On foot from St. Sava's Temple to Podgorica, in defense of shrines: "Writing our nation's history"

Foto: Tanjug/Zoran Žestić

The leader of the Montenegrin opposition party Prava Crna Gora ("Real Montenegro"), Marko Milacic announced today a pilgrimage procession starting in front of St. Sava Temple in Vracar, Belgrade, during which two young men from Podgorica, Ognjen Maras and Milos Ajkovic, along with two other young men from Serbia who joined them later should travel 500 kilometers on foot.

Today, they started walking towards the Temple of the Resurrection of Christ in Podgorica, from the Belgrade Temple of Saint Sava, in order to show by personal example, as they say, the willingness "to defend the shrines (in Montenegro) in the spirit of Orthodoxy, peace, unity and dignity."

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Milacic said that the young men would write history with their act in the days and weeks when, as he said, Montenegro writes history "in the fight for the freedom and defense of the shrines."

He said that the two Podgorica men will be joined Aleksandar Babic from Prijepolje and Miroslav Antic from Zemun, who came on their own initiative based on announcement on social networks.

"We have four travelers, two from Serbia, two from Montenegro. Our message from all the gatherings is, 'Montenegro and Serbia, it's one family'," said Milacic.

Photo: Tanjug/Zoran Zestic

Leaders of the opposition Democratic Front in the Montenegrin Parliament, Andrija Mandic and Milan Knezevic, also came to see the young men off today, stating that they were proud to be a part of a movement that, by defending the shrines, showed that they were worthy of history and their ancestors.

"Young people testify by personal example that it is worth fighting for your people and your Church. The national soul of Montenegro is speaking. Well done guys," Mandic said in front of the Temple.

Knezevic said that the pilgrimage procession speaks to the unity of the people of Serbia and Montenegro, regardless of the fact that it is divided into two independent states, as well as to faith in the Serbian Orthodox Church.

Photo: Tanjug/Zoran Zestic

"Serbia and Montenegro are connected by unbreakable spiritual, historical and cultural ties. We will no doubt be two independent states going forward, but Montenegro and Serbia will be one family," concluded Knezevic.

The journey of the four young men is expected to take 12 days, and they have announced that they will attend a prayer march and procession on February 23 in the Montenegrin capital.

(Telegraf.rs/Tanjug)