August 27, 2018. An Orthodox church in the municipality of Visoko in the central part of Bosnia and Herzegovina was set on fire by unknown vandals last Sunday, suffering serious damage, reports RIA-Novosti. The city of Visoko is located in the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina and is inhabited mainly by Bosniaks (Slavic Muslims), with a small Serbian and Croatian […]
» Read moreNovember 5, 2017. Serbian National TV channel RTRS braodcasted report on repeating attacks on Serbian cemeteries and sacred places in BiH. On the 4th of November 2017 several tombstones were destroyed on the Orthodox cemetery in Briješće near Sarajevo, 15 days before in the village of Karaula near Kakanj, the Orthodox plot at the Sarajevo cemetery Bara has been desecrated […]
» Read moreAugust 23, 2016. The Church of the Holy Transfiguration located in Novo (New) Sarajevo was attacked over the weekend, as reports b92. RTRS, the public broadcaster of the Serb Republic (RS), reported that the suspect will be handed over to the Sarajevo Canton Prosecution. A part of the church was set on fire when flammable material was throw inside through […]
» Read moreAugust 21, 2016. In the night between 20 and 21 August 2016 an unknown person, or more of them, attempted to ignite an Orhthodox church of Transfiguration of Lord in Novo Sarajevo, as reports Metropolis of Dabar-Bosna press service. On his arrival to the Temple of Transfiguration for regular Sunday worship, the elder of the temple Archpriest Stavrophor Čedomir Đelmo […]
» Read moreJanuary 19-21, 2015. The Orthodox church in Visoko, which was declared a national treasure of Bosnia and Herzegovina, has been vandalized – the outside walls were desecrated by graffiti with anti Serbian and offensive content, as reports klix.ba and There Must be Justice.
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