Please pray for Fr. Maxim and the members of this persecuted church.
The Paraclete
Resava-Shumadia Eparchy, Serbian True Orthodox Church
Hayduchka Jaruga, Ralja, Belgrade
uteshiteljevo@gmail.com
Official Statement of the Serbian True Orthodox Church
Concerning the Brutal Attack on Hieromonk Maxim
Last night around 9 PM, three individuals wearing balaclavas burst onto the Serbian True Orthodox Church property �The Paraclete� in Ralja, near Belgrade, and beat up Hieromonk Maxim with metal rods, breaking his leg and inflicting other severe bodily wounds. The masked attackers also ransacked Fr.Maxim�s monastic hut and threw a Molotov cocktail on the wooden church, which only by a miracle of God did not burn down.
In the year which we festively celebrate the signing of the Edict of Milan 1700 years ago, in which Emperor Constantine declared the freedom to choose and confess one�s faith for all the residents of the Roman Empire, including Christians, Fr. Maxim suffered exactly because he confesses the Orthodox Faith according the Holy Fathers of the Orthodox Church, and because he belongs to the Serbian True Orthodox Church � Orthodox anti-ecumenists and zealots for the preservation of pure faith.
... We also ask for all the faithful to pray for the health of the courageous servant of God, Hieromonk Maxim.
Informational Service of the Serbian True Orthodox Church
January 24, 2013 (Civil Calendar)
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http://www.serbiantrueorthodox.blogspot.com/2013/01/official-statement.html#more
