Source: Serbian Orthodox Church
November 4, 2015
BY THE GRACE OF GOD,
ARCHBISHOP OF PEC, METROPOLITAN OF BELGRADE-KARLOVCI AND
SERBIAN PATRIARCH IRINEJ
Dear spiritual children,
Our brothers and sisters in Kosovo and Metohija and the holy shrines of the Serbian Orthodox Church are in great danger, because the proponents of the so-called state of Kosovo want to obtain membership in UNESCO and confiscate Serbian churches and monasteries. Therefore, the Serbian Patriarchate calls all pious and Orthodox people, all people of good will and everyone who cares about rights and justice in the world to oppose the so-called state of Kosovo's membership in UNESCO, which threatens to cause a humanitarian disaster and the destruction of Serbian Orthodox shrines and thus the UNESCO world's heritage.
Consequently, the Serbian Orthodox Church announced on its website www.spc.rs some most relevant information.
We strongly invite you to share the following information from our website, and to share the website SAVE WORLD HERITAGE http://saveworldheritage.org/ through your social media and internet means in the most visible way possible, until November 9, 2015; join our efforts to inform the international community of the gravity of the situation and the current danger threatening the sacred, spiritual and cultural heritage and Serbian people in Kosovo and Metohija. We are convinced that this kind of information would help many people become informed quickly and efficiently.
We believe this will help the members of the General Assembly of UNESCO, despite all pressure, to make a fair decision before the final vote at the forthcoming session and preserve Serbian and World Heritage in the south Serbian province.
With a blessing,
SERBIAN PATRIARCH
+IRINEJ
