Retired bishop Justin will be moved as a punishment?

In ordinary times, the deployment of SPC clergy would not be big news. But these are not ordinary times.

By decision of the Synod of the Serbian Orthodox Church, Bishop Justin should live in the renovated medieval monastery of Bosnians from the 14th century in the Diocese of Kruševac, Danas learned from high church sources.

At the May session, the Holy Synod of Bishops confirmed the decision to dismiss Justin from the post of bishop of Žička, which part of the public assessed as political persecution due to his public support for the protests.

Officially, the Serbian Orthodox Church claims that Justin is "responsible" for the poor "material and financial business" of the diocese, which is why he was removed.

Retired Justin expressed his wish, Danas learns, to remain in the diocese of Žič, but at the end of last week the Synod decided to move him to the diocese of Kruševac. headed by Bishop David.

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Insults and response

Bishop Justin was one of the six bishops who publicly criticized Bishop David's attack on students in the blockade. In a text published on the official website of the Serbian Orthodox Church in February last year, Bishop David put the students in the context of the "new Serbian Ustasha" and the "new evil spirit of Lubjanka".

"We want to clearly and unequivocally announce that our Church does not think that our students are 'Serbian Ustasha'. Because it was precisely this kind of vocabulary, by abolishing the freedom to hear different voices from the official SPC newsletter, that led to the tyranny of arrogant and insulting words, spoken without responsibility," wrote the response of six archbishops, including Justin.

Source: Today