From May 14 to May 20, 2023, the Holy Bishops’ Council of the Serbian Orthodox Church was held in Belgrade under the chairmanship of His Holiness Patriarch Porfiry. This year, the hot topic was the focus on the spiritual and geopolitical consequences of the military conflict in Ukraine. This is stated in an official message on the website of the Serbian Patriarchate, reports the Information and Education Department of the UOC.

“Particular attention is paid to the subject of the suffering of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church caused by the actions of the Ukrainian authorities in Kiev, the seizure of the property of the Church, its churches and monasteries, the expulsion of monks, the persecution of individual bishops and the violation of the fundamental rights and freedoms of believers guaranteed by international conventions,” the report says. work of the Cathedral.

On this occasion, the Bishops’ Council once again raised its voice “in defense of the outcast and persecuted fellow believers, calling on the relevant international institutions to put an end to this injustice.”