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Published: 24 January 2011 Updated: 26 January 2011
Strange as it may sound, the head of the (unrecognised) Macedonian Orthodox Church (MOC), Archbishop Stefan lashed out in a Christmas interview for the media at young mother Spaska Mitrova, who has been harassed by the Skopje authorities for taking Bulgarian citizenship. Lazar Mladenov, president of the Bulgarian Cultural Club in Skopje, looks into the matter.
This commentary was sent to EurActiv by Lazar Mladenov, president of the Bulgarian Cultural Club in Skopje.
"As if this was the most important moral issue for the people of his country, Archibishop Stefan said that Spaska Mitrova belonged to the 'dregs of society, traitors and freaks'.
This came against the background of a decision by the Sofia Appellate Court to release the arrested Orthodox bishop Jovan Vranishkovski, a dual Macedonian and Serbian citizen, thereby rejecting FYROM's demand for his extradition because of alleged financial misuse. The Court's decision in Bulgaria was grounded on the political repressions expected if Jovan returns to FYROM.
'Не [Priest Jovan Vranishkovski] has long been, in his own way, Spaska for the Macedonian Orthodox Church (MOC), and what the Sofia Appellate Court decided only confirms that garbage, traitors and freaks always receive support,' Archbishop Stefan stated.
Strange as it may sound, the head of the (unrecognised) Macedonian Orthodox Church (MOC), Archbishop Stefan lashed out in a Christmas interview for the media at young mother Spaska Mitrova, who has been harassed by the Skopje authorities for taking Bulgarian citizenship. Lazar Mladenov, president of the Bulgarian Cultural Club in Skopje, looks into the matter.
This commentary was sent to EurActiv by Lazar Mladenov, president of the Bulgarian Cultural Club in Skopje.
"As if this was the most important moral issue for the people of his country, Archibishop Stefan said that Spaska Mitrova belonged to the 'dregs of society, traitors and freaks'.
This came against the background of a decision by the Sofia Appellate Court to release the arrested Orthodox bishop Jovan Vranishkovski, a dual Macedonian and Serbian citizen, thereby rejecting FYROM's demand for his extradition because of alleged financial misuse. The Court's decision in Bulgaria was grounded on the political repressions expected if Jovan returns to FYROM.
'Не [Priest Jovan Vranishkovski] has long been, in his own way, Spaska for the Macedonian Orthodox Church (MOC), and what the Sofia Appellate Court decided only confirms that garbage, traitors and freaks always receive support,' Archbishop Stefan stated.
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