{"id":197935,"date":"2026-01-12T16:10:56","date_gmt":"2026-01-12T14:10:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/?p=197935"},"modified":"2026-01-12T16:10:57","modified_gmt":"2026-01-12T14:10:57","slug":"russian-intelligence-service-claims-patriarch-bartholomew-strikes-at-the-serbian-orthodox-church-by-recognizing-the-montenegrin-orthodox-church","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/russian-intelligence-service-claims-patriarch-bartholomew-strikes-at-the-serbian-orthodox-church-by-recognizing-the-montenegrin-orthodox-church\/","title":{"rendered":"RUSSIAN INTELLIGENCE SERVICE CLAIMS: Patriarch Bartholomew Strikes at the Serbian Orthodox Church by Recognizing the \u201cMontenegrin Orthodox Church\u201d!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Patriarch Bartholomew intends to grant autocephaly to the unrecognized Montenegrin Orthodox Church in order to deal a blow to the Serbian Church, the press service of Russia\u2019s Foreign Intelligence Service announced.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe aggressive appetites of the \u2018Constantinopolitan Antichrist\u2019 are not limited only to Ukraine and the Baltics; his perfidy is gradually spreading to the countries of Eastern Europe. In order to strike a blow at the \u2018particularly obstinate\u2019 Serbian Orthodox Church, he intends to grant autocephaly to the unrecognized \u2018Montenegrin Orthodox Church,\u2019\u201d the statement said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to the SVR, church circles note that Bartholomew is literally tearing apart the living Body of the Church.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cBy doing so, he compares himself to the false prophets mentioned in the Sermon on the Mount: \u2018They come to you in sheep\u2019s clothing, but inwardly they are ravenous wolves. \u2026 You will recognize them by their fruits,\u2019\u201d the statement adds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The statement also adds that British intelligence agencies are actively supporting the efforts of the Patriarch of Constantinople to suppress Russian Orthodoxy in the territories of the Baltic states.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cRelying on ideological allies in the form of local nationalists and neo-Nazis, he is attempting to sever the Lithuanian, Latvian, and Estonian Orthodox Churches from the Moscow Patriarchate by luring their clergy and faithful into puppet religious structures artificially created by Constantinople,\u201d the statement emphasizes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><mark style=\"background-color:#FFFFFF;color:#d21414\" class=\"has-inline-color\">MORE TOPICS:<\/mark><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/born-on-christmas-died-on-christmas-eve-the-oldest-resident-of-the-zlatibor-region-grandpa-petar-passes-away-at-101\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">BORN ON CHRISTMAS, DIED ON CHRISTMAS EVE: The Oldest Resident of the Zlatibor Region, Grandpa Petar, Passes Away at 101!<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/without-power-since-christmas-eve-residents-of-krupanj-villages-furious-at-the-state-elderly-sick-and-children-at-risk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">WITHOUT POWER SINCE CHRISTMAS EVE: Residents of Krupanj Villages Furious at the State, Elderly, Sick, and Children at Risk!<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/u-s-senate-considers-bill-to-impose-500-tariffs-on-countries-continuing-to-buy-russian-energy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">U.S. SENATE CONSIDERS BILL TO IMPOSE 500% TARIFFS ON COUNTRIES CONTINUING TO BUY RUSSIAN ENERGY<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/total-economic-colonization-venezuela-will-buy-exclusively-products-made-in-the-usa\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">\u201cTOTAL ECONOMIC COLONIZATION\u201d: Venezuela will buy exclusively products made in the USA!<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/tucker-carlson-warns-america-is-preparing-for-a-world-war-this-trump-decision-proves-it-video\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">TUCKER CARLSON WARNS: America is preparing for a World war, this Trump decision proves it! (VIDEO)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Source:<\/strong>B92; <strong>Foto<\/strong>: Wikimedia Creative Commons<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Patriarch Bartholomew intends to grant autocephaly to the unrecognized Montenegrin Orthodox Church in order to deal a blow to the Serbian Church, the press service of Russia\u2019s Foreign Intelligence Service announced. \u201cThe aggressive appetites of the \u2018Constantinopolitan Antichrist\u2019 are not limited only to Ukraine and the Baltics; his perfidy is gradually spreading to the countries [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2169,"featured_media":197936,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"newspack_featured_image_position":"","newspack_post_subtitle":"","newspack_article_summary_title":"Overview:","newspack_article_summary":"","newspack_hide_updated_date":false,"newspack_show_updated_date":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[116,159,10663,2557,10664,738,113,2243],"class_list":["post-197935","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-breaking","tag-balkan","tag-crna-gora","tag-crnogorska-pravoslavna-crkva","tag-obavestajne-sluzbe","tag-patrijarh-vartolomej","tag-rusija","tag-srbija","tag-srpska-pravoslavna-crkva","entry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"Serbiantimes.info EN","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/197935","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2169"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=197935"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/197935\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":197969,"href":"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/197935\/revisions\/197969"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/197936"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=197935"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=197935"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=197935"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}