OSMTH Srbija

Ordo Supremus Militaris Templi Hierosolymitani Grand Priory of Serbia - Red Vitezova Templara OSMTH, Veliki Priorat Srbije

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20 godina danas pa do nezaborava, stradanje i rane koje jos uvek peku. Opomena da je mir jedina alternativa jer istorija pamti…

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Drage dame, nek vam je svaki dan 8. mart!

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Mir Božiji, Hristos se rodi!
Srećan Božić drage sestre i braćo, nek vas mir, zdravlje i sreća prate.

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Odlična vest, čestitamo na diplomatskom uspehu 👏

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We are proud to announce that #Serbia is re-elected to the Executive Board of @UNESCO 🇺🇳!
With 137 votes, 🇷🇸 is re-elected within the Electoral group II.
Честитамо свима који су радили предано за нови реизбор наше земље у Извршном савету #УНЕСКО. Посебне похвале @SRBinUNESCO 👏

[OSMTH Srbija @OSMTHSrbija]

Humanity before politics! “In peace, man shows strength that he can never feel in war.” #osmth #UN #templar

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NEWS: Security Council passes resolution calling for urgent & extended humanitarian pauses & corridors throughout Gaza, and immediate & unconditional release of all hostages held by Hamas & other groups.

https://t.co/NbQYc6KSBa

[United Nations @UN]

“The Global Goals carry the hopes, rights & expectations of people everywhere.”

– At this week’s SDG Summit, @antonioguterres called on world leaders to keep their promise to build a world of health, progress & opportunity for all. https://t.co/B0DG81l5iy

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@MiroslavLajcak @usambserbia @EU_Commission @UN @UNPeacekeeping

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Insistiramo da se svaka oruzana sila povuce iz dvorista i objekata manastira Banjska, posebno kada pokazuju neprijateljsku nameru! Kosovske zvanicnike pozivamo da ODMAH zaustave eskalacioni odnos prema srpskom stanovnistvu a medj. zajednicu da utice na smirivanje tenzija!

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Čestitamo momci, srce na terenu i viteška borba, zadovoljstvo je bilo navijati za vas 💪🏆👏👏

[Košarkaški savez SRB @KSSrbije]

PONOS SRBIJE! 🇷🇸

#FIBAWC #WinForSrbija

[Istorijski arhiv Beograda @IA_Beograda]

A list of the Serbian soldiers decorated by British orders: Orders of the Bath, Ordewr of St Michael and St George, Distinguished Service Order, Military Cross, Distinguished Conduct Medal and MIlitary Medal. First on the list is Field Marshal Stepan Stepanovich. @ukinserbia

[Dečani Monastery @DecaniMonastery]

A Quarter Century on: Remembering the Serb civilian victims from Orahovac and the neighbouring villages - #Kosovo

In the heart of Velika Hoča, Kosovo, a grim milestone marks today: 25 years since the devastating losses suffered by Serbs in the municipality of Orahovac.

A memorial service was served by the local parish priest Fr. Milan Stojković and two more priests, alongside a monument dedicated to the kidnapped and murdered victims. Families, relatives, and neighbors of the victims laid wreaths and flowers.

Twenty-five years ago today Kosovo Albanian paramilitaries of KLA executed a mass kidnapping and murder of Serbs in the Orahovac municipality. From July 17 to 22, 1998, more than 100 individuals were abducted and transported to prisons and camps run by the KLA.

In the initial onslaught, seven people were murdered. By the end of July 1998, this region had lost 47 of its Serb inhabitants. The brutalities of kidnappings, murders, and arson attacks on Serb homes did not end there but continued, leading to the total expulsion of the Serb population from the villages of Retimlje, Opteruša, and Zočište during 1998 and 1999. Velika Hoča is the only village in the Municipality with Serb population still remaining as well as a tiny ghetto-like Serbian quarter around the Orahovac church.

A haunting case was that of the Kostić family from Retimlje village: in a single day, 14 male family members were abducted. On the same day, six monks were abducted by KLA from the 14th-century monastery of Saints Cosmas and Damian in Zočište. They were released on July 22, after interventions by the OSCE and International Red Cross, along with two other women, two sick men from the villages of Retimlje and Opteruša, and older individuals from Zočište.

Despite the passage of years, many Serb residents in this area remain listed as missing.

DNA analysis conducted by the internationally led forensic experts identified 36 Serbs in the mass graves of Mališevo and Volujak, who were kidnapped by the KLA in the Orahovac region in July 1998. Several remains of victims kidnapped from 1999 to 2000 were also found in individual graves and were reburied according to the families' wishes.

Serbian Orthodox cemetery of Orahovac
Presents are grim picture of vandalism is almost all gravestones have been overturned or smashed into pieces, another sad picture of ethnic intolerance and discrimination which continues for years with impunity.

The Association of Families of Kidnapped and Missing Serbs from Kosovo and Metohija presented details of the kidnappings and murders to all relevant institutions collecting data on kidnapped, missing, and murdered persons. However, to this day, no one has been held accountable for the crimes committed in the Orahovac municipality.

The #Serbian #Orthodox #Church has frequently condemned all acts of violence against civilians, irrespective of their ethnicity in Kosovo. In the armed conflict of 1999 also many Kosovo Albanians fell victim. A significant number of them remain missing to this day, their bodies yet to be recovered. While prominent members of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia's regime and police have been convicted by the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY), no members of the Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA) have ever been held accountable for crimes against Kosovo Serbs, Roma and dissenting Kosovo Albanians, during and after the armed conflict.

The Specialist Chambers Court in The Hague, which is currently primarily focusing on KLA crimes still has yet to deliver justice, despite a delay of two decades.

The absence of justice for all victims equally, along with the tragic memories, continues to weigh heavily on those left behind. The hope is that acknowledgment and remembrance will eventually lead to healing and justice.

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“Ako ni zbog čega a onda zbog časti,
morat ćemo krenuti na grebene gorde.
Ili ćemo duboko u ponore pasti,
pojest će nas hijene i aveti horde…”
Nek nas Vidovdan u životu vodi, da se borbom za mir i dostojanstvom pamtimo, i nikad ne zaboravimo. #Srbija #Templar

[Фондација Алек Кавчић @FondacijaAK]

Фондација Алек Кавчић и Тика Станић вас позивају на бесплатне представе за децу у Капетан Мишином здању. 🎭
Сваког викенда, у оквиру позоришта „Театријум“ у Капетан Мишином здању, бесплатне представе за децу и њихове родитеље. 🥰

Линк за вест: https://t.co/p54NIwpgJJ

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Čestitamo Nikola, na svemu što si postigao a postigao si neverovatne visine, hvala na svemu, hvala što nas činiš ponosnim 👏👏👏🏆 #Srbija

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Uspeh je osobina hrabrih i odlučnih, onih koji veruju u boljeg sebe, @DjokerNole to najbolje zna i zato mu šaljemo najiskrenije čestitke na neverovatnom uspehu. Viteški, bravo Nole 🏆👏👏 #Srbija

[Dečani Monastery @DecaniMonastery]

In the meantime, relations between the Serbian population and KFOR in Northern #Kosovo have become quite friendly. According to the Kossev info portal, organized sports competitions between US KFOR and local Serbs have even taken place in front of the Municipal building which still remains occupied by heavily armed Kosovo police who refuse to vacate the building . Video KFOR-Serbs games:
https://t.co/jzf4gXrTj2

Kossev: U.S. KFOR and Leposavic Serbs Compete in Tug of War

In front of the municipal building in Leposavić, where citizens have been protesting for the past ten days, they marked the beginning of this year's Workers' Games yesterday. This is a traditional event held in this municipality.

Just in front of the barbed wire that KFOR installed last week, they played football, volleyball, and held chess and darts competitions yesterday.

Today, members of the American KFOR joined them in these games.

Several members of this mission competed in a tug-of-war with some locals from Leposavić today.

According to this footage, the local Serbs came out victorious.

https://t.co/MKFoz9oTPb

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Disclaimer:

The news from media outlets circulated via our Twitter account originate from local or international sources. The intention is solely to provide comprehensive information to our followers interested in the situation in Kosovo, particularly related to the Kosovo Serb community and its challenges. Reports do not imply an endorsement or acceptance of any political stance. The Church remains firmly against any form of violence and is fully supporting resolving all issues in dialogue.

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Millions of people lack access to quality education, decent jobs & social protection.

@ilo’s Int'l Labour Conference gathers workers, employers & governments to discuss how to achieve social justice for all. https://t.co/78NmiiOraN

[OSMTH Srbija @OSMTHSrbija]

Pozive na mir i suživot ne razumeju svi i mi moramo skretati pažnju na silu i nepravdu koja se događa, jer doći će vreme mira kada ćemo se trebati pogledati u oči. Tamo gde smo oduvek bili tu i ostajemo. #Srbija #templar

[Dečani Monastery @DecaniMonastery]

Based on media reports and documentation from the #Serbian #Orthodox #Church Diocese in #Kosovo, dozens of incidents, many presumably ethnically motivated, occurred in Kosovo between 2021 and 2023. A significant portion of these incidents remain uninvestigated, despite being reported to Kosovo police. In some cases, K/Serbs hesitate to report incidents due to fears of intimidation and potential retaliation.

The surge in incidents signifies a dramatic deterioration of ethnic relations in Kosovo, even though the armed conflict concluded 24 years ago. Over 150,000 Kosovo Serbs who resided in Kosovo prior to the 1999 conflict are still unable to return to their homes, and numerous Serbian Orthodox churches destroyed after the Kosovo war still remain in ruins.

These grim circumstances do not portray an idyllic democratic society, as presented by Kosovo politicians, as the human and religious rights of non-majority populations are still jeopardised.

Glossing over reality does not contribute to progress. Instead, what is needed is responsible governance that respects the rights, traditions, and identities of all ethnic and religious communities especially the southern community, which has been requesting collective protection of its rights, and its heritage throughout Kosovo.

The Serbian Orthodox Church has recently provided a detailed briefing to the diplomatic community, explaining its challenges and outlining its perspectives on the protection of its communities and sites in Kosovo.

According to the position of the Church which remains involved in interreligious dialogue with other communities in Kosovo, promotion of nationalism is unacceptable and only instigates further conflicts, posing a threat, not only to the region, but to Europe, which is already grappling with more serious issues at the moment. It’ the high time for responsible work and not for toxic and antagonising political rhetoric and promotion of ethnic clean societies or territories.

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Mir ne sme da nam bude samo slovo na papiru, Kosovski donosioci odluka moraju odmah prestati sa eskalacijom nasilja i provokacijom. Medjunarodni faktor mora da zauzme stranu i osudi jednostrane ekstremisticke poteze albanaca na Kosovu! #Srbija

[Манастир Високи Дечани @DecaniManastir]

Око 30так дипломата са шефовима мисија ЕУ, УН и ОЕБС-а, амбасадорима Квинте и командантом КФОР-а данас су посетили ман. Дечани и дали подршку извршењу судске пресуде Уставног суда Кос и заштити верских права и баштине. https://t.co/izNiFDbsIM Фотогалерија: https://t.co/velIxzfCTw