From Pulpit to Putin: How Serbia’s Church Fuels Kosovo’s Crisis

In Kosovo's shadowed peace, church bells ring with Moscow’s tune, as monasteries shelter militants and priests pledge loyalty to Putin, forging faith into weapons of war.

In the soft echoes of church bells and the austere embrace of ancient stone monasteries, a perilous message is being quietly shaped, one that reverberates far beyond the sanctified walls of the Serbian Orthodox Church. The recent visit of Serbian Patriarch Porfirije to Moscow, his warm exchange with President Vladimir Putin, and the overt invocation of geopolitical allegiance signal a gathering storm that threatens to unsettle the already fragile peace of Kosovo. Reporting from Kosovo-based portal KoSSev¹ reveals a chilling declaration:

“Without Kosovo and without Republika Srpska, the Serbian people have no perspective.”

These words, spoken by Patriarch Porfirije directly to Vladimir Putin on the second day of Orthodox Easter in Moscow, not only articulate a religious sentiment but underscore an ominous political alignment that may well herald a new phase of regional instability.

The Serbian Orthodox Church (SPC), long a sanctified institution, is proving to be an increasingly potent c…