"FILLED" WITH AIR: A Tale of 29 vs 120+

THE PROPAGANDA

The Cathedral's official Instagram account posted on December 7, 2025:

"Saint Sava Cathedral was filled to welcome our new Parish Priest, Father Dragan Vuković."

Filled. That's a strong word. It implies capacity. Standing room only. A community united in celebration.

Let's examine what "filled" actually meant.

THE REALITY

We counted.

TWENTY-NINE people!

In a Cathedral that holds hundreds.

Since they apparently don't know how to count, we helped them with the numbering.

Twenty-nine people scattered across a vast empty space. Desperate camera angles to hide the emptiness. Strategic framing to make it look like more than it was.

Who were these 29?

• The Stanka Nikolić clan

• The Knežević family

• Milan & Mira Damljanović and their entourage

• Trustees and their relatives

• The same people whose lies started this entire conspiracy

Twenty-nine people showed up to "welcome" the Bishop's imposed priest.

The same families who had been conspiring in Lorain for months. The same people who spread lies to Vladika about Fr. Dragoslav. The same network whose sons infiltrated the parish folklore group—even though they don't dance—to spread propaganda about "many letters going to the bishop."

When you need camera tricks to hide your empty church, maybe "filled" isn't the right word.

When your Instagram post looks like it was shot by a real estate agent trying to make a closet look like a bedroom, you're not fooling anyone.

It looks more like a family affair than Sunday liturgy.

MEANWHILE, OUTSIDE

On the same day—Sunday, December 7, 2025—over 120 faithful parishioners stood outside the Cathedral.

In the cold. In the snow. In the wind.

From 7:00 AM until past 11:00 AM. Some stayed until noon.

Praying. Standing witness. Protecting their Cathedral from the outside.

They weren't there to welcome Father Dragan Vuković.

They were there because this is their Cathedral—where they were baptized, married, buried their parents. Because 120+ families don't abandon their spiritual home just because a Bishop and his trustee network are trying to steal it.

And what did the new "priest" call them during his first liturgy?

"Thieves."

Father Dragan Vuković accused 120+ faithful parishioners—standing outside in peaceful witness—of stealing prosphora (liturgical bread) and wine.

Let that sink in. People who have been protecting their Cathedral from the outside since November 2nd are accused of stealing liturgical items from inside.

How does he think we can come to communion? How does he think we will accept him after what he did to Fr. Dragoslav and his children? There is no reconciliation!

The absurdity would be funny if it weren't so cruel.

THE COMMENTS

THE COMMENTS

Even on social media, regular parishioners weren't buying it:

Slobodan Živković: "Sramota Šta se događa!!!" (Shame what is happening!!!)

Slobodan Živković: "Gde je narod!!" (Where are the people!!)

Mira Sokolović Damljanović: "Puna crkva Hvala Bogu!" (Full church Thank God!)

Željka Cupac Veselinović: "vas 5 u njoj" (there were 5 of you in it)

Željka was openly mocking Mira's "full church" claim. When propaganda is so obvious that regular parishioners mock it in the comments, you've already lost.

And Mira Damljanović—whose family conspired in Lorain to remove Fr. Dragoslav, whose son demanded "sleepovers" and threatened to "call the bishop"—posting "Full church Thank God!" with laughing emojis?

That's not celebration. That's desperation trying to sound like victory.

Maybe the Cathedral was filled. Filled with air, not people.

WHAT "FILLED" ACTUALLY LOOKS LIKE

Want to see what a truly filled Cathedral looks like?

These photos were taken during services with Fr. Dragoslav Kosić. Before the takeover. Before the conspiracy. Before families with speed-dial access to the Bishop decided they wanted control of $1.8 million in assets.

Standing room only. Hundreds of parishioners. Every space occupied. Young people, families, children. All ages represented. A thriving parish community.

That's what "filled" looks like.

THE CONSPIRACY IN LORAIN

While we're talking about lies, let's address where they started.

Stefan Nikolić texted (FB message) his co-conspirators:

"The church will get a new priest! Under Dragoslav it was doing terrible. A lot of ppl left."

That was the lie.

Here's the truth: The Cathedral was packed under Fr. Dragoslav. The photos prove it. Hundreds of faithful parishioners. A thriving community. Young people especially engaged. Though even if there were 200 people, it would have been presented as if the church was empty.

So why the lie?

Because certain families wanted Fr. Dragoslav gone. Not because the Cathedral was struggling. Because Fr. Dragoslav wouldn't let them do whatever they wanted.

When Maki D (Mira Damljanović's 18+ year old son) and his friends were told they couldn't sleepover with kids under 14 at a church movie night, the response wasn't understanding. It was outrage:

"Call up the bishop tell him we demand sleepovers"

"Send the bishop a nasty letter"

Direct access to Bishop Irinej. Speed dial. No barriers between entitled families and episcopal authority.

They met in Lorain:

• Monk Nektarije

• Žarko Nikolić (Stanka's son)

• Milan & Mira Damljanović and their sons

• Stefan Nikolić

• Others from the network

They plotted. They lied. They told Vladika that people were leaving, that the Cathedral was struggling, that they needed a new priest. They even conspired with Monk Nektarije.

They worked hard. They lied harder.

And when they finally got their takeover on December 5th—home invasion, lock changes, hospitalized Protinica—what did they celebrate with on December 7th?

Twenty-nine people.

THE PROPAGANDA WALKS ITSELF BACK

First Instagram post: "Cathedral was filled"

When people mocked the obvious lie, the next post changed the story:

"The church was filled with the faithful — more than sixty souls gathered in prayer..."

Wait. "Filled"? Or "sixty"?

From 29 to 60—multiplying through creative accounting.

We counted 29. We even numbered them for you, since math seems challenging. But somehow they arrived at "sixty souls."

And even sixty wasn't true. We counted. Twenty-nine.

But notice the walk-back. Notice the damage control. Notice how they tried to spin obvious emptiness into "faithful gathering."

The second post even admitted:

"Unfortunately, some individuals attempted to circulate photographs taken before the beginning of the service, intending to diminish the number of those present..."

When you have to issue corrections and explanations about your attendance, you've already lost.

THE DESPERATION

Why post obvious propaganda?

Why claim "filled" when anyone can count?

Why risk the embarrassment when 120+ people outside can testify to the lie?

Because they need you to believe this is legitimate.

They need you to think the parish supports this takeover.

They need you to imagine that Father Dragan Vuković has a congregation.

He doesn't.

He has 29 people. Most of them from families who conspired in Lorain to remove Fr. Dragoslav. Most of them from the kumovi network that violates Article 32 of the Serbian Orthodox Church Constitution.

Twenty-nine people is not a parish. It's a family reunion with very poor attendance.

That's not a filled Cathedral.

That's a failed takeover.

NEDOSTOJAN.