Srpska pravoslavna crkva u ciklusu kosovske drame
The Serbian Orthodox Church in the cycle of Kosovo drama

Author(s): Mirko Đorđević
Subject(s): Politics / Political Sciences, Politics, Politics and religion
Published by: CEDET Centar za demokratsku tranziciju
Keywords: Serbian Orthodox Church - SPC; official documents; statement of the Parliament and the Synod; the difference between the official position and the bishop's statements; Kosovo
Summary/Abstract: This paper deals with the formation of the position of the Serbian Orthodox Church towards the possible status of Kosovo from 2000 until now. That position, in fact, agreed earlier, was highlighted in the Memorandum on Kosovo and Metohija of the Holy Synod of Bishops of the Serbian Orthodox Church, but it was supplemented and even changed during this period, but not in essential features. The position from the official documents of the Synod and the Assembly of the Serbian Orthodox Church is highlighted and compared with the previous statements of certain bishops, the difference in the documents and statements is easily noticed, the assumption is made about the changes in the position, which will occur in the final act of the "Kosovo drama". A necessary distinction was made between strictly ecclesiastical positions and positions that are emphatically political and adjusted according to positions represented by the current ruling coalition. Those views are present in the report on the work of the state negotiation team, which, for the time being, has been compiled as a state-church negotiation team. Marked sources and literature confirm this.

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