Sava Janjic

KFOR thanked for protecting Serb monastery

DEČANI -- Marko Đurić and Visoki Dečani Monastery Abbot Sava Janjić on Monday expressed gratitude to the KFOR commander for providing protection to the holy site.

DECANI - Sava Janjic, prior of the Serbian Orthodox monastery Visoki Decani, refuted on Tuesday a statement by Kosovo Interior Minister Bajram Redzepi that three Albanian minors have been arrested for daubing graffiti on the walls and gate of the Serbian Orthodox monastery of Visoki Decani in the south of Kosovo-Metohija promoting the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS).

BELGRADE - New graffiti in support of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) and the Albanian National Army (AKSh) appeared on the gate of Visoki Decani monastery, southern Kosovo-Metohija, on Monday morning, Sava Janjic, prior of the Serbian Orthodox monastery Visoki Decani, wrote on Twitter.

BELGRADE - Prior of the Serbian Orthodox monastery Visoki Decani Sava Janjic said on Sunday the monks at that monastery in southern Kosovo were concerned over the graffiti that had been sprayed on some of the buildings inside the monastery compound, and that they expected KFOR and the Kosovo police to implement better security measures.

Aleksandar Marsenic, head of emergency situations, on Tuesday said that some 2,000 people had been evacuated overnight from Obrenovac, 30km southwest of Belgrade.

“The evacuation of people in Obrenovac continues,” Marsenic said.

BELGRADE - The Serbian government's Office for Kosovo-Metohija has condemned strongly the threats against the monastery of Visoki Decani and urged Kfor to boost military protection of the monastery and identify and bring to justice as soon as possible the unknown perpetrator who has threatened to raze it.

DECANI - Archimandrite Sava Janjic, abbot of Visoki Decani monastery in western Kosovo-Metohija (KiM), said Saturday that an unidentified men has threatened that he will destroy the medieval Serbian monastery in the next few days, adding that the Kosovo police, KFOR and international representatives in Kosovo have been notified about the latest threats.