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The metropolitan of Montenegro and the Litoral, Amfilohije, said that he expected that next year the construction of the Cathedral of the Holy Trinity in Cetinje would begin, where he planned to store three relics, one of which is the icon of the Mother of God. Filermosa, located in the National Museum of Montenegro.
Metropolitan Amfilohije Photo: BETA / GOVERNMENT OF MONTENEGRO / Sasa Matic / DS)Recalling that after the bombing of Belgrade on April 6, 1941, Pedro II Karadjordjevic and the Serbian Patriarch Gabriel transferred and secretly stored in the monastery of the Ostrog shrines: the hand of Saint John the Baptist and part of the Holy Cross, which now they are in the monastery of Cetinje, and the icon of the Mother. God of Filerim, Amfilohije expressed his hope that the icon will be returned to the church and that these three fully Christian shrines will be stored in the Cathedral of the Holy Trinity, which is planned to be built over the Cetinje monastery.
“The church of the Holy Trinity was started during the coronation of King Nikola in 1910, and the cornerstone is preserved in my office in Cetinje. It is written on that cornerstone: this temple was built in the time of King Nikola, It was built by Tsar Nicholas II, in August 1910. I hope to God that next year we will begin to build the temple, that we will place that cornerstone in the glory of God: the Holy Trinity, and in honor of the Romanovs, who also They are martyrs, as well as St. John the Baptist, who died in 1918, ”Amfilohije affirmed.
Montenegrin Culture Minister Aleksandar Bogdanović assessed for the CDM portal that the Serbian Orthodox Church in Montenegro, which continues to tread deeply on the paths of politics and nationalism, continues with provocations.
On this occasion, the provocation was not, above all, accidentally directed at the people of Cetinje, with the announcement that the construction of the SOC building will begin in the historical core of the city, in which, among other things, they will be kept relics that do not belong to that religious community. “I am not absolutely interested in whether the message that the Serbian Orthodox Church will deal with urban problems and manage state property in the future is hidden in this manipulation,” Bogdanovic noted.
He stressed that he was forced to warn, knowing well, like Amfilohije, what kind of reaction he could provoke among the citizens of Cetinje, and the metropolitan “and his partners so as not to arouse passions in the city that is a symbol of Montenegro and its identity. “. .
“Today as a minister, and today and tomorrow as a citizen of Cetinje and Montenegro, I clearly say that we will not allow it,” Bogdanovic said.
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