Acting President of the Republic of Srpska Ana Tri\u0161i\u0107 Babi\u0107 and SNSD leader Milorad Dodik attended the Saint Sava academy in Budapest, organized by the Self-Government of Serbs in Hungary in cooperation with the Eparchy of Buda.<\/p>\n
The academy, which began with the anthems of the Republic of Srpska, Serbia, and Hungary, was also attended by the Minister of the Interior of the Republic of Srpska \u017deljko Budimir.<\/p>\n
The President of the Self-Government of Serbs in Hungary, Jovanka Lasti\u0107, said in her address at the academy that Saint Sava was a beacon of the Serbian people.<\/p>\n
She recalled that Saint Sava had chosen the path of Christ and brought knowledge and wisdom, reconciled the quarreled and built a solid foundation for the Serbian state and the Serbian Orthodox Church.<\/p>\n
State Secretary for Religious and National Affairs in the office of the Hungarian Prime Minister Mikl\u00f3s Solt\u00e9sz said that churches, schools and cultural institutions had been built in Hungary for a decade and a half owing to the Serbian community.<\/p>\n
He stated that Serbs and Hungarians knew what an attack on Christianity was, what unrest meant, but also how to live in peace with each other.<\/p>\n
Serbian Government\u2019s minister without portfolio in charge of the diaspora, \u0110or\u0111e Mili\u0107evi\u0107, said that Saintsavaism was a good roadmap and guide to a secure future.<\/p>\n
He noted that \u2018today we gather around the same values that Saint Sava had established, namely peace, spirituality and unity.\u2019<\/p>\n
At the Saint Sava academy, which was attended by high-ranking officials of the Hungarian Government in addition to many other guests, Dodik was awarded a decoration \u2013 the Order of the Self-Government of Serbs in Hungary for Merit to the Serbian People for decades of selfless assistance and support to the Serbian community in Hungary.<\/p>\n
Dodik thanked the Serb Self-Government in Hungary and the Eparchy of Buda for the decoration.<\/p>\n
\u2013 This is an honor for me personally and for the Republic of Srpska. An honor that I accept with pride, but also with the promise that the Republic of Srpska will help its brothers in faith and blood whenever possible, no matter where they live \u2013 stated Dodik in his address at the academy.<\/p>\n
Dodik said that in today\u2019s world, only the peoples who had their own state were free and that many people had invested their lives to preserve the identity of the Serbian people.<\/p>\n
Tri\u0161i\u0107 Babi\u0107 and Dodik met with Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orb\u00e1n earlier.<\/p>\n
Source: RTRS<\/p>\n
Photo: Aleksandar Stupar\/banjaluka.net<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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