Divine Liturgy after more than 20 years at unfinished Christ the Savior cathedral in Pristina

Serbian Orthodox Church hierarchs on Thursday conducted a Divine Liturgy inside the unfinished Christ the Savior cathedral in Pristina, in the strife-plagued province of Kosovo & Metohija. The church has been under construction since 1995, and this was the first time in more than 20 years that a Divine liturgy was conducted.

In 2017, a local appeals court granted the Serbian Orthodox Church rights to the land. Soon after, the University of Pristina filed another lawsuit, disputing the Church’s ownership.

After the building was set on fire by unknown perpetrators in 2016, members of the Serbian Orthodox Church began a cleanup process, but the work was halted by Kosovo Albanian municipal authorities, who demanded that a permit be issued.

Speaking during the service, the Orthodox Bishop of Raska-Prizren, Teodosije, underlined that “…By holding services today in this temple we testify who we are, who we were and what we should be in the future. We testify that we will never renounce our sanctuaries and that they belong to us – and are the pledge of our eternal life.”

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