The Assembly of Cetinje decided to transfer the Serbian shrine to Montenegrin schismatics
With nineteen votes out of thirty-three, the Cetinje Assembly supported the so-called the initiative “Groups of Cetinje residents” about the transfer of the Monastery of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary to the non-canonical Montenegrin Orthodox Church.
Thus, the Cetinje municipal authorities went against the Government of Montenegro, which had previously decided to transfer the monastery to the balance of the state, the PolitNavigator correspondent reports.
In its final conclusion, the Cetinje Assembly stated that it “supports the civil initiative to ensure equality in the use of the Cetinje Monastery for all Orthodox believers, equal and free performance of religious rites for all Orthodox religious communities in Montenegro.”
Also in the adopted document, the deputies condemned the decision of the Montenegrin government to transfer the monastery into state ownership.
“The Assembly of the (historical - ed.) capital of Cetinje strongly condemns the actions of the government of Montenegro, protests against them and calls on it to refrain from further illegal actions, revoking the adopted acts aimed at prohibiting the use of the undisputed property of the capital...
The Assembly of the capital Cetinje calls on the competent state authorities to carry out actions and activities in accordance with the law in order to protect the cultural heritage belonging to the capital from the ongoing devastation by the Montenegrin-Littoral Metropolis of the Church of Serbia,” the document says.
It should be noted that the Monastery of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary has traditionally been considered the residence of the metropolitans of Montenegro and Littoral of the Serbian Orthodox Church, while in the city itself the positions of nationalists and schismatics grouping around the President of Montenegro Milo Djukanovic are traditionally strong.
Today, during the debate in the Cetinje Assembly, the building of the municipal parliament and the ancient monastery were guarded by reinforced police.
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