Should Serbian Party leaders read religious calendar daily?

Belgrade, Feb. 15, 2010 (Serbia Today) – When Serbian politicians accuse each other of wrongdoings it is usually a serious matter. But recent accusations of the Serbian Radical Party against Aleksandar Vucic, of the Serbian Progressive Party are really comical and could only make observers laugh.

Apparently, by making a sarcastic comment that Radical Party picked a wrong date to celebrate party’s Patron Saint day, or rather that Radical party officials made mistake in the observance of the religious holiday, he insulted not only Radical Party but also the Serbian Orthodox Church.

Because of the adjustments in the religious observances church officials decided that this year some of the holidays will be moved day earlier so it was rather easy for those who constantly don’t check their church calendars to make a mistake and assume that a Radical Party celebrated its Patron Saint day a day earlier .

This innocent mistake of Mr. Vucic didn’t stop Radical Party officials of releasing a statement that the Deputy of the Serbian Progressive Party doesn’t know his own religion, that he is not a good Christian and that he does not respect the decisions of the Holy Synod of the Serbian Orthodox Church. Like in a Shakespeare’s play “Much ado about Nothing” plot thickens to the level of the insult. So, the lesson of story should be that those interested in being involved in politics in Serbia should read their church calendars daily.