CROWN PRINCE ALEXANDER AT CEREMONY FOR CONSECRATION OF RESTORED MONUMENT IN HONOUR OF SOLDIERS WHO DIED IN FIRST WORLD WAR

Belgrade, 20 November 2009 – His Royal Highness Crown Prince Alexander II accompanied by Mr. Dragomir Acovic, member of the Privy Council and Prof. Dragoljub Kavran, member of the Crown Council attended today a ceremony of consecration of the restored monument built in honour of the soldiers who lost their lives in the First World War.

The blessing was performed by His Eminence Metropolitan Amfilohije of Montenegro and Littoral and His Eminence Metropolitan of Minsk and Slutsk, Patriarchal Exarch for All Belarus Filaret and Head of the Russian Orthodox Church in Serbia Father Vitaliy Tarsjev and His Grace Bishop of Hvostano Atanasije Rakita.

Following the ceremony, wreaths were laid by Mr. Djordjevic, Advisory to the President of Serbia, State Secretary in the Ministry of Labour and Social Politics, Deputy Mayor of Belgrade, HRH Crown Prince Alexander II, HE Mr. Alexander Konuzin, Ambassador of the Russian Federation to Serbia and Mr. Siarhei Chichuk, Chargé d’Affaires of Belarusia.

After that speeches were given by His Eminence Metropolitan Amfilohije, His Eminence Metropolitan Filaret and HE Ambassador of Russian Federation Alexander V. Konuzin.

This ceremony is a very important event for Serbian-Russian relations and is in memory of the military brotherhood between Russia and Serbia.