Russian Orthodox Church Holy Synod Condemns Enforced Severing of Kosovo-Metohija
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Holy Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church has issued an official condemnation of the amputation of Kosovo and Metohija province from the rest of Serbia, the Interfax news agency reports.
"It is a crime to ignore what Kosovo province represents to the Serbian people. This is not merely a piece of land they are trying to seize from the Serbs, Kosovo-Metohija is the historical cradle of the Serbian nation and at the core of its national identity", the Holy Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church said, according to Tanjug.
The Synod assessed that the international community's professed goal of securing the safe living conditions for all, while guaranteeing the territorial integrity of the Serbian state, has not been accomplished.
"The attempts to randomly redraw the map of Europe are generating legitimate condemnations by the people of different faiths and nationalities", the statement said, warning that "such scenarios will undoubtedly trigger new cycles of suffering for thousands of innocent people."
Creating Conditions for War of Everyone Against Everyone
Russian Orthodox Church reminds that humanity paid the overwhelming price in two world wars for the principles that were, until recently, considered essential for building relations between nations and states.
"Violation of these principles can set off a war of everyone against everyone, when each nation will have to protect itself with all means available," the Synod said.
Russian Church Holy Synod invited all the Orthodox Churches to "pray that such time does not come".
The Synod officially supported the Declaration issued at the 12th World Russian National Assembly at the end of February, which opposed the illegal declaration by Pristina separatists, stressing it represented danger for the world stability.
"In their Declaration regarding the imposed severing of Kosovo and Metohija from the rest of Serbia, the Assembly stated they share the pain of their Serbian brothers, they characterized the unilateral secession as the most dangerous precedent and pointed that this kind of development represents the grave threat to preserving the balance in the world, by undermining the international law", the press service of the Russian Orthodox Church said.
"It is a crime to ignore what Kosovo province represents to the Serbian people. This is not merely a piece of land they are trying to seize from the Serbs, Kosovo-Metohija is the historical cradle of the Serbian nation and at the core of its national identity", the Holy Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church said, according to Tanjug.
The Synod assessed that the international community's professed goal of securing the safe living conditions for all, while guaranteeing the territorial integrity of the Serbian state, has not been accomplished.
"The attempts to randomly redraw the map of Europe are generating legitimate condemnations by the people of different faiths and nationalities", the statement said, warning that "such scenarios will undoubtedly trigger new cycles of suffering for thousands of innocent people."
Creating Conditions for War of Everyone Against Everyone
Russian Orthodox Church reminds that humanity paid the overwhelming price in two world wars for the principles that were, until recently, considered essential for building relations between nations and states.
"Violation of these principles can set off a war of everyone against everyone, when each nation will have to protect itself with all means available," the Synod said.
Russian Church Holy Synod invited all the Orthodox Churches to "pray that such time does not come".
The Synod officially supported the Declaration issued at the 12th World Russian National Assembly at the end of February, which opposed the illegal declaration by Pristina separatists, stressing it represented danger for the world stability.
"In their Declaration regarding the imposed severing of Kosovo and Metohija from the rest of Serbia, the Assembly stated they share the pain of their Serbian brothers, they characterized the unilateral secession as the most dangerous precedent and pointed that this kind of development represents the grave threat to preserving the balance in the world, by undermining the international law", the press service of the Russian Orthodox Church said.
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