In the midst of student protests and the blockade of the University of Niš, students sent a harsh message to Patriarch Porfirio, condemning his meeting with Vladimir Putin and his statement about "preventing a colored revolution". The announcement states that the Church must not be an instrument of government, but a voice of truth and a refuge for the oppressed
Patriarch Porfirije told Vladimir Putin that he hopes that Serbia will overcome the temptation of a "color revolution", because the Serbs know and feel that the centers of power want to develop the Serbian people's identity and culture from the West. And they have a place in the "Russian world"
Metropolitan David of Kruševac once again spoke out about the students, calling them "thugs, manitos and people from Veresia", but also "Serbian Ustashas". This term is lexically and historically impossible, because the Ustasha authorities are responsible for murders and persecutions of Serbs in concentration camps like Jasenovac.
SSP Vice President Marinika Tepić recalled that Aleksandar Vučić informed the public that his "loyalists", ready to defend him to the death, were meeting in a small church
