The orthodox church, montenegro, and the ‘serbian world’

Abstract

While politics is transient, for Serbs in the Western Balkans the church is a constant - a stable entity and an institution that represents historical continuity, national identity and destiny. The church casts itself as the authentic articulator of the soul of the Serbs and throughout the Western Balkans many of them regard it as an institution that is beyond reproach.2 Consequently The SPC is more influential and powerful than any individual political figure or any state institution in Serbia or in the neighboring states where Serbs reside.Accepted manuscrip