by Altin Ahmeti.

The churches in Kosovo, Macedonia and Montenegro were not Serbian until 1920, but under the jurisdiction of the Patriarchate of Constantinople.

Their transfer to the Serbian Orthodox Church did not happen naturally or historically, but through a financial agreement, where 1.5 million gold francs were paid, which with its content of about 435 kilograms of gold translates today to approximately 29 million euros.

Translated:

“Doctor of Historical Sciences Zvezdan Folić presents a document on how the Kingdom of Karađorđević bribed the Ecumenical Patriarchate for 1.5 million francs in 1920, in order to obtain a tomos and establish the Serbian Orthodox Church. A church with the name Serbian Orthodox Church never existed before 1920, not in any document, not in any seal.“

However, the sum of 1.5 million gold francs was an extremely large sum for the time and clearly shows that it was not a symbolic or formal act, but a genuine purchase of ecclesiastical jurisdiction, a fact that is often overlooked or relativized in official narratives.

Source

“Predstavka Srpskog patrijarha Vaseljenskom patrijarhu“. 19th of October 1919. Sent to: Patriarch of Constantinople (Vaseljenski patrijarh). “Predsedništvo Ministarskog Saveta – Predsednik”. SPORAZUM. (i nacrtu nepregledan). Član I.

“Doktor istorijskih nauka Zvezdan Folić predstavlja DOKUMENT kako je Kraljevina Karađorđevića za 1.5 milion franaka potplatila Vaseljensku patrijaršiju 1920. godine, da bi se dobio tomos i napravila Srpska pravoslavna crkva. Crkva sa nazivom Srpska pravoslavna crkva nikada prije 1920. godine nije postojala, ni u jednom dokumentu, ni u jednom pečatu”.