Serbian Orthodox Church and the Warlords of the '90s 

As a bosniak who's gonna become Orthodox, thank you for this video ⚜️♥️🇷🇸☦️

There is an Irish saying: If 2 neighbours are fighting today it is because one of them was visited by an Englishman yesterday. The militias on all sides of this conflict were infiltrated by foreign actors who encouraged violence and inflamed the passions. The ultimate condemnation is on those from outside the Balkans who desired the break-up of Yugoslavia and did a deal with the devil to make it happen.

I hope many Americans listen to this. Due to our addiction to labels

Prejako brate bas mi se cinis sasvim duhovno ispravn i razuman covjek i ljudsko biće, pored toga i toliko odan Bogu kao musliman brate želim ti svu srecu i božiju blagodati na tvom putu, nema mnogo ljudi kao ti posebno u ovome vremenu. Drago mi je da tako fina osoba pravi ovaka videa, amin mnogo zdravlja tebi i tvojim najbližim.

I think Solzhenitsyn said it best when pointed out that the line between good and evil runs through every human heart.

It is because in our Orthodox teaching we know that pointing out someone’s flaws won’t make conversion in their heart. We praise our fallen brothers and blow wind at their back for what they do good even when that hurts us. We pray for them and let God do it’s work. Our work is to suffer pray and wait. That’s the essence. And God indeed does miracles. No man can arrange as God arranges. Praise the Lord.❤

Great Video Bojan. God Bless ☦️🇷🇸

Hey Bojan, could you make a video discussing Patriarch Meletius IV and his actions like the new calendar? I honestly don’t know what to think of him, I’ve hear he was a mason and stuff like that. Could you also explain the history of the Serbian church and the raising to patriarchate in the 20s under the leadership of patriarch Dimitrije? I’m a huge fan!

Nuanced response. Well done

Your office looks like a sauna and it's comfy

Hello Bojan, excellent stance! We have somewhat of a similar dilemma in Bulgaria. In the Second World War, we were on the Axis. Now, our Tsar Boris III was not keen on joining neither the Nazis, nor WW2 in general. Essentially, he stalled joining the war up until the last moment where the Nazis essentially threatened Bulgaria. Bulgaria had been promised in three separate occasions that all Bulgarian people would be united under one country, but this deal had been broken three times and resulted in loss of two wars already for Bulgaria. Boris was unwilling to join yet another war, but when forced, he manage to negotiate with Hitler the best possible deal which would have potentially united all Bulgarians (the truth is Hitler is Hitler, and this was likely a false promise). Although stripped of from occupied territories after the Axis defeat, Turkey ceded some territory to Bulgaria. Now, I'm going to speak about Boris in a moment. My point is that, Bulgaria, although had essentially been forced to war, never truly suffered under Hitler. In fact, although the promise is, let's be real, likely false hope, under Hitler, Bulgaria was promised what it had been fighting for over half a century, and nearly succeeded in uniting all Bulgarians. In the end, there wasn't a massive loss for Bulgaria from what we had before the war. In addition, although I'm sure any racist Bulgarians may be unhappy, Bulgaria refused to implement Hitler's anti-Jewish laws (I'll speak about this in a moment too) and was never actually politically fascist, meaning that mainland Bulgaria did very little anything morally incorrect, besides being accused for joining the "evil side". Because of this, many Bulgarians don't hold as such of a negative view of fascism and the Axis, because one can argue Bulgaria prospered during WW2 with very few moral trespasses. Although oviously, NO sane Bulgarian will think Hitler is a good person, Hitler isn't as taboo in Bulgaria as he is in the west, because it can be argued Bulgaria benefited from him. Although I don't believe a thing such as "Orthodox Nazis" exist, because the two terms are contradictory, one can't be both; if such do exist, Bulgaria is a likely breeding ground for that ideology exactly because of this, Bulgaria prospered under Hitler, the Jews weren't killed, Bulgaria was promised what nobody else agreed to give to Bulgaria. Dare I say, one may find such an ideology tempting. Now, Tsar Boris III is an interesting figure of himself. Because, he is controversial in North Macedonia and perhaps Serbia as well, but he isn't far off from being a national hero in Bulgaria. My opinion is that Boris is definitely saved. First off, there's the obvious: Boris drove Bulgaria from another national catastrophe, and tried to keep Bulgaria neutral for as long as possible, until he was essentially threatened by Hitler, "join, or see your country and people destroyed"; when Boris did finally join, he managed to negotiate with Hitler a deal long promised to Bulgaria, but broken multiple times for over half a century: that all Bulgarians would be united. By joining the Axis, not only was destruction of Bulgaria and deaths of many Bulgarians spared, but also did Boris manage to spare the lives of many Jews, including Bulgarian Jews, and Jews that emigrated in. Although Bulgaria prides itself with Boris having refused to implement Hitler's anti-Jewish laws and had "saved the Jews", straight up lying to Hitler that Boris "needed them for heavy labour" to save them from concentration camps - this only applies to mainland Bulgaria. In the occupied territories, many including Jews and others, were sent to concentration camps and killed. This remains a controversial topic in North Macedonia. The reality is that, it is sheer luck that Boris managed to save all the Jews in mainland Bulgaria. It wasn't without price either, Boris died under "mysterious circumstances" shortly after a meeting with Hitler during when he discovered Bulgaria was avoiding the anti-Jewish laws. It was virtually impossible that the Jews in the territories of modern North Macedonia would have been saved, considering that they were only de juro owned by Boris, but in reality heavily regulated by the Nazis (N.Macedonia is located conveniently near the centre of the Balkans and is a convenient military corridor, which the Nazis were very keen on only promising it to Bulgaria and not keeping that promise). If Bulgaria had even attempted to counter the Nazis in the occupied territories, not only would the Jews in Macedonia be gone, but the many Jews and innocents that were savable in mainland Bulgaria too. In my humble opinion, Boris is a national hero. Besides all he was a devout Orthodox Christian, and the Patriarch and the Orthodox clergy, which aimed to keep themselves separate from politics, were supportive of Boris, and highly advocated for all attempts to be made to save the Jews. Even the Pope, knowing full well Bulgaria was on the Axis, messaged Boris to keep all efforts to save the Jews. Boris did what he can, and I truly believe he is saved. Only God may decide. Be blessed for this video Bojan! ☦✝️🇧🇬❤

Слава Исусу Хирсту, Богдан! Greetings from an American in the ROCOR. I am a very soon to be reader myself (in three days, Glory to God!) and I truly appreciate your efforts on this channel. Thank you! But anyway, I digress. As someone who illustrates and does art, I have a question that I think is perfect for you. From your understanding, what is your personal opinion on the popular Japanese animation and art style, known widely as anime? Thank you, God Bless!

3:20 Saved is too strong of a word if you ask me, the saviours would definitely be partisans. But I get your point, and I agree... To a point

Stari moj ako ovo znaš čitati , znaj si dobar u duši pravi sljedbenik Božje riječi , ali politika na balkanu je nebitna , balkan ima nula utjecaja na svijet , bilo to politički,ekonomski...

arkan was like a eceleb lrl live streamer during the war. how tf were there so many camaras on him 🤣

Looks like you've lost some weight!

Related to your video, what do you think about Serbian turbofolk songs from this time? I personally enjoy the songs for their melody but sometimes I have to watch out for songs with sinful lyrics (e.g. Ćuti ćuti ujko or Ne volim te Alija). It's unfortunate that Serbian nationalism would often take priority over Orthodox piety at that time.

Hvale ti arkane😊

Oh! This should be very interesting!

My question to those asking questions related to the Serbian nation, is which country do you come from and who are you to judge us? With regards to the Serbian Volunteer Guard (so called "Arkan's Tigers") there's an interview from several years ago featuring one of the main officers of this fighting unit, Borislav Pelević, who was a straight shooter, university educated and an exceptionally self disciplined individual. He says it's a total myth and a gutter mass media smear that the Guard was a band of criminals. In fact, the unit was exemplary for its organisational structure and capability in low intensity warfare, during the nineties. Furthermore, Pelević revealed Arkan was actually a teetotaller, so whoever is imagining a Serbian Tony Montana in their mind is going to be sorely disappointed!

Бог је Србин

Yt keeps kicking my sub to you off. Don't worry I check occasionally.

Лепо речено Боки

I dont know what it is but Bojan pronouncing war with his accent sounds like he's saying vore.

I think that it is hypocritical of you to condemn the Catholic Church for the evil of the ustase (that Cardinal Stepanic condemned) while the Serbians did many bad things.

I am orthodox and I am communist