Ostrog, Montenegro, July 15, 2020
Photo: in4s.net
Four Serbian bikers from Chicago took off on a 15-day, 4,000-mile rally in support of the persecuted Serbian Orthodox Church in Montenegro earlier this month.
Now, in the same vein, three pilgrims from Montenegro are in the midst of a 750-mile procession on foot from the Serbian Hilandar Monastery on Mt. Athos to Ostrog, Montenegro, where the precious relics of the great St. Basil of Ostrog are treasured.
The pilgrims, Alexander Babić, Miloš Ajković, and Čedo Đačić, thus declare their readiness to “protect the holy sites with dignity, in the spirit of Orthodoxy and peace,” reports in4s.net.
Two of the pilgrims, Alexander and Miloš, also went on a 310-mile march from the Church of St. Sava in Belgrade to the Cathedral of the Resurrection of Christ in Podgorica, Montenegro, over the course of 12 days in February, declaring at that time that if there is no progress in the case of the discriminatory Montenegrin law on religious freedom, they would go on an even longer procession, proving that there is nothing too difficult for them when it comes to protecting the sacred treasures of the Church.
The three pilgrims marching from Mt. Athos to Montenegro will travel across forests and highways, spending the night o on benches, beaches, and in tents, with temperatures reaching as high as 120°.
The pilgrims are calling on all to “support the procession, go to church and light a candle for their health, because they want to encourage others to defend the holy sites in any way possible.”
