The Police of Montenegro banned the Metropolitan of Montenegro and the Littoral to serve the Holy Liturgy on Ivanova Korita

August 19, 2018. On that day Orthodox Christians were celebrating the feast of Transfiguration of Jesus Christ. However, the Montenegrin Police surrounded the church dedicated to this holy day on Ivanova Korita (Montenegro) and prevented the priesthood and the faithful of the canonical church to hold the service there. According to the Information Service of the Metropolitanate of Montenegro and the Littoral (Serbian Orthodox Church), it is not the first time the Montenegrin Police Directorate has banned a service; the same scenario happened for example in 2013, 2015, and  2016

The Information Service of the Metropolitanate condemned the reaction of the police with regard to the service on Ivanova Korita by which “it [police] attacks the centuries long canonical order and the church property.”

Photo document from the Metropolitanate of Montenegro and the Littoral

Sources:

http://spc.rs/sr/saopshtenje_mitropolije_crnogorskoprimorske_7

http://orthodoxrights.org/press-release-of-the-metropolitan-of-montenegro-and-the-littoral.html