The Serbian Orthodox Church (SPC) Archbishop Amfilohije yesterday in Belgrade read the Easter message. He was acting on behalf of the ailing head of the SPC, His Holiness Patriarch Pavle.

“In these times of Easter joy and the Divine mercy for all, the Serbian Orthodox Church especially dwells on human injustice and violence of the power-wielders over Kosovo and Metohija, over Serbia, and the entire Serb nation,” the message of the SPC says.

The message will also be read in all SPC temples in the country and abroad as Orthodox Serbs gather to celebrate Easter Day next Sunday, April 27.

The patriarch and all the archbishops urged that Kosovo and Metohija should be deserved and preserved before God through work and honest living, and that this should also contribute to the salvation of the local Serb people, Amfilohije said.

“Kosovo is an integral part of the life of every Christian Orthodox Serb,” the message pointed out, and concluded that the “creators of this historic injustice have inflicted on the Serb people a pain and suffering that, in spite of everything, points the way to the unique message of the suffering and salvation on Calvary”.