Croatia: Monument to victims of fascism opened at Jasenovac concentration camp (+VIDEO)

Jasenovac, Croatia, September 15, 2021

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The faithful of the Serbian Orthodox Church in Croatia, together with visiting hierarchs, celebrated a solemn event on Monday, with the opening and blessing of a monument to the victims of the Jasenovac concentration camp on the occasion of the 80th anniversary of the opening of the camp.

In 1941, the Croatian Nazi Ustašas established Jasenovac, one of the 10 largest camps in Europe. 700,000 people were killed there, including half a million Orthodox Serbs, many of whom died for their faith. The New Martyrs of Jasenovac were canonized by the Serbian Orthodox Church in 2012.

This Holiness Patriarch Porfirije (then Metropolitan of Zagreb) consecrated the first church in honor of the Jasenovac Martyrs at the site last year.

This year, the Patriarch celebrated the Divine Liturgy together with His Eminence Archbishop Makarios of Qatar (Jerusalem Patriarchate), His Eminence Metropolitan Isidore of Smolensk and Dorogobuzh (Moscow Patriarchate), the newly-enthroned Metropolitan Joanikije of Montenegro, and several other hierarchs of the Serbian Orthodox Church, reports the official Church site.

Watch a video of the Liturgy:

In his homily, His Holiness emphasized that while the most horrible and incomprehensible crimes were carried out there, “the logic of God is different from the logic of man,” and thus, “where there is great suffering, there is great grace.” And where the innocent suffer, the Lord makes that place a holy place of prayer, he added.

In this regard, the Serbian Church intends to develop a fully-functioning convent dedicated to St. John the Baptist at the site of the former camp, the Patriarch noted.

Following the Liturgy, a monument to all the victims of the camp was blessed by the Serbian Patriarch.

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9/15/2021

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Locals were exiled from their hometown from September 1991 through May 1995 during the war, and the town itself suffered serious destruction. First church of Serbian martyrs of Jasenovac concentration camp consecrated in Croatia First church of Serbian martyrs of Jasenovac concentration camp consecrated in Croatia First church of Serbian martyrs of Jasenovac concentration camp consecrated in Croatia First church of Serbian martyrs of Jasenovac concentration camp consecrated in Croatia
In 1941, the Croatian Nazi Ustašas established Jasenovac, one of the 10 largest camps in Europe. 700,000 people were killed there, including half a million Orthodox Serbs, many of whom died for their faith. The New Martyrs of Jasenovac were canonized by the Serbian Orthodox Church in 2012. Republika Srpska honors memory of Ustasha victims during WW2 Republika Srpska honors memory of Ustasha victims during WW2 Republika Srpska honors memory of Ustasha victims during WW2 Republika Srpska honors memory of Ustaša victims during WW2
Sorrowful ceremony began with the Divine Liturgy in the Church of St. George in the village of Drakulić, after which a panikhida for the victims was served at the memorial sepulchre. Republika Srpska officials laid wreaths at the memorial.
Comments
Panagiotis9/19/2021 3:27 am
May Their Memories Be Eternal... the Ustase murderers were motivated by two factors: first their hatred of the Serbian People and second their hatred of Orthodox Christianity... the latter was the result of their fanatical Roman Catholic beliefs, I.E. they believed that the Roman Catholic Church was superior and that Orthodox Christians were below the Roman Catholics.... the goal of the Ustase was to either convert the Orthodox Serbs to Catholicism, deport them, or exterminate them.... now many years later in the USA it has now become public knowledge that a large number of Roman Catholic priests have been exposed as pederasts, child molesters, or homosexuals.... Roman Catholic supremacists no longer stick their noses up in the air and look down on the Orthodox.... their churches are now becoming empty with few parishioners... Glory be to our God, he can wait seven generations, but sooner or later our God will serve justice.. .. He is a God of Vengeance and Justice and Punishment and do not let anyone ever fool you otherwise... our God is Great and is to be Most Feared......
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