The Serbian Orthodox Church, in the misfortune which has affected our Homeland by NATO-s bombardments, appeals to the governments of all countries in the world for their action in order that the bombardment would be stopped and that the just solution for the exit of the actual crisis may be found through negotiations.
    The Serbian Orthodox Church appeals to the military and civilian authorities of Serbia and Yugoslavia to do everything so that peace may be established.
    We call upon all diocesan bishops, in Serbia and abroad, priests and faithful people of our Holy Church, in this calamity which came upon us, to multiply their prayers to the Good Lord, the only One who is in the possession of peace, that peace would be granted to our tortured and suffering nation, but also to other people who live together with us. May this Appeal of ours, to the World and domestic public, not remain only as the "lone voice from the wilderness".

Serbian Patriarch Pavle,
President of the Holy Synod of Bishops
of the Serbian Orthodox Church