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Serbia begins official mourning for Patriarch Pavle
Serbia's president Boris Tadic, second left, pays his respects near the coffin of Serbian Patriarch Pavle at the main Saborna Crkva church in Belgrade, November 15 2009.
Serbia began three days of official mourning on November 16 2009 for Pavle, Patriarch of the Serbian Orthodox Church, whose death was announced by the church the day before.
Pavle, who was 95, became the head of the church in 1990 but since 2007 had not been carrying out his duties because of severe ill-health. Metropolitan of Montenegro and Littoral Amfilohije, who had been standing in for Pavle, will continue to act as head of the church pending the formal election of a successor.
Serbian media reported that long queues formed at Belgrade’s Cathedral Church of St Michael the Archangel to pay tribute to Pavle, who will be buried at the country’s Rakovica Monastery on November 19.
Serbian state officials and representatives of the country’s Roman Catholic Church expressed their condolences. "There are people who bond entire nations and Pavle was such a person," Serbian president Boris Tadic said.
Pavle was born Gojko Stojčević in Slavonia on September 11 1914 and took orders as a monk in 1946, adopting the name Pavle. He became bishop of Raska-Prizren in 1957 and Patriarch on December 1 1990.
Notable highlights of his career included his supervision of the first official translation into Serbian of the New Testament in 1984, revised in 1990, as well as authorships of theological works and being a driving force in church restorations.
Pavle was adamant in opposing Kosovo’s independence from Serbia, saying after Kosovo’s February 2008 unilateral declaration of independence from Serbia, ""Kosovo is not only a question of territory, it is a question of our spiritual being".
Pavle, who was 95, became the head of the church in 1990 but since 2007 had not been carrying out his duties because of severe ill-health. Metropolitan of Montenegro and Littoral Amfilohije, who had been standing in for Pavle, will continue to act as head of the church pending the formal election of a successor.
Serbian media reported that long queues formed at Belgrade’s Cathedral Church of St Michael the Archangel to pay tribute to Pavle, who will be buried at the country’s Rakovica Monastery on November 19.
Serbian state officials and representatives of the country’s Roman Catholic Church expressed their condolences. "There are people who bond entire nations and Pavle was such a person," Serbian president Boris Tadic said.
Pavle was born Gojko Stojčević in Slavonia on September 11 1914 and took orders as a monk in 1946, adopting the name Pavle. He became bishop of Raska-Prizren in 1957 and Patriarch on December 1 1990.
Notable highlights of his career included his supervision of the first official translation into Serbian of the New Testament in 1984, revised in 1990, as well as authorships of theological works and being a driving force in church restorations.
Pavle was adamant in opposing Kosovo’s independence from Serbia, saying after Kosovo’s February 2008 unilateral declaration of independence from Serbia, ""Kosovo is not only a question of territory, it is a question of our spiritual being".
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cudan je svet jedan je bog za sviju pazi sta pises da te ne stigne neka muka bice ti kasno
Can't you people give a dead man and a mourning nation some peace for at least a week. Mr. Good Riddance, he would never trample on anyone's memory as you have.
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There are distasteful, obscene and vulgar comments about the newly deceased Patriarch on this site.
Praise and invective alike can do hothing to affect the condition of anyone dead to the world, as he is; however, they truly reflect the quality of the person uttering them, and what sits in their heart.
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in 1989 patriarch pavle was attacked by a group of albanian youth which required 3 months of hospitalization he never pressed charges! he fought for the rights of every person in kosovo n serbs n albanians equal! dont be an ignorant beast by listening to your father's lies about what serbs are because agron were all humans! while patriarch pavle was a saint that walked among us all. may he rest in peace for god just received an angel!
If you are christ you never go behind the borders of religion cuz that is what is holding us .He pavle ...look the pictures with karadjic and mladic ..Wher is the faith wher is the trust in jesus christ wher are we do we belive in the monster like PAVLE who gide us to the way that we want to go no no hell no ..we dont want that and we never going to do that.God will take care of that but for pavle there is no place there cuz he was a evil and allways will be .God bless [...]
Read the full comment all christians all over the world ,And i pray to all good people that they know the difrence what is right and what is wrong .You serbs are down forever cuz you dont know the difrence between good and bad ..GOD BLESS AMERICA AND ALBANIANS WHER EVER THEY ARE .
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Agron Forlani: How can you pray for somebody to go to hell if you are a Christan? I hope your father did not teach you that. May God forgive your ignorance because you do not know what you are saying too. And "we will have to explain every single word in front of God." God bless!
May God forgive you "Good Ridance" for you do not know what you are saying. I will pray for you. God Bless!
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Neka mu je laka zemlja. I Bog Cuva Srbe.
nek mu je laka zemlja
For the ignorant people on this site....I would like to say have some tact - but I realize that it is difficult for you to show tact and class - that is not a part of YOUR CULTURE. To think that your people have the audacity to call the serbs violent and angry - your posts speak for themselves and for "your people". Enough said.
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neka mu bude laka srpska zemlja. pokoj mu dusi, amin
The man was a snake. never broke from reinforcing the cultish quality of serbian orthodox pseudo christianity... the brainwashing that blends medieval Mythology with religion that formed the motivation for madness serbs spread across the balkans across all religious and ethnic lines.
He Approved of EVERY single violent and insane action perpetrated by nationalists serbs on all their neighbors. Feigned ignorance as it occurred, yet was politically savvy and AWARE enough to quickly have to be the first to come out with a condescending apology and feigned "shock"... again, and again, and again. the moment these [...]
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He was no man of god, no man of peace. He is easily replaced.
rampant nationalists full of hate and bile are still a dime a dozen in serbia.
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I m christ with heart and soul and i will allways be ...Stay in topic i dont care what kind of religion he has PAVLE but for me he was a EVIL and he deserve to go direct in hell..You dont mix never religion with politics that was what my father tought me ...But he (pavle) he did and that for serbs is normal i know that ...
I hope to god JESUS CHRIST and i pray that PAVLE will go direct to hell,Once again he was EVIL and you are to PEGGY.
He truly was "a saint who walks"
Agron, he was a follower of Christ and Christ will welcome him to heaven. You on the other hand, the one who spews so much hate and venom just because he was a Serb is not likely to be welcomed there, but then again, you are obviously not a follower of Christ.
Could your prejudice against Serbs be any more obvious? Even a man like patriarch Pavle is evil as far as you are concerned if he happens to be a Serb.
Seek help and forgiveness now. Your soul is in danger. [...]
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May he rest in peace. He will be among the Saints. He preached love to all, even to those who hurt him. A real Saint on earth! Lucky those blessed by him!
nek mu je laka zemlja
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Memory Eternal Patriarch Pavle. God Grant him a peaceful rest among thy saints in thy heavenly kingdom.
O Lord Jesus Christ, grant rest to the soul of Thy departed servant.
Peggy i agree with you in every way may he rest in peace
May he rest in peace.
He was an angel and the glue.
He cannot be replaced.