Macedonia's authorities protect the local Orthodox church from its Serbian neighbour, whose priests, seen by patriotic Macedonians as agents of Serbia, may not cross the border wearing clerical garb.

马其顿当局保护当地的东正教会，所以在他们眼中被认为是塞尔维亚特务的塞尔维亚牧师不允许以牧师的身份进入马其顿。

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Their church stands next to a Serbian Orthodox one (see right). The walls of their little church hall are decorated with pictures of generation upon generation of their local choir.

一个塞尔维亚人的东正教教堂毗邻着他们（罗马尼亚人）的教堂，他们那矮小教堂大厅的墙上装饰着一代代当地唱诗班的图片。

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They have the backing of the widely respected Serbian Orthodox Church.

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Also on Sunday, Serbia held a day of remembrance for the 28 victims during which the head of the Serbian Orthodox Church, Patriarch Pavle, appealed for calm.

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"In Russia, there isn't a Serbian Orthodox Church, but the Russian Orthodox Church, in Bulgaria there is Bulgarian one, in Romania a Romanian one, " Metropolitan Mihailo told me.

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