Stoga sam i ja called his His Patridanas svestan, Va{a archs, His Prophets, Svetosti i bra}o His Apostles and His Arhijereji, da je i Bishops to the cross, mene Gospod, kao that he has invited me nekada svoje Proroke, on the path to Golgos v o j e tha. But I also know Prvosve{tenike, that this is the only svoje Apostole i Arhipath that leads to resjereje, upravo pozvao urrection, and that only na krst, pozvao na golby the Cross can we gotski put svoj. Ali, triumph over all that znam, isto tako, da obstructs our eternal samo taj put vodi u life. Hence I now need vaskrsewe, i da se more than ever before samo kroz Krst your prayers and your dolazi do pobede nad paternal advice withsvim onim {to je out which I would not prepreka na{em be able to carry this ve~nom `ivotu. Zato burden and all the su mi sada, vi{e nego Vernici sa Kosova i Metohije na hirotoniji u De~anima responsibilities you ikada ranije, potrebhave entrusted to me. I ne Va{e molitve i Gbjuigvm!qfpqmf!gspn!Lptpwp!boe!Nfupijb!evsjoh!dpotfdsbujpo!jo!Efdboj 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 Bo`iju 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 - Bo`iji narod; narod koji je i{ao i koji ide Hristovim putem. Sre}an sam da mi je Gospod dao da mogu da mu slu`im u ovom uzvi{enom dostojanstvu, onako kao {to su mu slu`ili i sveti preci na{i, sveti praoci na{i - od Sv. ]irila i Metodija, preko Svetoga Save i ostalih svetiteqa, sve do svetoga Kraqa, ktitora ove svete obiteqi u ~ijem hramu, ja nedostojni i najmawi me|u slu`iteqima 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, do`iveo 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 `ive po celom Bo`ijem 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 do not rely so much on my own strength as on the help of the Lord and okru`uju. Svestan sam u kakvo vreme sam postao episkop; svestan sam i u your holy prayers. I am immeasurably grateful to the Lord that I belong to the people in kakvim okolnostima; svestan sam i svih te{ko}a i opasnosti koje me 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 consecratsvr{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 Bo`iji, kako ~esto ponavqa na{ Sveti our holy forefathers served Him; our Holy Fathers, from Sts. Cyril and Methodius to St. Sava and the other saints to the Holy King and patron of Patrijarh, ovde sada prisutan. 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. This is yet another important reason for my giving thanks to God; that ovde na Kosovu i Metohiji. Va{im dolaskom, Va{om `rtvom, Va{om neizmernom qubavqu potvrdili ste svoje opredeqewe i dali ste it is in this very holy monastery, the endowment of a king and martyr, Visonama primer, da i mi danas, sve do smrti i krvi slu`imo 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 region and for those who living abroad all across God's Earth. St. Stefan opstanemo na ovim prostorima. 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 resistali 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 prosamo telesno rodila, nego me je i duhovno uputila da svim svojim totype Christ, making us blessedly unsusceptible to all dangers that surbi}em stremim i slu`im @ivome Bogu; koja se danas i ponajvi{e radu- round us. I am aware of the sort of time in which I have become a bishop; I am je ovom uzvi{enom ~inu. Ona je danas ovde sa nama u mona{kom liku i 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 with you always, to the close of the age" (Matthew 28:20) said Christ the 19, 14). Hvala i svim mojim u~iteqima koji su me strahu Bo`ijem u~ili i Lord and sent the Holy Spirit to console us and that act continues to the
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ovom putu vodili; na prvom mestu ocu Dmitru, parohu po`e{ke crkve, koji mi je bio i prvi verou~iteq, primiv{i me i u~iv{i azbuci duhovnog i crkvenog `ivota. Neizmerno blagodarim Bogu, {to me je u 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 Bo`ija - `iva Crkva, i da se samo kroz wu i u woj mo`emo spasti; da se samo kroz Svetu Liturgiju otkriva kona~ni smisao `ivqewa, kako ovde na zemqi, tako i u ve~nosti; da se samo verom mo`e istinski `iveti 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 rukopolo`io 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 slu`i. A najve}u blagodarnost odajem duhovnom ocu i vladici svome Artemiju, koji mi je u `ivotu 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 `ivota - od isku{enika, preko mona{kog do igumanskog slu`ewa, pa sve do danas, kada sam primio najve}u blagodat ovde na zemqi - blagodat episkopskog slu`ewa. Pored svega velikog i uzvi{enog {to mi je 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 nau~io kako se istinski Bogu slu`i celim svojim bi}em u smirewu i potpunoj predanosti voqi Wegovoj svetoj. Sa punim poverewem uzveo me je u zvawe igumana ove svete obiteqi, tada mladog i u svemu neiskusnog, ali nikada me ne ostavqaju}i samog, bez svoje pomo}i i za{tite. Blagoslov wegov uvek me je pratio i {titio, naro~ito u ove posledwe i najte`e dane, kada smo svi pro{li, a i sada prolazimo Hristovu Golgotu, stradaju}i i bivaju}i u opasnostima svakodnevnim. Poverio mi je bratiju, sa kojom sam po~eo podvig i `ivot u ovoj svetoj obiteqi, a koja se wegovim molitvama umno`ila u mnogorodno drvo, na ~ije grane danas mnogi dolaze i hrane se wenim slatkim duhovnim plodovima. Mojoj bratiji de~anskoj, koja mi je od svih najbli`a i najdra`a, neka je hvala na svemu, jer ose}am da bez wih ni ja danas ne bih postojao na ovom svetom mestu. Ovog puta od svih wih tra`im opro{taj, ako sam nekada nekoga povredio i ako ga nisam na pravi na~in 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 slu`imo, {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 Bo`ijem. Od Svetog Arhijerejskog Sabora Srpske Pravoslavne Crkve, prizvan sam da u episkopskom ~inu poma`em 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 Bo`ijim imenom, idewem Bo`ijim putem, `ivqewem radi Boga i slu`ewem Bogu, sve do `rtve i stradawa za Wega. Ovog puta i sa ovog mesta poru~ujem svim svojim sa`iteqima, po{tenom i ~estitom narodu metohijskom i kosovskom - nemojmo posustati i nemojmo se pokolebati na svom putu ka ve~nom ciqu, ka ve~nom `ivotu. Gospod koji nas 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 odricati se ota~kog nasle|a koje nam je u zalog predato. U ovom trenutku se}am se ne samo `ivih na zemqi, nego i onih `ivih na nebu, koji su napustili ovaj zemaqski `ivot; bilo preminulih, bilo prisilno odaslanih odavde - ubistvima, klawima, mu~ewima. Takav je pre svih otac Gavrilo - arhi|akon, sabrat na{; takav je i Hariton - monah, tako|e sabrat na{; takav je i Stefan jeromonah; takva su i deca iz Gorazdevca, iz Pe}i; takav je i novopostradali Dimitrije gra~ani~ki - svi oni mu~eni i pobijeni Hrista present day. The Lord's is the presence, the Lord's is the act, from the Lord comes every success. And in this all we are but associates of the Lord, as our Holy Patriarch, who is present here with us, frequently says.

Sve~anost je okupila vernike iz svih delova zemqe Dpotfdsbujpo!hbuifsfe!uif!gbjuigvmt!gspn!bmm!qbsut!pg!dpvousz

Thank you, Your Holiness; thank you, Hierarchal Fathers. Thank you for once again confirming that your heart and your soul is right here in Kosovo and Metohija. By your arrival, your sacrifice, your endless love you have confirmed your choice and given us an example so that we today may serve in this place to death and blood; that we may survive together with our much-suffering and much-persecuted people in this region. Thanks to my honorable and modest parents, my father Milan and mother Biljana - now Sister Marta, a nun - for bearing me and educating me in modesty and honest. I thank God for my mother, who not only physically gave birth to me but spiritually directed me to strive and to serve the Living Lord with all my being; who is today made happiest of all by this distinct honor. She is here with us today as nun, having offered to the Lord all that she had and ultimately herself, seeing only the Lord who promised that "to such belongs the kingdom of heaven" (Matthew 19:14). Thanks also to all my teachers who taught me to fear God and led me

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toward this path; first and foremost, Father Dmitar, the parish priest of the church in Pozega, who was my first religious instructor, receiving me and teaching me the alphabet of spiritual and church life. I am endlessly grateful to the Lord for directing me to the Theological Faculty at the right time, where I met the greatest theologians and teachers of our Church among my fathers and professors, who are also present here today. They breathed the spirit of theology into me in the best possible fashion and taught me that the Church of God is a Living Church and that only through it and in it can we gain salvation; that only through the Divine Liturgy is the
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Novomu~enici iz 1999. godine - otac Hariton i otac Stefan Uif!ofx!nbsuzst!gspn!2:::/!.!Gbuifs!Dibsj. upo!boe!Gbuifs!/!Tufqibo
radi i imena srpskoga radi. Wihovom nevinom krvqu Gospod iskupquje 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 italijanskih 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 mo`emo ni~im odu`iti, do molitvom Svetom 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 `iteqi uvek su im }inili dobro. Neki su na to uzvra}ali dobrom, a neki nisu. Daj Bo`e, 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 `alim 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 `ivot. I zato, poru~ujem svima, nemojmo ostajati na zlu kojega je, na`alost, 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 zajedni{tva, a ne izolacije, separatizma i zatvarawa u sebe. [iroko 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 mr`we prema drugome, bez progawawa drugoga. Va{oj qubavi, svima ovde prisutnim arhijerejima, bra}i i sestrama, naro~ito onima koji su izdaleka do{li; predstavnicima dr`ave i vlasti, kojima su ova vrata uvek bila otvorena sa `eqom da i srca wihova budu otvorena za ovaj mnogostradalni narod; prose}i od svih Vas opro{taj i molitve, `elim svaki Bo`iji blagoslov, blagodat Svetoga Duha, a Gospodu na{em koji je proslavqen zajedno sa Svojim Ocem i Duhom Svetim, neka je slava, ~ast i poklowewe, sada i uvek i u vekove vekova. Amin! 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. I also thank His Holiness, Our Patriarch Pavle, then Bishop of Raska and Prizren, for his fatherly understanding of my decision to dedicate myself to the monastic calling and to be a monk in his diocese; who tonsured 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 deacon in the Cathedral of St. George the Great-martyr in Prizren, which

Patrijarh i vladike tokom rukoplo`ewa Qbusjbsdi!boe!Cjtipqt!evsjoh!dpotfdsbujpo

today lies in ruins at the hands of the enemy and where services are no longer held. And the greatest thanks of all I give to my spiritual father and bishop, Artemije, who has been everything in my life: my parent, my teacher, my spiritual leader on the narrow and hard path of Christ (cit. Matthew 7:14); who carefully and patiently led me through the states of spiritual life - from novice to monk to the office of abbot to the present day when I received the greatest blessing here on earth - the blessing of the bishop's service. In addition to all the great and sublime things in which he has instructed 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 completely submitting to His Holy Will. With full confidence he initiated me, then young and inexperienced in all things, to the abbot's office of this holy family at the same time never leaving me alone without his help and protection. His blessing always accompanied and protected me, especially during these most recent and 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 day. He entrusted me with the brotherhood with whom I began my endeavors and life in this holy family, which through his prayers has increased into a richly bearing fruit whose branches today are visited by many who feed on its sweet spiritual fruits. To my Decani brothers who are closest and dearest to me, thanks for everything for I feel that without them I would not exist either today in this holy place. I beseech their forgiveness at this time if I have ever harmed them or failed to understand or accept them in the proper fashion and I pray to the Lord and to the Holy King that protect us all in unity, harmony and steadfastness to the end of our earthly endeavor. And to the Holy King, the founder of this Holy Family, I give the greatest thanks in my own name and the name of all the brotherhood; first and foremost, for selecting and calling upon us to serve him, for protecting and preserving us through days of hardship and difficulty, for giving us hope and joy, and leading us toward the eternal heavenly goal - the Kingdom of Heaven. I have been called upon by the Holy Assembly of the Serbian Orthodox Church to help my spiritual father as bishop in the region of the muchsuffering Diocese of Raska-Prizren and Kosovo-Metohija. This is the highest honor I could have received for my entire being is connected to this region, to this people and to its holy shrines. In Kosovo and Metohija all 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 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.

(Slede}e ispovedawe vere pro~itao je Episkop Teodosije uo~i svog rukopolo`ewa. U ispovedawu vere izla`u se osnovne istine Pravoslavne Crkve koje je svaki pravoslavni episkop du`an da po{tuje i propoveda)

EPISKOPSKO ISPOVEDAWE VERE

SIMVOL VERE
Verujem u jednoga Boga Oca, Svedr`iteqa, Tvorca neba i e j n g g v ` e v zemqe i svega vidqivog i nevidqivog. e e i g i g I u jednoga Gospoda Isusa Hrista, Sina Bo`ijeg, Jedin g s s s i i ` e i norodnog, od Oca ro|enog pre svih vekova, Svetlost od Svetn g e g e v v l s v losti, Boga istinitog od Boga istinitog, ro|enog, ne s i g i g g i g e g stvorenog, jednosu{tnog Ocu, kroz Koga je sve postalo; v e g n s { n g g s l ; Koji je radi nas qudi i radi na{eg spasewa si{ao s nebej i s i i { s e sa, i ovaplotio se od Duha Svetoga i Marije Djeve, i postao v p i v g i s ~ovek; v ; I Koji je raspet za nas u vreme Pontija Pilata, i stradao j s s e n i i i pogreben; g e e I Koji je vaskrsao u tre}i dan, po Pismu; j s s e i n i ; I Koji se uzneo na nebesa i sedi s desne strane Oca; j n e i e n ; v I Koji }e opet do}i sa slavom, da sudi `ivima i mrtvima, j e p i v m i Wegovom Carstvu ne}e biti kraja. e v m s v e i i j I u Duha Svetoga, Gospoda, @ivotvornoga, Koji od Oca v g s i v n g j ishodi, Koji se zajedno sa Ocem i Sinom po{tuje i slavi, i j j n e i m { j v Koji je govorio kroz proroke. j v i e U jednu, svetu, sabornu i apostolsku Crkvu. n n p s l v p { e e e v Ispovedam jedno kr{tewe za otpu{tewe grehova. s v m n { e e ^ekam vaskrsewe mrtvih. e m s s e v I `ivot budu}eg veka. e Amin. m
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OP[IRNIJE ISPOVEDAWE VERE

Verujem u Oca i Sina i Svetoga Duha, Jednoga Boga u Tri Lica nedeqivo razdeqivanog; razdeqivanog po Li~nim svojstvima, nerazdeqivog po su{tini. Jedna i ista je svecela Trojica, i jedna i ista je svecela Jedinica; Jedinica po su{tini i prirodi i obli~ju, a Trojica po Linim svojstvima i Imenima; jer se naziva: jedan Otac, a jedan Sin, a jedan Sveti Duh. Otac je Nero|en i Bespo~etan; Nero|en, jer nema ni~eg starijeg od Wega, jer On (uvek) be{e i svakako be{e Bog; a Bespo~etan je zato {to niotkuda nema bi}e, nego sam od sebe. Verujem tako|e da je Otac Uzrok Sina i Duha: Sina ra|awem, a Svetoga Duha isho|ewem, i u tome se nikakva razlika niti otu|ewe ne sagledava, nego samo razlika Ipostasnih svojstava. Jer Otac ra|a Sina i izvodi Duha Svetoga, 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 sjediweno. Ispovedam tako|e da je Logos Bo`iji, Save~ni Ocu, Nadvremeni, Neobuhvativi, Bezgrani~ni, si{ao do na{e prirode i ~oveka uni`enog i svega palog uzeo od ~edne i devi~anske krvi jedine Preneporo~ne i ^iste Djeve, da bi, iz Svojega milosr|a, vascelome svetu podario spasewe i blagodat. I zbilo se u Hristu ipostasno sjediwewe prirode (Bo`anske i ~ove~anske); ne kao da se dete (u utrobi Djeve) usavr{avalo postepenim dodacima, niti su se dve sastav{e se prirode sjedinile sa me{awem ili slivawem ili sarastvarawem, 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 Bo`anstvo. A ja ispovedam Wega - Hrista - kao savr{enoga Boga i Wega istoga kao savr{enoga ^oveka; 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 Bo`anstva i ~ove~anstva, i nije promenio osobine Svoga Bo`anstva ili ~ove~anstva usled celovitog sjediwewa sa Logosom; Wega istoga Koji ima Jednu slo`enu 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 Bo`anstvo 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, `e|, zamor, suze i tome sli~no, koja deluju u Wemu, ali ne prinudno kao kod nas, nego tako {to qudska voqa sledi Wegovu bo`ansku voqu. Jer On hote}i - ogladne, hote}i - o`edne, hote}i umori se, hote}i - umre. On, dakle, umire primaju}i smrt za nas, a Wegovo Bo`anstvo ostaje nestradalno. Jer On, Koji uzima na Sebe greh sveta, nije podlegao smrti (nu`no) ve} radi toga da sve nas izbavi od svepro`drqive ruke smrti i da nas krvqu Svojom privede Ocu Svome. I smrt, napadnuv{i telo qudsko, silom Bo`anstva biva smrvqena, i du{e pravednika, od veka okovane, bivaju izvedene odande. A posle Wegovog vaskrsewa iz mrtvih, po{to se ~etrdeset dana pojavqivao na zemqi sa u~enicima Svojim, vazneo se na nebo i seo sa desne strane Oca. Desnu pak stranu Oca ne ka`em prostorno, niti ograni~eno, nego ka`em da je desna strana Bo`ija - ona bespo~etna i predve~na slava koju Sin ima|a{e pre o~ove~ewa, i posle o~ove~ewa istu ima. Jer Wegovo sveto telo po{tuje se ~asnim poklowewem zajedno sa Wegovim Bo`anstvom, ali ne kao da je Sveta Trojica primila dodatak - da ne bude! - jer, Trojica je ostala Trojica i posle sjediwewa Jedinorodnoga, a Wegovo sveto telo ostaje nerazdvojno i sa Wim ostaje i nadaqe doveka. Jer }e On sa wime do}i da sudi `ivima i mrtvima, pravednima i gre{nima, pravednike nagra|uju}i za veru i dela vrline Carstvom Nebeskim, radi kojega su se ovde i podvizavali; a gre{nicima uzvra}aju}i ve~nom mukom i paklenim ogwem bez svr{etka, ~ije iskustvo neka bi svi mi izbegli i

That is why this is a holy land; this is the Serbian Jerusalem consecrated by God's name, following the path of God, living for the sake of God and service to God to the point of sacrifice and suffering for Him. At this time and from this place I call on all my cohabitants, the honest and honorable people of Metohija and Kosovo not to yield nor to wander from their path toward the eternal goal, toward eternal life. The Lord who called on us to take this path will protect us and save us when it is necessary but we must always remain near Him, believe in Him and place our hope in Him. Therefore, let us not readily depart from our centuries-old homes and renounce the patrimony of our fathers entrusted to us for safekeeping. At this sublime moment, I think not only of those who live upon the

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earth but also those who dwell in the heavens, who have left this earthly life; those who passed quietly from this life and those who were forcibly sent from it - victims of murder, slaughter, torture. I think of Father Gavrilo (Gabriel) - archdeacon, our brother; I think of Monk Hariton (Chariton), also our brother; and also of Hieromonk Stefan; and the slain children from Gorazdevac near Pec; and the recently slain Dimitrije (Popovic) from Gracanica. All of them were tortured and killed for Christ and for their Serbian name. By their innocent blood the Lord redeems the Serbian nation from all its misconceptions, wanderings and mistakes throughout history to the present day. I would feel very insincere if I did not mention here before you "the good Samaritan" embodied in Italian KFOR, who keeps watch over us around the clock and care for us and without whose protection and assistance we could not survive here today. We have nothing with which to repay this great debt except our prayers to the Holy King that all the kindnesses they have brought to his holy shrine be returned in kind. We also wish to thank our neighbors [Kosovo Albanians] with whom we share this piece of land under heaven. This holy shrine and its inhabitants have always served them well. Some returned the favor in kind; others 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

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obe}ana nam besmrtna dobra zadobili, u Hristu Isusu Gospodu na{em! Amin!

JO[ OP[IRNIJE ISPOVEDAWE I ZAVETOVAWE

Verujem u Jednoga Boga Oca, Svedr`iteqa, 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 Obo`iteq spasavanih. Odbacujem pak nova~ewe latinske jeresi, koja pogre{no mudruje da Duh Sveti ipostasno ishodi od Oca i Sina, ~ime se izvr}e Hristovo Bo`ansko Otkrivewe i kvari sveti i neizmewivi Simvol vere Svetih Sabora i Svetih Otaca Saborne Crkve Pravoslavne, kojim jasno priznajemo Boga Oca kao jedino ve~no Na~elo i Izvor Bo`anstva Sina i Duha, ~ime blago~estivo ispovedamo Jedinona~alije Svete i Nerazdeqive Trojice. Verujem da je Jedan od te iste Nadsu{tastvene i @ivona~alne Trojice, Jedinorodni Sin i Logos, si{ao s nebesa radi nas qudi i radi na{ega spasewa, i ovaplotio se od Duha Svetoga i Marije Djeve i o~ove~io se, to jest postao savr{eni ^ovek ostaju}i Bog, ni{ta ne promeniv{i niti izmeniv{i u Bo`anskoj su{tini zbog op{tewa sa telom, nego, primiv{i bez promene ~oveka, u wemu stradawe i smrt pretrpe On Koji je po Bo`anskoj prirodi slobodan od svakog stradawa, i vaskrse u tre}i dan iz mrtvih, i uzi{av{i na nebesa, sede s desne strane Boga i Oca. Verujem i svima predawima i tuma~ewima Jedne, Svete, Saborne i Apostolske Crkve o Bogu i Bo`anskim stvarima. Ispovedam jedno kr{tewe za otpu{tewe grehova. ^ekam vaskrsewe mrtvih, i `ivot 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 Bo`iju - nego po blagodati 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 blagodati 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 Bo`anstvu, jer niti od savr{enih Triju Ipostasi biva neka slo`enost, niti se Bog, zato {to ima i poseduje prirodnu mo} i silu i energiju i blagodat, mo`e zbog toga nazvati slo`enim. Zato pravoslavno ispovedam da zajedni~ka blagodat Oca i Sina i Svetoga Duha i ona najbo`anstvenija 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 obo`avaju}a blagodat Triipostasnog Bo`anstva jeste netvarna i nestvorena - jer ni{ta {to je Bogu po prirodi svojstveno nije kasnije nastalo - te zato sve one koji Jedno Bo`anstvo ne~estivo rasecaju na tvarno i netvarno, kao {to su Varlaam i Akindin, koji su bezbo`no u~ili da bo`anske sile i energije i sve {to se na neki na~in neizrecivo razlikuje od Bo`anske prirode, jeste tvarno i stvoreno, takve kao bezbo`ne i mnogobo{ce odbacujem i odsecam od puno}e pravoslavno veruju}ih, kao {to to ~ini i Sveta Hristova Katoli~anska i Apostolska Crkva, veruju}i u Jedno Bo`anstvo, Triipostasno i Svemo}no, Koje nikako ne gubi jedinstvenost i prostotu zbog Svojih Triju Ipostasi ili zbog Svojih blagodatnih sila i energija. Poklawam se iz po~asti, a ne iz obo`avawa, bo`anstvenim i ~asnim Ikonama: Samoga Hrista, radi nas Ovaplo}enoga pa stoga i opisivoga Sina Bo`ijeg; Pre~iste Bogomatere i svih Svetih prenose}i na Prvolikove ~ast wima ukazivanu. Uz to poklawam se i

Posledwe ubistvo i novi mu~enik ubijen u Gra~anici Dimitrije Popovi} (07.11.1986 - 05.06 2004) Uif!mbuftu!nvsefs!boe!uif!ofx!nbsuzs!ljmmfe!jo!Hsbdbojdb!. Ejnjusjkf!Qpqpwjd!)18/22/2:97!.!16/17!3115* holy shrines and people. May God be merciful toward all but, at the same time, may He be just. Yet again I regret with a human heart and especially now with the heart of a bishop every human tear, every human victim, every drop of blood that has been spilled; every human being who perished, despite being created to live. That is why my message to all is this: let us not stop with the evil that tragically transpired and still remains a part of human history. Let us look forward, first at God who is more powerful than every evil "for God is love" (1 John 4:8). He calls us to an eternal assembly of togetherness, not to isolation, separatism or autism. He has given us an open heart, bigger than the universe, broader than the cosmos. And thus let us all be what this holy shrine has always been - open to all, bearing no hatred toward others, persecuting no one. To your love, to all the present bishops, brothers and sisters, espe-

Freska iz De~ana - The fresco from Decani

cially those who have come from afar; representatives of the state and administration to whom these doors have always remained open in the hope that their hearts would also remain open to this much-suffering people; begging from all your forgiveness and prayers, I wish every blessing from the Lord, the blessing of the Holy Spirit - and glory, honor and adoration to Our Lord, together with His Father and the Holy Spirit, now and forever, and unto ages of ages. Amen!

(Translation by Snezana De Berthet)

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^asnome Krstu i po{tujem Bo`anske hramove i Sveta mesta i Sve{tene sasude i Bogopredane re~i, radi Boga koji u wima obitava Svojom blagoda}u. Tako|e po{tujem i s qubavqu celivam Svete Mo{ti Svetih Mu~enika i Bo`ijih Ugodnika kao izvor spasewa i dokaz vaskrsewa. Ispovedam i s qubavqu primam ~isti i ~estiti hri{}anki `ivot u veri i nadi i qubavi i u svima hri{}anskim podvizima, vrlinama i blagodatnim darovima Duha Svetoga, a odbacujem prqavo i ne~isto i bogolikog ~oveka nedostojno `ivqewe i delawe. Primam i bogonadahnute spise i u~ewa starijih i novijih Svetih Otaca Crkve Hristove, koji su saglasni Jevan|equ i u~ewu Svetih Apostola i po{tujem ih i prihvatam kao doprinose}a izgra|ivawu savr{enoga ~oveka po meri rasta puno}e Hrista Bogo~oveka i sabornoga `ivqewa i spasewa sviju u zajednici Tela Hristovog koje je Crkva. One pak koji druga~ije, a ne pravoslavno misle o hri{}anskoj veri, odbacujem kao tu|emisle}e Hristovoj Crkvi, kao kvariteqe Istine Bo`ije i upropastiteqe spasewa qudi. Anatemi{em Arija i wegove jednomi{qenike i zajedni~are wegovog bezumnog zlomislija; Makedonija i one oko wega, s pravom nazvane duhoborcima; tako|e 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 `ivota 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 prosvetquju}om blagoda}u Presvetoga Duha, izlo`ili. Primam i sve sve{tene kanone koje sastavi{e Bla`eni Oci i predado{e ih Crkvi, na ukra{ewe Svete Crkve Hristove i na dobar poredak naravi, to jest na bogougodno hri{}ansko crkveno `ivqewe, delawe i pona{awe, saglasno Apostolskim predawima i smislu Jevan|elskog bo`anskog u~ewa. Stara}u se da po wima upravqam slu`ewe koje mi je Bo`ijom voqom predano u nasle|e i da po wima u~im sav povereni mi u duhovno pastirstvovawe sve{teni Klir i izabrani Narod Bo`iji. Ispovedam kao veoma va`no da ~uvam i dr`im jedinstvo vere pravoslavne svezom mira crkvenoga, i da sve ono {to Jedna, Sveta, Saborna i Apostolska Crkva Pravoslavnih prima i dogmatski ispoveda, 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 Bo`ijim 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 Hristovog. Ispovedam i ~vrsto verujem da se na Bo`anstvenoj Liturgiji izvr{uje pretvarawe hleba i vina u istinsko Telo i Krv Hristovu, silom i dejstvom i nailaskom Svetoga Duha, saglasno re~i Gospodwoj i Jevan|elskoj veri i predawu Apostola i Svetih Otaca, a slu`ewem i molitvenim prizivawem (epiklezom) od strane Crkve Bo`ije, predvo|ene Episkopom i ~asnim prezviterima. Na Bo`anstvenoj Liturgiji, kao sabrawu i slu`ewu i svetotajinskom zajedni{tvu sve Crkve Naroda Bo`ijeg, ostvaruje se i ~ini prisutnim sav Hristov Bo`anski Domostroj spasewa sveta i roda qudskog, u woj se otkriva Bogo~ove~anska Svetajna Crkve Bo`ije kao ve~noga Carstva Svete Trojice, tako da samo onaj ko zna {ta je Liturgija, zna i {ta je Crkva Bo`ija, i zna da bez Bo`anske Liturgije, kao sabrawa i zajedni~ewa svih u Hristu vernih, sabirnih oko Episkopa, prezvitera i |akona, ni Crkva se ne naziva. Obe}avam da }u ~uvati i ~vrsto odr`avati crkveni mir, da }u usrdno pou~avati u Jevan|equ povereni mi narod i, koliko god mo}i imam, pravo upravqati Re~ju Istine, i da nijednim obi~ajem, u bilo ~emu ne}u umovati ni ~initi suprotno Pravoslavnoj katoli~anskoj isto~noj hri{}anskoj veri, do kraja moga `ivota, kao da }u u svemu Crkvenom slediti i svagda se poviwavati svetom Saboru Arhijerejskom, koji se, kao i u drevna apostolska vremena, svake godine sastaje. Sa Svjatjej{im Patrijarhom, Preosve{tenim Arhiepiskopima, Mitropolitima i Episkopima Pomesne Crkve Srpske i svekolike Saborno-katoli~anske Pravoslavne Crkve u vaseqeni, bra}om mojom i saslu`iteqima u Hristu, u svemu }u saglasan i saobrazan biti, po bo`anstvenim zapovestima i sve{tenim pravilima Svetih Apostola i Svetih Otaca, i svesrdno }u prema wima gajiti qubav duhovnu i po{tovati ih kao oce i bra}u svoju. Uva`ava}u tako|e i ~uvati prvenstvo ovoga Patrijaraskog trona i po{tovati ~ast Prvostojateqa u

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By the laying on of their hands on those chosen from among the faithful, the Apostles consecrated bishops, priests and deacons. It is evident from this that the Christian faith is not merely dogma but spiritual power. Bishop Nikolai Velimirovich The consecration of a bishop is comprised of three separate rites: the rite of election, of confession and the actual consecration. Election: Before the Vigil on the eve of the consecration, the hierarchs who are to perform the rite take their places at a table in the middle of the church. From the altar two senior priests lead the candidate to the table. All stand as the protodeacon reads the nomination, to which the candidate responds: "I return thanks, and accept, and say nothing contrary thereto." The hierarchs chant some brief prayers, invoking the Holy Spirit Who was sent down upon the Apostles and empowered them to "catch the universe" with the preaching of the Gospel. After a short litany, the nominee delivers his acceptance speech. He then retires to the altar and the Vigil begins.

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Confession: The next morning, after the reading of the Hours, the hierarchs again take their places behind the table, in front of which is a large eagle rug. The senior priest and protodeacon lead the bishop-elect onto the tail of the eagle. He is asked, "How believest thou?" and responds by reciting the Creed. Advancing to the middle of the rug, he expounds on the Creed by reciting a second "confession of faith". Finally, at the top of the rug, he is asked to explain his attitude towards the canons and traditions of the Church. The candidate promises to observe these and likewise "to preserve the peace of the Church and firmly to hold and zealously to teach the people entrusted to me, and not to devise any thing whatsoever which is contrary to the Orthodox Catholic Christian faith of the East all the days of my life....I promise also to do nothing through constraint, whether coerced by powerful persons, or by a multitude of the people....I promise to visit and watch over the flock now confided to me, after the manner of the Apostles...and to inspect with diligence, and to exhort and inhibit, that there be no schisms, superstitions and impious veneration, and that no customs contrary to Christian piety and good morals may injure Christian conduct....And may our God, Who seeth the heart, be the witness to my vow." The bishop-elect then bows down before the assembled hierarchs and kisses their hands as a sign that he is entering 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 he stands at the side on an eagle rug, waiting like a bride-to-be, as the Liturgy begins. Consecration: After the Small Entrance (which represents the coming to earth of the Lord incarnate) and the singing of the Trisagion, the senior priest and protodeacon lead the bishop-elect through the south door onto :

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Saboru Crkve Bo`je ovoga naroda, shodno Apostolskom pravilu koje ka`e da se takvom slogom i skladnim poretkom qubavi proslavqa sabornost i jedinstvo Crkve Bo`ije po slici Svete Trojice. Obe}avam da }u sa strahom Bo`ijim i bogoqubivim i ~ovekoqubivim raspolo`ewem pastirstvovati povereni mi Narod Bo`iji, ovo stado Pastirena~alnika Hrista u kojem sam postavqen da sve{tenodejstvujem Jevan|eqe spasewa i da Bogu prinosim darove i `rtve Wegove Svete Crkve. Zato zavet dajem da }u poverenu mi pastvu ~esto pose}ivati i sabirati na Slu`bu Bo`iju i jevan|elskim pou~avawem je ~uvati, sa svakim usr|em i starawem, od svih jeresi i raskola, od sujeverja i la`nog `ivqewa i od svakog nepravednog delawa. Obe}avam da, bez krajwe nu`de i te{ke krivice, ne}u nikoga, bilo pojedinca bilo zajednicu, od Crkvenih tajni i zajedni{tva u Hristu odlu~ivati, niti prokliwati, nego ve}ma u Duhu Svetome savetovati i na put pokajawa i spasewa obra}ati. Sa protivnicima Crkve Svete postupa}u sa rasu|ivawem, krotko i pravedno, po Apostolu Pavlu, jer sluzi Gospodwem ne prili~i da se gnevi, nego da bude tih, nezlobiv i ~ovekoqubiv prema svima, mole}i se Bogu da svima qudima podari pokajawe za poznawe Istine. U svetovne 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 ugro`enih ustajati, saglasno Jevan|elskoj re~i da se ve}ma treba pokoravati Bogu nego qudima i iskati pre svega Carstvo Nebesko i Pravdu Bo`iju, a za slabe se pravedno zauzimati i malu bra}u Hristovu 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 misli, re~i i dela svojih postavqa}u slavu Bo`iju, spasewe du{a qudskih i sve tvorevine Bo`ije, izgra|ivawe bogolikih qudskih li~nosti i sazidawe Bogo~ove~anskog Tela Crkve, ne tra`e}i ono {to je moje, nego ono {to je Gospoda Hrista, Arhipastira sviju nas i Vrhovne Glave vascele Crkve Bo`ije kao smisla i vozglavqewa celokupne tvorevine. Uz ovo obe}avam da ni{ta ne}u raditi pod prinudom, ma bio i primoravan od vlastodr`aca ili od mno{tva qudi, pa makar mi i smr}u pretili zahtevaju}i od mene da u~inim ne{to {to je suprotno Bo`anskim zapovestima i sve{tenim pravilima Crkve Hristove. U tu|oj Eparhiji ne}u bogoslu`iti ili vr{iti ikakvu sve{tenu radwu bez saglasnosti Episkopa doti~ne Eparhije. Isto tako, ne}u rukopolagati 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 rukopola`emo 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 ustavima Svetih Otaca, koji su kroz vekove va`ili i danas va`e u Pravoslavqu, kako u blagoqepiju svetog Bogoslu`ewa, tako i u ostalom poretku mona{kog devstvenog i an|elskog `ivqewa i hristolikoga 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, du`an sam da se odazovem pozivu na Sveti Arhijerejski Sabor, jer je Sabor i sabornost Episkopata i cele Crkve Bo`ije Svetoduhovski dar i ustanova i `ivo kroz vekove Apostolsko-svetoota~ko predawe u Crkvi Isto~noj Pravoslavnoj. Na kraju, zavetno iskazujem pred Bogom @ivim i Crkvom Svetih Wegovih, sastavqenom od An|ela i od qudi, i pred Va{om apostolskom 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 slu`ewa hodim kao u delu Bo`ijem, sa svakom pobo`no{}u i blagorazumnom revno{}u, sa iskrenim hristoqubqem 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 izlo`eno 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 `ivqewu, slu`ewu, upravqawu i delawu u Bogopoverenoj mi ovoj Crkvi Naroda Bo`ijeg 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 ^ovekoqubac, 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!
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the ambo to the Royal Doors where he is received by two hierarchs. While the candidate kneels with his head touching the altar table, an open Gospel is placed face down upon his head, as a sign that although he is given authority over all, he himself is under the law and his head is Christ. Holding the Gospel in this way, the bishops pray: " O Lord our God...do Thou make this man...to be an imitator of Thee, the true Shepherd, Who didst lay down Thy life for Thy sheep; to be a leader of the blind, a light to those who are in darkness, a reprover of the unwise, a teacher of the young, a lamp to the world..." The new bishop is then vested as a hierarch, and when the omophorion-an article unique to the episcopal office- is placed upon his shoulders, the clergy followed by the people shout thrice, "Axios!" ("worthy"), indicating their assent to the implied question: "Is he, in truth, worthy of this ministry?" At the end of the Liturgy, the Chief Bishop gives a word of instruction to the new bishop and hands him his pastoral staff. The new bishop blesses the congregation with both hands as the choir sings, "Eis poll ti Despota" (Many years, O Master).

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Gathered today in Visoki Decani at this all-blessed event during the Holy Trinity of the consecration of the newly elected Bishop of Lipljan, Abbot Teodosije of Visoki Decani, we the twenty Bishops of the Pec Patriarchate and the Ohrid Archdiocese, headed by His Holiness Serbian Patriarch Pavle with concelebration of our brother Archpriests from the Hellenic Church,

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- give our thanks to the Living and True God celebrated in Three Persons, the Holy Great Martyrs Stefan of Decani and Lazarus of Kosovo and 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 togetherness with the Divine Heavenly Church, present through all the Saints and Martyrs and with the earthly Church of Christ personified in God's people in attendance. We thank God, the Savior of all people, for His gift - for our new BishSabrani 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] population and in it there are far more than ever before destroyed holy shrines, saslu`ewe i bra}e Arhijereja iz Jeladske Crkve, - 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 conKosovskom 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. It is our own sorrow and that of every human being of goodwill and an ovakvoj duhovnoj radosti zajedni{tva sa Nebeskom Crkvom Bo`jom, prisutnom kroz Svetiteqe i Mu~enike, i sa zemaqskom Crkvom Hris- honest heart that before the eyes of the Serbian and international communities and in the presence of the military forces and civil authorities of tovom, oli~enom u prisutnom narodu Bo`jem. the international community over Blagodarimo Bogu, Spasiteone hundred thirty churches and qu svih qudi, za Wegov dar - za monasteries have been destroyed novog Episkopa, danas hirotonand hundreds of Serb villages and isanog i nazna~enog za divnu i settlements emptied from neighplodnu Metohiju. Ona je odvajkaboring Pec to Djakovica, Prizren da bila ispuwena svetim manasand Holy Archangels in Metohija tirima i hramovima i vernim and onward to Devic and most narodom Bo`jim oko wih i u cities and villages throughout wima, ali i grobovima mu~enika Kosovo. Though more than five i ru{evinama Bo`jih i qudskih years of the United Nations and domova. Danas je ona, na`alost, NATO protectorate have passed, uveliko ispra`wena od hardly any of the expelled Serbs Pravoslavnog naroda. U woj je, have returned - returned with mnogo vi{e nego ikada ranije, great difficulty and in constant poru{enh svetiwa, razorenih danger for their very lives, and domova i oskrnavqenih grobova, especially for the lives and future opqa~kane i nezakonito uzurpiof their children. It is with pain that rane imovine, nepravde i neslowe recall last year's murder during bode koja Bogu i savesti this same season of two innocent ~ove`~anstva vapije, nevino Serbian children (and two others prolivene krvi koja kao Aveqewho were seriously wounded in va vi~e k Nebu. nearby Gorazdevac, as well as Patrijarh Pavle i Mitropolit Amfilohije Tuga je za nas, i za svako last week's heinous slaying of a qudsko bi}e dobre voqe i Qbusjbsdi!Qbwmf!boe!Nfuspqpmjubo!Bngjmpijkf Serbian youth, Dimitrije Popovic, iskrena srca, {to je od susedne Pe}i do \akovice, Prizrena i Svetih Arhangela u Metohiji, i daqe in downtown Gracanica. Only two months ago, a horrible pogrom was cardo 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. Despite all, these tragic events have not drowned our Christian hope me|unarodne zajednice, poru{eno preko stotrideset crkava i manastira 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 `ivot, a naro~ito po `ivot 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 internedalekom Gora`devcu, kao i pro{lonedeqnog mu~kog ubistva srp- national community whose presence here loses every justification if it canskog 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, u`asnog pogroma nad Srbima i wihovim Svetiwama, is why we beseech and demand that freedom and peace, justice and compassion, a safe life and prosperity, the guarantee of all human and izvr{enog od 17. do 19. marta ove, 2004. godine. 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 `iteqe ove oblasti; da }e najzad do}i puna slobo- Shrines. We beg and we ask that real and safe returns for expelled Serbs da `ivota, 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 `ive 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 dr`ave, 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 mo`e ili ne}e da donese slobo- begin immediately, as well as that of Serb homes in Lipljan, Obilic, Svindu, mir i spokojstvo za sve i svakoga. Zato molimo, i zahtevamo, da se jare, Belo Polje and so many other settlements. We appeal also to our Serbian Orthodox people to remain steadfast sloboda i mir, pravda i humanost, bezbedan `ivot i prosperitet, 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 `iteqe 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 tra`imo da se {to of its forefathers and among its God-given holy shrines. From this medieval Holy Shrine in Kosovo and Metohija, we appeal pre omogu}i stvarni i bezbedan povratak prognanih Srba u Metohiju i 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

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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 Svetiwe obra}amo se i na{im sugra|anima Albancima, `ele}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 `ive. 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, razdori, mr`wa i zlo~ini, bilo sa koje strane dolazili, nikada i nikome nisu doneli niti }e doneti sre}u. Zlo dobra doneti ne mo`e. 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 domove. Zar nije podjednako dobro da se isto tako {to pre vrate i prognani Srbi i drugi `iteqi Kosova i Metohije - da bi `iveli u miru i slobodi na svojim vekovnim ogwi{tima? To zahteva pravda Bo`ja i to tra`i elementarna ~ove~nost; to zahtevaju i op{tequdski i evropski standardi demokratije i humanosti. Svako ga`ewe ve~nih moralnih zakona i op{tequdske pravednosti pre ili posle vra}a se qudima i narodima Bo`jom merom i pravdom. Zahvaqujemo Episkopu Ra{ko-Prizrenskom G. Artemiju na bratskoj qubavi. Zahvaqujemo i komandi i vojnicima Italijanskog kontingenta KFOR-a na usrdnom zalagawu oko bezbednosti svih u~esnika u dana{woj sve~anosti, koju smo svi sa svima delili u Svetim De~anima. Zahvaqujemo, na kraju, i novom Vladici Teodosiju i wegovom de~anskom Bratstvu na qubavi i gostoprimstvu, ukazanim nama i svim dana{wim posetiocima i poklonicima ove drevne svetiwe Svetoga Ktitora Kraqa-Mu~enika, Stefana De~anskoga. Episkopu, bratstvu i narodu u ovoj Svetiwi i oko ostalih Bo`jih i narodnih Svetiwa Kosova i Metohije `elimo Bo`ji i qudski mir, blagoslov, pravdu i slobodu u Duhu Svetome. U Visokim De~anima, 20. juna 2004. + Arhiepiskop Pe}ki i Patrijarh Srpski Pavle, Episkop Ra{koprizrenski i Kosovskometohijski Artemije, Episkop Lipqanski Teodosije, Mitropolit umirovqeni Kozanski Amvrosije, Mitropolit Crnogorskoprimorski Amfilohije, Mitropolit Vele{ki i Egzrh Ohridski Jovan, Episkop Ni{ki Irinej, Episkop Zvorni~kotuzlanski Vasilije, Episkop Budimski Lukijan, Episkop Kanadski Georgije, Episkop Ba~ki Irinej, Episkop Sredweevropski Konstantin, Episkop Vrawski Pahomije, Episkop [umadijski Jovan, Episkop Budimqanskopolimski Joanikije,. Episkop Zahumskohercegova~ki Grigorije, Episkop Jegarski Porfirije, Episkop Veli~ki Joakim, Episkop Atanasije, umirovqeni Hercegova~ki, Arhim. Jovan, novoizabrani Episkop Dioklijski Arhim. Maksim, novoizabrani Episkop Humski

Patrijarh Pavle okru`en episkopima Qbusjbsdi!Qbwmf!boe!Cjtipqt

Providence brought us together. There is enough bread, sun, water and God's love in Kosovo and Metohija for all. It has been and is being shown to everyone with a soul and reason that violence and pogroms, division, hatred and crime, no matter whence they come, have never brought nor will bring happiness to anyone. Evil cannot bring good. One's future cannot be build on tragedy and the innocently spilled tears and blood of others, especially innocent children. It is good that that expelled Albanians returned to their centuries-old homes and restored them. Is it not equally good that expelled Serbs and other residents of Kosovo and Metohija return as soon as possible to live in peace and freedom in their centuriesold homes? God's justice requires it, as does fundamental human compassion and general human and European standards of democracy and compassion. Every trampling of eternal moral laws and general human justice will sooner or later return to individuals and peoples in God's measure and justice. We wish to thank Bishop Artemije of Raska and Prizren for his fraternal love. We also wish to thank the command and soldiers of the Italian KFOR contingent for their dedicated efforts to ensure security for all participants at today's event, which we shared with all those present in Holy Decani. Finally, we wish to thank the new Bishop Teodosije and his Decani Brotherhood for the love and hospitality shown to us and all visitors and pilgrims to this medieval shrine of its Holy Patron, St. Stefan of Decani, King and Martyr. We wish the Bishop, the Brotherhood and the people in this Holy Shrine and in every other Holy Shrine of God and the people in Kosovo and Metohija, God's peace, human peace, blessings, justice and freedom in the Holy Spirit. In Visoki Decani on June 20, 2004. + Archbishop of Pec and Serbian Patriarch Pavle Bishop Artemije of Raska-Prizren and Kosovo-Metohija Bishop Teodosije of Lipljan Metropolitan Ambrosios of Kozani (retired) Metropolitan Amfilohije of Montenegro and the Littoral Metropolitan Jovan of Veles, Exarch of Ohrid Bishop Irinej of Nis Bishop Vasilije of Zvornik and Tuzla Bishop Lukijan of Budim Bishop Georgije of Canada Bishop Irinej of Backa 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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PROSLAVQEN VIDOVDAN U GRA^ANICI I NA GAZIMESTANU

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Gra~anica, 28. juni 2004. - Svetom arhijerejskom liturgijom u manastiru Gra~anica i parastosom srpskim junacima na Gazimestanu koja je slu`io patrijarh srpski Pavle sa vi{e arhijereja Srpske pravoslavne crkve danas je na Kosovu i Metohiji obele`en praznik svetog kneza Lazara, Vidovdan, i 615-godi{wica Kosovskog boja. U besedi posle pomena "svim junacima koji su ~asno stradali na braniku otaxbine od Boja na Kosovu do danas", poglavar SPC podsetio je da se "Vidovdan i sveti knez Lazar zbog neprolaznih vrednosti za koje se borio i `ivot svoj polo`io nalazi u `i`i svesti i srca celog na{eg naroda". - To treba da i danas pouka bude nama pouka i put kojim treba da idemo. Da branimo slobodu, ali sa sve{}u da je ona potrebna svima poru~io je patrijarh Pavle i pomolio se gospodu da pomogne "i nama i neprijateqima na{im da kao qudi zaslu`imo `ivot neprolaznih bla`enstava u carstvu nebeskome". Neka je slava svim na{im pokojnicima postradalim do dana dana{weg, mu~enicima i novomu~enicima i da gospod pomogne da i mi izdr`imo na putu Wegovom, bez obzira na sve te{ko}e, rekako je poglavar SPC. Pomen na Gazimestanu i liturgiju u Gra~anici patrijarh Pavle slu`io je ju~e sa episkopima: ra{ko-prizrenskim Artemijem (Radosavqevi}em), biv{im zahumsko-hercegova~kim Atanasijem (Jevti}em), lipqanskim Teodosijem ([ibali}em), sve{tenstvom i mona{tvom Ra{ko-prizrenske, Zahumsko-hercegova~ke i @i~ke eparhije. Vladika Artemije je u besedi na liturgiji u manastiru Gra~anica pozvao kosovske Srbe da ostanu u svojim domovima, da "ostanu, ~vrsto se dr`e svojih svetiwa, grobova svojih predaka i svete kosovsko-metohijske zemqe jer, kako je naglasio, bez Kosova nema pravoslavqa za Srbe niti srpske dr`ave". Zbog "jevan|eqskih vrlina po kojima je `iveo i spremnosti da polo`i svoj `ivot i krv svoju prolije za neprolazne vrednosti", sveti knez Lazar, prema re~ima vladike Artemija i danas je vo|a srpskog naroda, ponajvi{e onog koji opstajava na Kosovu i Metohiji ve} punih pet godina u nenormalnim uslovima, te`im nego u turskom ropstvu. Gracanica, June 28, 2004 St Vitus Day (Vidovdan), the feast of the Holy Prince Lazarus and the 615th anniversary of the Battle of Kosovo, was celebrated today with Holy Liturgy in Gracanica Monastery and a memorial service (panykhida) for Serbian heroes in Gazimestan served by His Holiness Serbian Patriarch Pavle and three other bishops of the Serbian Orthodox Church. After remembering "all the heroes who honorably perished for the defense of the land of their fathers from the Battle of Kosovo to today", the primate of the Serbian Orthodox Church reminded in his sermon that "Vidovdan (St. Vitus Day) and Holy Prince Lazar, the eternal values for which he fought and laid down his life, remain at the center of the conscience and hearts of our entire people". "This should remain a lesson for us even today and the path we should follow. To defend freedom but with the awareness that it is necessary to all," said Patriarch Pavle. He prayed to God to help "both us and our enemies to earn as humans a life of eternal blessings in the Kingdom of Heaven". Glory to all our deceased who perished to today, martyrs and new martyrs, and may the Lord help us endure on His path regardless of all difficulties, said the head of the Serbian Orthodox Church. Patriarch Pavle served the memorial service at Gazimestan hill near Pristina and liturgy in Gracanica together with Bishop Artemije (Radosavljevic) of Raska and Prizren, Bishop Atanasije (Jevtic) of Zahumlje and Herzegovina (retired), Bishop Teodosije (Sibalic) of Lipljan, and the priests and monks of the Dioceses of Raska and Prizren, Zahumlje and Herzegovina and Zica. In his sermon during the liturgy at Gracanica Monastery, Bishop Artemije called on the Kosovo Serbs to remain in their homes, "to stay, holding on tightly to their holy shrines, the graves of their ancestors and the holy land of Kosovo and Metohija for without Kosovo, there is no Orthodoxy for the Serbs and no Serbian state," he emphasized. Because of "the evangelical virtues according to which he lived and his readiness to give his life and spill his blood for eternal values", Holy Prince Lazar still remains the leader of the Serbian people, most of all those who have managed to survive in Kosovo and Metohija for more than five years under abnormal conditions, more difficult than during the 24

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- U na{im nevoqama svu pomo} o~ekujem od Boga, na{ih slavnih svetih predaka i ostalih mnogobrojnih mu~enika i novomu~enika srpskih ~iji spomen danas vr{imo zajedno sa uspomenom na svetog kneza Lazara. Neka nam oni molitvama i primerom svojim pomognu da istrajemo na na{em te{kom krstonosnom ali zato hristonosnom i spasonosnom putu da bismo `iveli dostojno jevan|eqa Hristovog ovde na zemqi i postali dosledni naslednici carstva nebeskog - rekao je, izme|u ostalog, vladika Artemije u besedi povodom ju~era{weg velikog pravoslavnog i srpskog nacionalnog praznika. Bogoslu`ewima u Gra~anici i na Gazimestanu pored vernika ju~e su prisustvovali i Milan Radulovi}, ministar vera u Vladi Srbije, politi~ki lideri kosovskih Srba i predstavnici Repbli~kog ministarstva kulture. Pomen na Gazimestanu obezbe|ivale su jake snage KFOR-a. Turkish occupation, Bishop Artemije emphasized. "In our times of trouble, I expect every help from God, from our glorious holy ancestors and other numerous Serbian Christian martyrs and new martyrs whom we remember today together with Holy Prince Lazar. May they help us with their prayers and example to endure on our cross-bearing but also Christbearing and salvation-bearing path that we may live in accordance with the Gospel of Christ here on earth, and become worthy heirs of the Kingdom of Heaven," said Bishop Artemije in commemoration of the great Orthodox Christian and Serbian national holiday. Services in Gracanica and Gazimestan were attended by the faithful as well as by Milan Radulovic, minister for religions in the Serbian Government, Kosovo Serb political leaders and representatives of the Serbian ministry of culture. The memorial service in Gazimestan was secured by strong KFOR forces.

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

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

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GRACANICA, June 27, 2004 (Beta) - Commenting on the celebration of the anniversary of the Battle of Kosovo, Bishop Artemije of Raska GRA^ANICA, 27. juna 2004. (Beta) and Prizren said in Gracanica on Sunday that Vladika ra{ko-prizrenski Artemije izjavio "the Serbs are celebrating the 615th anniverje danas u Gra~anici, povodom proslave sary of the historic St Vitus Day and the fifth godi{wice Kosovske bitke, da "Srbi anniversary under the new occupation". proslavqaju 615. Vidovdan istorijski i peti "Difficult conditions, a strong will and hope u novom ropstvu". Kosovska bitka have sustained us during five hundred years "Te{ki uslovi, jaka voqa i nada Uif!Lptpwp!Cbuumf odr`ali su nas petsto godina pod turskim i under Turkish occupation and five years under pet godina u novom ropstvu", rekao je vladiUif!Lptpwp!Cbuumf!xbt!b!uvsojoh!qpjou!jo!uif the new occupation," said the Bishop. He ka na sve~anoj Vidovdanskoj sednici i nfejfwbm!ijtupsz!pg!Fvspqf/!Ju!xbt!opu!pomz!b!cbu. expressed the hope that "Serbs would welcome izrazio nadu da }e "Srbi slede}i Vidovdan do~ekati u boqoj slobodi". umf!gpvhiu!cfuxffo!b!Disjtujbo!bmmjbodf!mfe!cz!uif the next St Vitus Day in greater freedom". Local coordinator in the Pristina municipaliLokalni koordinator u pri{tinskoj 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 `eqe za opstankom i bmtp!bo!fwfou!xijdi!ibt!nbslfe!uif!dfouvsjft!pg being crucified between the desire to survive namere albanskih ekstremista da ih protertvctfrvfou!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

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POVODOM KRA\E MO[TIJU IZ PRAVOSLAVNIH CRKAVA NA KOSOVU I METOHIJI

ERP KIM Info-slu`ba Gra~anica, 14. juni 2004. Budu}i da su neki predstavnici javnih glasila u Srbiji danas kontaktirali francuski KFOR povodom saop{tewa ERP KiM o kra|i mostiju od strane francuskog vojnog kapelana Kristijana Venara (Christian Venard) i da im je predstavnik francuskog KFOR-a saopt{io da su svete mo{ti navodno ve} vra}ene u manastir Devi~, Eparhija ra{ko-prizrenska `eli da precizira da do nedeqe 6. juna mo{ti zasigurno nisu bile vra}ene u Devi~ jer je predstavnik Eparhije monah Jezekiq Staki} kontaktirao igumaniju Anastasiju, koja je potvrdila da mo{ti nisu bile vra}ene. U me|uvremenu igumanija Anastasija nije obavestila Eparhiju o povratku ukradene kutijice sa svetiwama. Eparhija je mi{qewa da je gotovo izvesno da }e mo{ti biti vra}ene, posebno nakon {to je cela pri~a iza{la u javnost, ali je posebno va`no imati u vidu da su mo{ti uzete neposredno nakon martovskog pogroma i da su vra}ene, odnosno tek treba da budu vra}ene: 1. tek na intervenciju predstavnika SPC koji su slu~ajno iz me|unarodnih izvora saznali za kra|u kapelana Venara, i 2. nakon vi{e od dva meseca neovla{}enog zadr`avawa imovine SPC kod nepoznatih lica i zbog sasvim nepoznatih razloga Imaju}i u vidu ove dve ~iwenice sasvim je neosporno da je re~ o otvorenoj kra|i svetiwa (svetotatstvu) za koju odgovorni moraju da odgovaraju. Tako|e francuski KFOR ili Francuski vojni ordinarijat imaju du`nost da saop{te sve ~iwenice po ~ijem su nalogu mo{ti uzimane iz crkava druge veroispovesti i gde su do sada neovla{}eno i bez znawa Pravoslavne Crkve dr`ane. Ponavqamo, da je Venar imao dobru nameru, kutijice sa svetiwama bi odmah bile predane Pravoslavnoj Crkvi, {to nije u~iweno. Poku{aj prikrivawa istine, vra}awem ukradenih stvari (nakon vi{e od dva meseca) i bez obja{wewa za{to je i kako Venar uzimao svetiwe iz pravoslavnih Crkava predstavqa otvoreno sau~estvovawe u kra|i koja nimalo ne prili~i francuskoj vojsci i KFOR-u. Naravno, Eparhiji ra{ko-prizrenskoj je stalo da se ukradene svetiwe {to pre vrate ali i da se razotkrije cela istina, jer postoji sasvim osnovana sumwa da je Venar obilazio i neke druge hramove sa istim ciqem, {to Eparhija zbog ograni~enosti kretawa po KIM nije u mogu}nosti da proveri. Tako|e, imaju}i u vidu ovaj incident u Eparhiji se sasvim razumqivo javqaju sumwe da li su i druga me|unarodna lica bilo iz KFOR-a ili UNMIK-a u~estvovala u sli~nim kra|ama, budu}i da u zapaqenim crkvama nisu prona|eni 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 pre skoro mesec dana i do danas, ta~nije do prekju~e mo{ti u Devi~ nisu bile vra}ene. Budu}i da mirnim posredovawem kako bi se izbegao 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 `ele 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 Pravoslavna Crkva mora o tome da bude obave{tena. Episkop ra{ko-prizrenski Artemije izrazio je svoje zgra`avawe zbog ovog ne~uvenog i krajwe nedoli~nog ~ina francuskog kapelana i zatra`io je da se sve ~iwenice vezane za kra|u svetiwa razotkriju i objave u javnosti.

Eparhija napomiwe da su obe svetiwe, manastir Devi~ i crkva Sv. Save u Mitrovici uni{tene 17 i 18. marta zahvaquju}i potpunoj nespremnosti francuskog komandanta brigade KFOR-a da za{titi ove crkve od albanskog nasiqa. Prema podacima koje Eparhija poseduje i obilnoj foto-dokumentaciji vojnici ove brigade KFOR-a nisu pru`ili ni najmawi otpor u Mitrovici, pred crkvom Sv. Save, dok su iz Devi~a sramno pobegli helikopterima povev{i sa sobom stare monahiwe i ostaviv{i ~ak sopstvenu vojnu opremu, koju su kasnije Albanci pokrali zajedno sa ostalim vrednostima iz manastira. O sramnom i kukavi~kom pona{awu francuskog i nema~kog KFOR-a postoji dosta svedo~ewa i u me|unarodnoj i doma}oj {tampi pa o tome smatramo da nema potrebe vi{e da se govori.

KUTIJA SA MO[TIMA KONA^NO VRA]ENA U MANASTIR DEVI^

ERP KIM Info-slu`ba Gra~anica, 14. juni 2004. Igumanija manastira Devi~ potvrdila je u nedequ 13. juna informativnoj slu`bi ERP KIM da je francuski KFOR kona~no vratio kutiju sa mo{tima koja se nalazila zape}a}ena u ~asnoj trpezi u oltaru zapaqene crkve i koju je bez znawa i saglasnosti SPC odneo francuski vojni kapelan Kristijan Venar (Christian Venard) nakon martovskog pogroma. Eparhija napomiwe da svo|ewe problema na to da li su mo{ti vra}ene nekoliko dana pre ili kasnije, ali u svakom slu~aju nakon zahteva Crkve, i zanemarivawe ~iwenice da je re~ o neovla{}enom uzimawu tu|ih dragocenosti predstavqa u osnovi poku{aj prikrivawa istine i opravdavawa kra|e koja nedvosmisleno mora biti osu|ena i ka`wena.

Francuski vojni kapelan Kristijan Venar i ukradene mo{ti Sv. Joanikija Devi~kog

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