Archpriest-Stavrofor Velibor Dzomic has stated that the rights and interests of the Serbian Orthodox Church (SPC) in Montenegro are protected by the Fundamental Agreement that the church signed with the state.
Dzomic, who was a member of the SPC expert team for the preparation of the Fundamental Agreement, has added that “this is why the publicly declared opponents of SPC in Montenegro are protesting.”
“If the question of concluding an agreement with the so-called Montenegrin Orthodox Church (CPC) is raised, then the question of the obligation to conclude an agreement with some new religious communities that ‘borrowed’ the names of some other churches and religious communities also opens up. Why would the so-called CPC be ahead of them? We will see what will happen, but it is up to us to preserve unity as a blessing of Saint Sava”, said Dzomic.
He has stated that the SPC “cannot influence with whom and when the state of Montenegro will conclude agreements, but no future agreement can encroach on the rights that SPC is guaranteed and recognized in Montenegro”.
