Patriarch Irinej Protests NATO Conference

Patriarch Irinej (Gavrilovich) of the Serbian Orthodox Church has protested the holding of a NATO conference in Belgrade, saying that the wounds inflicted by NATO on Serbia have not yet healed. (As is evidenced by the damaged state of buildings in Belgrade bombed by NATO during Lent in 1999.) More here.

NATO Bombing of Tripoli Damages Coptic Orthodox Church

The ongoing NATO bombing raids on the Libyan capital, Tripoli, have resulted in roughly 4,000 civilian casualties to date and earlier this week also damaged a Coptic Orthodox church in the city. More here.

Patriarch Irinej Serves Memorial for NATO Victims

Patriarch Irinej (Gavrilovich) of Pech led a memorial today in Belgrade's Church of St. Mark for the repose of those killed during the NATO attacks on Serbia in 1999. The service was attended by a large number of faithful as well as the Russian ambassador to Serbia. More here.

Illegal Organ Trafficking in Kosovo

Patriarch Irinej (Gavrilović) of the Serbian Orthodox Church has accused former UN and NATO officials in Kosovo of covering up the trade in human organs out of the region, which targeted Kosovo's non-Albanian minorities and took place with the collusion of elements in neighboring Albania. More here.