Students in Serbia seem to inhabit contrasting realities, and it falls upon them to choose whether to embrace the world described by Patriarch Porfirije or to live in a reality where all the values of Saint Sava and Serbian identity are ridiculed, as noted by the Serbian Orthodox Church (SPC) today.

A statement from the Serbian Orthodox Church highlights that “while some students proudly carry icons and national flags, reverently kissing them and making the sign of the cross, others at three faculties—Organizational Sciences, Political Sciences, and Law—silently witness the same flag being disrespected on stage, enduring the most disgraceful insults aimed at those who perform the sign of the cross.”

“An even clearer instance of Serbian students living in parallel, if not multiple universes, transpired last night, on the eve of the Saint Sava feast,” the Serbian Orthodox Church stated.

The statement elaborates that “while students of the University of Belgrade filled the Temple of Saint Sava in reflective silence during the pre-holiday vigil, attentively attended the sermon of Patriarch Porfirije, and later celebrated at the St. Sava Academy—known as the Serbian Athens and the Matica Srpska, a bastion of Serbian science, culture, and art—another group, identifying as students, aggressively interrupted the St. Sava Academy with the intent to impose their anti-Saint Sava, anti-Christian, and anti-Serbian ideology.”

The Serbian Orthodox Church emphasized that it is up to the students to decide “in which universe they wish to reside,” adding: “Their choice will determine their reality.”

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