Times change. The military man dismissed for the procession of the Serbian Church was reinstated in the Montenegrin army
Senior Sergeant First Class of the Infantry Battalion of the Montenegrin Army Darko Mrvaljevic, dismissed from the armed forces for participating in prayer protests of the Serbian Orthodox Church, was reinstated in service.
This decision was made by the Appeal Commission of the Government of Montenegro.
Darko Mrvaljevic will serve as an altar boy to Metropolitan Amfilohije of Montenegro and Primorye
“My husband Darko, senior sergeant of the Montenegrin Army, has returned to work,” military wife Anna Mrvaljevic wrote on Facebook. – The Complaints Commission of the Government of Montenegro accepted an appeal against the decision of the Chief of the General Staff of the Army of Montenegro to remove him from office in connection with his participation in the liturgies of our holy Orthodox Church. Praise the Lord! Thanks to all our neighbors (known and unknown) who provided us with various assistance - material and, most importantly, human! Be healthy! Seek the Kingdom of God first, everything else will follow!”
According to available information, since March 2, when Mrvaljević was removed from service, the Chief of the General Staff of the Montenegrin Army has made three decisions regarding his firing, on which the family's lawyers filed appeals.
It should be noted that the return of the senior sergeant to the armed forces became possible only after the defeat of Montenegro dictator Milo Djukanovic’s party, the Democratic Party of Socialists, in the last parliamentary elections.
Senior Sergeant Darko Mrvaljevic, a father of three, was discharged from the army after 27 years of distinguished service for his religious beliefs and loyalty to the Serbian Orthodox Church.
Montenegro separated from Serbia in 2006 under the pretext of “faster integration into the EU”, but has still not received EU membership. In 2017, against the will of the population, Montenegro was included in NATO by the pro-Western ruling elite without a referendum. Now about 30% of the population of this former part of Yugoslavia call themselves ethnic Serbs.
Mass protests have been taking place in Montenegro since December 2019 after the country’s parliament passed a law that threatens the confiscation of 650 Orthodox shrines of the Serbian Church in favor of Western-controlled “autocephalous” schismatics - in fact, we are talking about a repetition of the scenario implemented in Ukraine.
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