Serbian Porphyry of Niksic: "Freedom is won and preserved through unity"translated

"Christian memory is illuminated by the love that turns the sacrifice of our ancestors into gratitude and their achievement into a call to become better people, people of peace." This was emphasized, among others, by the Patriarch of Serbia, Mr. Porfirios in his greeting at an event in Niksic on the occasion of the 150th anniversary of the Battle of Vucjedol. From the evening of Tuesday, July 28, 2026, the Serbian Primate is visiting the Holy Diocese of Vudimlje and Nikšić, while the event of honor and remembrance took place in the evening of the same day in the courtyard of the Cathedral of the Holy Basil of Ostrog in the city of Nikšić in Montenegro.

"We have gathered to give thanks to God and to remember in our prayer the military leaders, the soldiers and all the people known and unknown, whose exploits and sufferings were embodied in the freedom that later generations received as a precious gift. Their sacrifice represents the fulfillment of the words of the Lord: "Greater love has no one than this, to lay down one's life for one's friends. his" (John 15:13)", he said.

At another point, His Beatitude Mr. Porphyry...