Homily of Patriarch Porphyry delivered on September 7, 2026 at the funeral service of General Ratko Mladićtranslated

September 7, 2026 · 1 min read

On Monday, September 7, 2026, the Patriarch of Serbia Porphyry celebrated the funeral service of Ratko Mladić, former commander of the army of Republika Srpska, who died on August 27 at the age of 84 at the United Nations detention unit in The Hague, at the Church of St. Luke the Apostle in Košutnjak, Belgrade. He was serving a life sentence there, handed down in 2017 and made final on appeal in 2021,

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Максим Зайцев

Patriarch Porfiry celebrated a memorial service in the Church of St. Luke in Koshutnyak - I know this place well, it’s quiet and businesslike. It’s a pity that the full text of the sermon is only for subscribers; I would like to read what exactly he said about such a difficult person. It is interesting how the Church finds words in such cases.

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