{"id":196688,"date":"2025-12-29T18:06:05","date_gmt":"2025-12-29T16:06:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/?p=196688"},"modified":"2025-12-29T18:06:06","modified_gmt":"2025-12-29T16:06:06","slug":"the-war-between-the-bishop-and-the-faithful-in-cleveland-escalated-st-sava-church-empty-police-forced-believers-onto-the-street-by-order-of-irinej-video-photo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/the-war-between-the-bishop-and-the-faithful-in-cleveland-escalated-st-sava-church-empty-police-forced-believers-onto-the-street-by-order-of-irinej-video-photo\/","title":{"rendered":"THE WAR BETWEEN THE BISHOP AND THE FAITHFUL IN CLEVELAND ESCALATED! St. Sava Church empty, police forced believers onto the street by order of Irinej! (VIDEO, PHOTO)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>After Eastern American Bishop Irinej last week obtained a court order banning several parishioners of St. Sava Church\u2014whom he apparently considers the leaders of the rebellion\u2014from accessing the church, this week, during the time of the liturgy, believers opposing the removal of priest Dragoslav Kosi\u0107 were greeted by the police!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The police, who had already taken up positions in front of the church gate at 8 a.m. (two hours before the liturgy), informed them that, by order of the bishop, they were not allowed to remain on church property.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/video.php?height=476&#038;href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Freel%2F746115197934862%2F&#038;show_text=false&#038;width=267&#038;t=0\" width=\"267\" height=\"476\" style=\"border:none;overflow:hidden\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowFullScreen=\"true\"><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<p>Moreover, the order applied to all rebelling parishioners, not only to those subject to the court restraining order.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe bishop does not want you on this property, and there is nothing we can do except ask you to move away. This is the property of the Diocese, and we must act according to their order,\u201d a police officer on duty politely explained to the gathered believers, as can also be heard in the footage we are publishing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-video\"><video controls src=\"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/87255164-55cb-476b-8b17-f719b99b625a.mp4\"><\/video><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>After strong police forces (four vehicles) issued a final warning before the use of force, the rebelling parishioners crossed to the other side of the street, where they expressed their dissatisfaction by protesting in the rain.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"478\" src=\"http:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/12\/Crkva-Svetog-Save-Klivlend-pobuna-parohijana1-1024x478.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-196689\" 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(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>And so about 80 of them stood on the street, among them small children running around, while at the same time only a handful of believers gathered at the liturgy served by the new priest Dragan Vukovi\u0107, appointed by Bishop Irinej\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"848\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/12\/Crkva-Svetog-Save-Klivlend-pobuna-parohijana2-848x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-196690\" srcset=\"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/12\/Crkva-Svetog-Save-Klivlend-pobuna-parohijana2-848x1024.jpg 848w, https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/12\/Crkva-Svetog-Save-Klivlend-pobuna-parohijana2-249x300.jpg 249w, 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AMERICA!: \u201cMontenegrin in bed\u201d is my life story, that is why the play is so funny! (VIDEO)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><strong>Source<\/strong><\/strong>: Antonije Kova\u010devi\u0107 <strong>Foto\/Video: <\/strong>Privatna arhiva<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After Eastern American Bishop Irinej last week obtained a court order banning several parishioners of St. Sava Church\u2014whom he apparently considers the leaders of the rebellion\u2014from accessing the church, this week, during the time of the liturgy, believers opposing the removal of priest Dragoslav Kosi\u0107 were greeted by the police! 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