20.06.2008

His Beatitude Archbishop of Ohrid and Metropolitan of Skopje kyr kyr Jovan, upon an invitation by the organizers: the Council of Europe and the Non-government organizations: CIVIS and Konrad Adenauer, participated in the international, interreligious gathering held in Strasbourg on the topic “The Contribution of Churches and Religious Communities to the Building of Lasting Peace in Southeastern Europe”, which took place on 20th June in the Council of Europe’s building.

After having sent many letters to the institutions of the European Union regarding the breaking of the human rights of the faithful of the Ohrid Archbishopric, the Archbishop of Ohrid kyr kyr Jovan for the first time after six years, since the persecution of the Ohrid Archbishopric began, had the opportunity to expose, in the seat of the Council of Europe, the problem of the breaking of the human rights in R. Macedonia.

The Ambassador, representative of R. Macedonia in Strasbourg, Ms. Victoria Gerjer after the exposé of the Archbishop kyr kyr Jovan, demonstratively left the gathering. That once more proved what we are unceasingly speaking of for six years – that in R. Macedonia there is no religious dialogue and no religious tolerance.

Following below, we are publishing the integral text of the Archbishop kyr kyr Jovan’s exposé in Strasbourg, which caused great compassion among all the participants in the gathering.