Hooligans tore off the service in Belgrade in the Anglican temple

The leading political forces of Yugoslavia and Serbia today resolutely condemned the actions of the hooligans, who torn on the eve of the Christmas service of the Anglican church in Belgrade.

About 50 young people with Orthodox icons in their hands were not allowed to enter the Anglican priests or the Catholics who came to the service, among whom were foreign diplomats, in the Belgrade building of the Patriarchal Chambers, where the head of the Serbian Orthodox Church Pavel was also in the service, ITAR-TASS reports.

The President of Yugoslavia Voislav Koshtunitsa said that this group of young people "disgraced the state, people and the Serbian Orthodox Church." “Freedom of religion is a world and democratic standard, which no one can question, especially forcibly methods,” the nightie stressed.

The Chancellery of the Serbian Patriarch in her message noted that the services of priests of the Anglican church before Christmas in Belgrade became the tradition and friendship of two Christian churches since the 20s of the last century. The document draws special attention that aggressive youth did not even listen to the calls of Patriarch Paul to allow believers to enter the building where the Christmas service was supposed to be held. “Thus, they showed that they are not friends of either the Serbian people or the Serbian Orthodox Church,” the report emphasizes.