Photo: Zoran Lončarević"We have to change as a society, we have to stop being a society in which the fate of the whole nation depends on an individual," Bishop Grigorije says in an interview for KoSSev.
Two months after the tragic events in Banjska, the bishop of the Düsseldorf German SPC celebrated with his monastic brotherhood St. King Stefan Dečanski in Visoki Dečani.
On that occasion he gave interview for KoSSev u whom he said he felt among the Serbs "tension and some kind of depression", that it seems to him that people are "somewhat hopeless", but that those he met in Dečani are determined to continue living in Kosovo at any cost.
The whole nation must not depend on one individual
"We must change as a society, we must stop being a society in which the fate of the entire nation depends on an individual. That's why I'm glad that in Serbia, which until recently was ruled by the feeling that it was impossible to change the government, there are people like those who gathered around ProGlas," said Grigorije for KoSSev.
He mentioned that he did not sign ProGlas, but not because he disagrees - "on the contrary, I agree with every word" - but because it was somehow inappropriate for him to sign it, since he is first and foremost a church person.
He regrets, he says, that ProGlas is not in Kosovo, because he knows that "at least most of the signatories carry it in their hearts", and many also in their actions, and he knows that ProGlas is supported by many people from Kosovo.
The human need to talk
"I supported this ProGlas because it is not political and does not support any politician." It is paradoxical that people thought and believed in how radicals, right-wingers and in general - those seemingly uncompromising - would preserve or defend Kosovo and, in general, the people who are in the minority. However, I believe that people who are ready for dialogue can do that. I hope that they will come, that is, they must come - and on all sides - people who want to and know how to talk," says Bishop Grigorije.
That's why he supports ProGlas and because I see the "human need for conversation" and adds: "I believe in our people who support ProGlas."
Support for Sava Manojlović
In addition to ProGlas, he is pleased with the initiatives that "our Kosovo-Metohija young man" Savo Manojlović and his organization have been running for some time.
He says of Sava that he is already entering political maturity and maturing into a serious democratic politician.
"These are the things that give me hope. "I am simply convinced that everything else that rules our political scene today has been overcome and literally wasted," says Vadika. "That's why a new initiative must be created in which citizens have the opportunity and power to react to any stupidity of the government, the mayor, the president, the prime minister, and that their reaction simply results in them being left without power."
You can read the entire interview with Bishop Grigori at Kosovo.
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