Christianity in Kosovo

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Christianity in

Muslim family backgrounds, most of whom are ethnic Albanians,[1]
but also including Slavic speakers (who mostly identify themselves as Gorani or Bosniaks) and Turks.

Eastern Orthodox Church

Saint Sava afresco in Serbian Orthodox Patriarchate of Peć
Visoki Decani Monastery

The Serb population, estimated at 50,000 to 100,000 people, is largely Serbian Orthodox. Kosovo has 26 monasteries and many churches, Serb Orthodox churches and monasteries,[2][3][4] of which three are World Heritage Sites of Serbia as Medieval Monuments in Kosovo*: the Patriarchal Monastery of Peć, Visoki Decani, Our Lady of Ljeviš, and Gračanica. Dozens of churches were destroyed, and others damaged, after the end of Serbian governance in 1999, and a further 35 were damaged in the week of the albanian violence in March 2004.[5]

Catholic Church

St. Mother Teresa Cathedral in Pristina

About three percent of ethnic

Church of St Anthony located in Gjakova had major damage done by Yugoslav Serb soldiers.[11] In Pristina, Yugoslav Serb officers ejected nuns and a priest from the Catholic church of St. Anthony and installed aircraft radar in the steeple which resulted in NATO bombing of the church and surrounding houses.[10]

Protestantism

There is also a small number of evangelical

Methodist missionaries' work centered in Bitola, in the late 19th century. They are represented by the Kosovo Protestant Evangelical Church (KPEC).[12]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Muslims in Europe: Country guide". BBC News. 2005-12-23.
  2. ^ International Crisis Group (2001-01-31). "Religion in Kosovo". Archived from the original on July 8, 2008. Retrieved 2009-07-24.
  3. ^ "International Religious Freedom Report 2007 (U.S. Department of States) - Serbia (includes Kosovo)". State.gov. 14 September 2007. Retrieved 2010-04-28.
  4. ^ "International Religious Freedom Report 2006 (U.S. Department of States) - Serbia and Montenegro (includes Kosovo)". State.gov. Retrieved 2010-04-28.
  5. ^ United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (2004-05-06). "Refworld | Kosovo: Nobody charged for destruction of Orthodox churches and monasteries". UNHCR. Retrieved 2009-07-20.
  6. ^ Malcolm, Noel, Kosovo: A Short History, pp. 173-175
  7. ^ Maslcolm, Noel, Kosovo: A Short History pp 186-187
  8. ^ "In Kosovo, whole families return to Catholic faith" Archived 2009-02-11 at the Library of Congress Web Archives catholicnews.com 9 February 2009 Link accessed 21 March 2010
  9. ^ Greene,Meg: Mother Teresa: A Biography, Greenwood Press, 2004, page 11
  10. ^ , p. 161. "Albanian Catholic churches were also vandalized. Riedlmayer learned that Serb officers had installed anti-aircraft radar in the steeple of St. Anthony's Catholic church in Prishtina, after ejecting the priest and nuns; NATO bombing of the radar, and therefore the church and surrounding houses, would have been labelled an atrocity."
  11. . "Major damage to the Catholic church of St Anthony in Gjakova, reportedly bombed by NATO, was actually committed by Serbian soldiers."
  12. ^ Protestant Church of Kosovo web page. "Mirësevini në faqen zyrtare të Kishës Protestante Ungjillore të Kosovës". Retrieved 12 November 2010.