Izvor: N1 televizija, 11.Apr.2018, 13:14 (ažurirano 02.Apr.2020.)
Church award to anti-terrorist police
The Serbian Orthodox Church has given one of its top decorations to a police anti-terrorist unit
The Serbian Orthodox Church has awarded one of its top decorations to the police Anti-Terrorist Unit (SAJ) and its commander Colonel Spasoje Vulevic for its help in building the church of St Stefan Decanski in a Belgrade suburb.
The medal of the Holy King Milutin was awarded by Church head Patriarch Irinej under a decision by its top body the Holy Synod and was presented after >> Pročitaj celu vest na sajtu N1 televizija << mass was served in the new church.
The medal is awarded to individuals and institutions who have proved their good will and support, the Church said.
The initiative to build the St Stefan Decanski church in the suburb of Batajnica was launched in August 2011 by Colonel Vulevic who told the Patriarch that he wanted a church near the SAJ base. The foundations of the church were dug by SAJ personnel in May 2012 and the money for the construction came from donations by the SAJ, an Army of Serbia unit, the municipality of Zemun and believers.
