Violent reaction of the Serbian Church to the conviction of the Court of Ljubljana against Patriarch Porphyriostranslated

The Holy Synod characterizes the verdict of the Regional Court of Ljubljana, by which the Patriarch of Serbia Mr. Porfirios and the Municipality of the Serbian Orthodox Church of Ljubljana were sentenced to a suspended prison sentence of 4 months to 1 year and a fine of ten thousand euros for one year. The decision brings this old case back to the fore, when Patriarch Porphyrios was still Metropolitan of Zagreb and Ljubljana. As the Holy Synod states in its announcement, "it is a series of absurd lawsuits filed against the Serbian Orthodox Church by the dismissed priest Zeliko Lubarda. The extremely bold and unworthy behavior of the appointed person, which began during the time of the blessed memory of Metropolitan John, continued while the Patriarch of Serbia, Mr. Porphyrios, ruled the Metropolitanate of Zagreb and Ljubljana. The Holy Synod of Bishops and the Holy Synod of Bishops have repeatedly examined the anti-church activities of this dismissed priest and have made several decisions on…