Umbhishobhi waseSerbia uPhotius umemezele ukuthi izingxoxo phakathi kweSonto Lobu-Orthodox LaseSerbia neBandla Lobu-Orthodox LaseMacedonia bezibanjwe edolobheni laseNis ngempelasonto edlule, kubambe iqhaza likaPatriarch Porphyry waseSerbia.
Izindaba zalezi zinkulumo zamenyezelwa ngemva kwenkonzo yenkonzo “yaseSt. George” izolo kwacaca ukuthi umhlangano ubuhanjelwe nguyena uMbhishobhi Photius. Ngokusho kwakhe, kusukela kule nyanga, “kungenzeka ukuba iSonto Lobu-Orthodox LaseMacedonia libuyele ebunyeni obungcwele neSonto Lobu-Orthodox LaseSerbia.”
“Lokhu kuzoqeda ukuhlukana kwango-1967 kweSonto Lobu-Orthodox LaseMacedonia,” kusho umbhishobhi waseSerbia, enezela ukuthi “ukubuya kweSonto Lobu-Orthodox LaseMacedonia kungase kwenzeke phakathi nomhlangano weSonto Lobu-Orthodox LaseSerbia ngo-May.”
“Yinselelo enkulu lena. Uma uNkulunkulu eshilo imikhuleko kaBishop Nicholas, Saints Cyril noMethodius, Saints Clement and Nahum, and Saints Sava of Serbia, kungaholela ekubuyiselweni kobumbano nokususwa koqhekeko kusukela ngo-1967 Sisemngceleni walesi sinqumo. , kungakho ngikubizela emthandazweni. Lokhu kuzuzisa amabandla ethu angcwele, ukuze kuzuze abantu bakithi baseSerbia naseMakedoniya, abayizizwe ezimbili eziyizihlobo,” kusho uMbhishobhi uPhotius.
Masikhumbule ukuthi ekupheleni konyaka odlule, iSonto Lobu-Orthodox LaseSerbia labiza umhlangano phakathi kukaPatriarch Porphyry nomholi weSonto Lobu-Orthodox LaseMacedonia, uStefan. Kodwa kuze kube manje kwakungekho ulwazi mayelana nomhlangano onjalo. Ngesikhathi esifanayo, osombusazwe baseMakedoniya nombhishobhi wendawo bahlale benxenxa uMbhishobhi Wobukholwa ukuba aqashelwe iSonto Lobu-Orthodox LaseMacedonia nesimemezelo salo njengesonto elizimele.
Eminyakeni edlule, iSonto Lobu-Orthodox LaseMacedonia lafuna ukuba iSonto Lobu-Orthodox LaseBulgaria kuthiwe isonto eliwumama, kodwa ngokushesha nje lapho kumiswa ikhomishana eSigungwini Esingcwele SeSonto Lobu-Orthodox LaseBulgaria ngale ndaba, ababhishobhi baseMakedoniya baqala ukufuna usizo oluqondile kuMbhishobhi WamaSonto. .
