Decani Monastery Relief Contributions for January 2003 - May 2003 Contributor Name 606 James M. Stormes 607 Stanley Savic 608 Anonymous 609 Tom Athanasios Bouras 610 Kurt & Victoria Sherry 611 Daryl & Vaso Bunde 612 Mark & Catherine Seidel 613 Anonymous 614 Hans & Ella Moravec 615 Gary & Carol McFarland 616 Connie Angelos 617 Orthodox Benevolent Fund 618 Margaret Stephens 619 Andrei Maria Holodny 620 John Kapetan 621 John Kapetan 622 Connie Angelos 623 SS. Constantine & Helen Greek Orthodox Church 624 Gary & Carol McFarland 625 Olivera Stefanovic 626 Anonymous 627 Rostislav Plochaninoff 628 Kyri Zaroyannis 629 Tom Athanasios Bouras 630 Gorge & Stavroula Prosiliakos 631 Kevin and Gail Shelby 632 Victoria & Costa Panos 633 Eric & Natalie Molfino 634 In Memory of Damjan, Boskovic, S. 635 Carol & Paul Adams 636 Mirko Popovich 637 W. C. & Helena Fuller 638 Stephan & Danielle Turcola 639 Marvin & Eleni Tucker 640 Justin Daniel 641 Gary & Carol McFarland 642 Leigh & George Doukas 643 Victoria & Costa Panos 644 Stevan Pirocanac 645 Alexander & Katherine Bizakis 646 May Elizabeth Fike 647 Holy Cross House-Antiochian Orthodox Mission 648 Daniel Lieuwen Total for January - May 2003 $14,542.35 Previous balance up to December 31, 2002 $114,285.38 Grand Total as of May 31, 2003 : $128,287.73 Humbly submitted by Veljko Sikirica Secretary-Treasure

Monday, May 26, 2003 Dear Friends - CHRIST IS RISEN, We are greeting you in the joy of the risen Lord Jesus Christ. May He grant to you all His abundant grace for your Christian and brotherly love towards the suffering people in Kosovo and Metohija. Fr. Nektarios Serfes, the President of the Decani Monastery Relief Fund (DMRF) has just informed us that since January 2003, $14,542.35 have been collected for Kosovo and Metohija. This wonderful news gives us more hope to continue with our work and continue helping those who are in need. Regrettably, the situation in Kosovo and Metohija Province has not improved and many of our fellow Orthodox Christians continue living "in the catacombs". In particularly difficult situation are remaining Serbs in major Kosovo's cities. They live without freedom of movement and normal access to medical and educational services and very often cannot even buy their necessities. In the enclaves the life is somewhat easier because the people there enjoy at least some relative freedom within the boundaries of the territory protected by the peacekeeping forces. But, generally speaking, the life is very difficult. Christian cemeteries and holy sites continue to be targeted by extremists. Now, it is no longer a secret, extremists want to destroy all traces of Christian Orthodox monuments in this predominantly Moslem province. Our priest from the Eastern part of the Province just called and said that Albanian hooligans attacked the Orthodox cemetery again. Especially vulnerable part of the population are children in Serb enclaves who have been living under constant fear and threat during the last four years. Many of them have forgotten how the life in freedom looks like. In some parts of the Province they are still transported to their schools in military armored vehicles. Equally vulnerable are the elderly. In the last month there have been two attacks in which elderly Serbs were beaten to death only to sell their property and leave the Province. Our Church and particularly our monasteries remain active in relieving the suffering of our faithful people. Our special priority remain returnees who return to their homes after years of exile. Very often they do not find anything but their burned homes and polluted wells. Nevertheless, they have shown immense perseverance and courage which gives us hope that they will be able to start their lives again and rebuild that which they have lost. Many Serb refugees cannot return to their homes yet, because no one can grant them security. At the moment more than 1000 Serb refugees protest in front of Western Embassies in Belgrade requesting assistance to go back to their homes in Kosovo and Metohija. At the same time many Kosovo Roma (Gypsies) who were expelled by Kosovo Albanians after the war live a precarious life on the border between FYR Macedonia and Greece because nobody wants to grant them place of refuge. Please keep praying for us so that the Lord might give us strength to carry our cross and serve our suffering people. We will continue praying for all of you in our daily prayers and Holy Liturgies asking protection for us all from our patron Saint St. King Stefan of Decani. Yours in Lord Jesus Christ Abbot Theodosios and his brethren in Christ

Thanks to each of one of you! May our Lord God grant many blessings to you! We would like to humbly thank those who kept sending their donation month after month, may God reward you for this great kindness!