MEMBERS OF THE ADVISORY BODIES OF THE CROWN IN THE PROCESSION IN BELGRADE STREETS

Belgrade, 18 March 2004 – Members of the Advisory Bodies of the Crown Mr. Dragomir Acovic and Mr. Dusan Kovacevic participated in today’s procession through the streets of Belgrade.

The procession started from the Republic Square, led by His Holiness the Serbian Patriarch Pavle. In King Milan Street it was joined by the citizens gathered in front of the Government building, led by the Prime Minister Mr. Vojislav Kostunica, and together went on to ward the Saint Sava Temple in Vracar.

His Holiness the Serbian Patriarch Pavle served a prayer at the Temple of St. Sava, assisted by the Archpriests, clergy and monks of the Serbian Orthodox Church. There present were red the announcement from the expanded convocation of the Holy Synod of Bishops that ends in the words of His Holiness the Serbian Patriarch Pavle:

“Lord, help us all, even our enemies, for we all need peace, freedom and justice, we needed just as all people and all nations’’.