Kosovo. Easter under siege

In 2004, due to systematic destruction of Orthodox churches and monasteries by the Kosovo Albanian side, and because its historical importance, UNESCO declared the Visoki Deçani monastery as World Heritage Site. In 2006, this statement was expanded to three new Orthodox religious sites: the monastery of Graçanica, the Patriarchate of Pec and the church of the Holy Virgin Ljevisa in Prizren, and also inscribed them into the List of World Heritage in danger. In fact, currently only the monasteries of Graçanica and Deçani and the Patriarchate of Pec, maintain the worship. This work deals about the celebration of Easter in the last Orthodox monasteries in Kosovo, until now protected by KFOR, the NATO troops deployed in the area, because they are located in the West part of the Kosovo territory, an albanian-kosovar majority area. At the end of April 2013, the governments of Serbia and Kosovo have signed a normalization agreement that excludes these small monastic communities, relegating them to a real danger.