MOSCOW, 18 Sep. Metropolitan Hilarion (Alfeyev), chairman of the Department for External Church Relations (DECR) of the Moscow Patriarchate, called the actions of President Milo Djukanovic to create a conflict in the country as «a disgrace of Montenegro,» The ROC supports the canonical unity of the Serbian Church. He recalled that the Patriarch of the Russian Orthodox Church Kirill congratulated Metropolitan Ioanniky on the occasion of his accession to the cathedra. Hilarion then suggested that the protests in Montenegro against the enthronement of Ioannicius were artificial and could be associated with Djukanovic, who is trying to «regain power, which he is gradually losing precisely because of his hostility to the church.» such a leader who is not able to unite the population of his country, who works for division, for creating a conflict.The shame was that the Serbian patriarch, who had arrived in order to enthrone the Montenegrin metropolitan, could not calmly reach Cetinje, where the enthronement took place, because the supporters of Djukanovic exposed the people who obstructed him, «- said Ilarion on the air of the TV channel» Russia 24 «.» This is a real shame of Montenegro, and the responsibility for this shame lies with the Montenegrin president, Mr. Djukanovic, «the metropolitan added. the city of Cetinje on September 4-5, clashes between the opponents of introni Metropolitan Ioannikiy and the police. Deputy Prime Minister Dritan Abazovich published a video in which the presidential security adviser, former director of the country's police, Veselin Veljovich, is involved in clashes with Interior Ministry officers, later he was detained on suspicion of «assaulting a person while on duty.» Montenegrin Prime Minister Zdravko Krivokapic blamed President Milo Djukanovic's Democratic Party of Socialists responsible for the violence. Metropolitan Ioanniky also accused Djukanovic of organizing the protests. Djukanovic said that the incident was a disgrace to the Serbian Orthodox Church and the government of Montenegro.
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