Prime Minister Miloš Vučević stated today at the State Archives of Serbia, where the founding charter of the Visoki Dečani Monastery was exhibited on the occasion of Statehood Day, that this charter is a true treasure of the Serbian people as it speaks of the deepest roots of Orthodoxy and Serbian identity.
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Charter of Visoki Dečani monastery: Pillar of Serbian national identity
Belgrade,
14 February 2025
Vučević emphasised that this charter from the year 1330 simultaneously testifies to the continuity of the Serbian Orthodox Church, Serbian statehood through law and justice and the nation’s indestructible spiritual foundation and secular commitment to freedom and political culture.
It is a testament to culture, faith and literature, but also the source of Serbian medieval law, he said.
Vučević pointed out that the history of the Serbian people was written in blood and marked by incessant trials and recalled that in those times only the Serbian Orthodox Church survived as the guardian of Serbdom.
The Prime Minister underlined that today Serbia is a free, independent and modern European democracy in which the Constitution and laws are a direct product of the Serbian people’s free and unwavering will to organise their lives in accordance with their own national identity.
Minister of Culture Nikola Selaković said that the Charter contains, in addition to legal provisions, something extremely important for us today – that at that time, more than 98% of the population in the area were Serbs.
Selaković also emphasised that the Charter testifies to the centuries-old presence of Serbs in the territory of Kosovo and Metohija.
Director of the State Archives of Serbia Miroslav Perišić said that the Charter of the Visoki Dečani Monastery has travelled a long path before finding its place in this state institution where it is preserved under special conditions.
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