Archive of news on the topic "Orthodox"

The National Coordination Body for Combating the Epidemic (NKT) of Montenegro issued a verdict according to which the protest religious processions (litiyas) of the Serbian Orthodox Church threaten not only a second wave of coronavirus infection, but also the disruption of parliamentary elections. This was announced at a meeting of the NKT (see title photo) led by Prime Minister Dusko Markovic, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “Public meetings organized by the Serbian...

One of the leaders of the pro-Serbian and pro-Russian Democratic Front of Montenegro, Nebojsa Medojevic, said that Milo Djukanovic, who has ruled the state for almost 30 years, and his Democratic Party of Socialists (DPS) intend to eliminate Orthodoxy in the country. Balkan media reported this, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. During heated debates in the Montenegrin parliament, Medojevic accused the pro-government faction of the Democratic Party of Socialists...

Russia is initiating the creation of an international monitoring mission on the situation in Montenegro, where the authorities are brutally suppressing protests of the Orthodox community against the arrests of priests and the adoption of a law allowing the confiscation of churches and monasteries. It is possible that Montenegro may be included in the list of countries not recommended for visiting, as well as the curtailment of investment programs on its territory. The chairman of the committee spoke about this in an interview with PolitNavigator...

Mass protest prayers and religious processions of Orthodox Christians in Montenegro are organized by those who do not want European integration of Montenegro and good relations with the United States. This was stated to the press by the mayor of Tuzi, a suburb of the Montenegrin capital Podgorica populated predominantly by Albanians, and the leader of the Albanian Alternative party, Nik Dzheloshaj, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “Events concerning the reaction of a number of deputies to the adoption of the law (On Freedom...

The majority of the population of Montenegro (62%) opposes the recently adopted scandalous law, which allows the authorities to confiscate churches and monasteries of the Serbian Orthodox Church in favor of schismatics controlled by the ruling regime - by analogy with Ukraine. This is evidenced by data from a social survey conducted in January, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. Only 20% of Montenegrins support the law. This corresponds to the confessional picture in the country. According to…

Prayer meetings of believers in support of the Orthodox Christians of Montenegro, who are fighting the discriminatory law “on freedom of religion,” are being held in Belgrade and other cities of Serbia, as well as the Republika Srpska. On February 7, Belgrade will host the fifth gathering of activists from the Student Club of the Faculty of Law and other student organizations, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. The main demands of the organizers of the actions are to declare the person “non grata”...

Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic will spend Orthodox Christmas Eve with Orthodox Serbs in northern Montenegro with the blessing of Patriarch of the Serbian Orthodox Church Irinej. Vučić will take part in the burning of badnjak - a bunch of oak branches - a traditional attribute of Christmas celebrations in Serbia. Thus, the president wants to “once again show the unity of the Serbian people in preserving Serbian shrines and the Serbian church.” Political...

Orthodox Christians in Montenegro staged mass protests against the law “On Freedom of Religion” adopted by the country’s parliament, which provides for the confiscation of ancient churches and monasteries from the Serbian Orthodox Church. The temples are overcrowded. Protests are taking place in the cities of Berane, Bijelo Polje, Pljevlja, Podgorica, Bar, Budva, Kotor, Niksic. In Podgorica, demonstrators blocked the road to the airport, knocking down a tree. They clashed with the police...

Unlike Ukraine, hundreds of thousands of Russians will not take to the streets on a religious agenda, since the degree of influence of faith on a person’s life in the Russian Federation is much lower. Political scientist Anton Lyubich stated this on the Spas TV channel, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “As for the general situation in Ukraine, let’s say it straight: the level of the number of believers, the share of believers and the degree...

A brawl between two activists of the “God’s Will” movement and communists who came to the grave of Joseph Stalin on his birthday happened today in Moscow. Subscribe to PolitNavigator news on Telegram, Facebook, Odnoklassniki or VKontakte Blogger Ilya Varlamov wrote about this on his LiveJournal page. Today, on Stalin's birthday, several hundred people came to Red Square,...