Monthly Archives: September 2021

It is paradoxical that the Serbian Orthodox Church in Montenegro has managed what the civil sector, civic activists and the opposition have not in thirty years - created a critical mass for the first peaceful change of government in Montenegrin history. Jovo Martinović Few European countries, apart from Wojtyla and

If the Western Balkans continue like this, we will provide assistance to the “Lebanonisation” of the region.  Ilir Kulla The Western Balkans States are in a very particular multi-faith reality. Due to the Ottoman Empire era, in the Western Balkans region, you find local religious communities which are a part

It seems that the church hierarchy, embodied in somewhat younger bishops who understand how the world and society function today and led by the patriarch, knows what it wants - an escape from the political arena, support and cooperation with the authorities, but far from the Byzantine model of the

Unlike today's international standards, where due to the concept of separation of state and religious communities, the path of pluralism is open, in Orthodox countries there is a tendency for greater rapprochement (merging) of the state and the church government. Aleksandar Spasenovski The visit of the Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew to

After the disintegration of Yugoslavia, public display of religious affiliation became socially desirable, and the small minority who didn't subscribe to this type of identification were and still are considered national traitors and religious apostates. Drago Bojic Bosnia and Herzegovina is constitutionally and legally defined as a secular state with

Kosovo is a unique case which has three religious denominations and constitutionally is a secular state and neutral in the issue of religion. Ferdi Kamberi Kosovo is a unitary state with a parliamentary democracy. Kosovo is a unique case which has three religious denominations and constitutionally is a secular state