Bosnia & Herzegovina's Reconciliation & Military Chaplaincy

Breakup of Yugoslavia

Period: Jan 1, 1989 to Apr 1, 1992

Timeline of the break up of former Yogoslavia.An animated map color coded to illustrate the year each state in Yugoslavia broke away.

UN Peacekeepers arrive

Period: Nov 1, 1991 to Mar 1, 2012

United Nations Peacekeeping Operations:Improvements for Mission SuccessUnited Nations Protection Force

Sarajevo, BiH conflict begins.

Apr 5, 1992

Faith and hope in a war-torn land: the US Army chaplaincy in the Balkans Eastern Orthodox Serbs, Roman Catholic Croats, and Muslims gathered in Sarajevo after voting for indepedence in a multiethnic peace demonstration. On this day the Yugoslav national army and Serb nationalist militants began schelling the crowd from roof tops killing scores of unarmed citizens.

Bosnian War

Period: Apr 5, 1992 to Dec 14, 1995

Bosnian War 1992- 1995

Seige of Sarajevo

Period: Apr 5, 1992 to Feb 29, 1996

Siege of Sarajevo

UN Resolution 827 establishes the Tribunal.

Period: May 25, 1993 to Mar 1, 2012

UN Tribunal
Tribunal was establish to bring to justice all who were responsible for the genocide in BiH.

Srebrenica massacre

Jul 13, 1995

Srebrenica About 8000 Bosnian Muslims were killed between July 13-22, 1995.

Srebrenica mass killings

Period: Jul 13, 1995 to Jul 22, 1995

Dayton Peace Accord

Dec 14, 1995

Dayton Peace AccordThe Dayton Peace Accord ended the Bosnian War.

Road to building a military chaplaincy representing Orthodox, Muslim, and Catholics

Period: Jan 1, 1996 to Jan 30, 2012

After the war ended in Dec. 1995 the path to peace and reconciliation began.

BiH attends IMCCC 2001

Feb 1, 2001

According to presentation at the IMCCC 23, Bosnia and Herzegovina began attending this U.S. European Command chaplains conference.

U.S. and BiH Armed Forces Religious Support Conference

Mar 21, 2001

Armed Forces in Bosnia-Herzegovina Religious
Support Conference was the first gathering of U.S. and local religious leader to study the U.S. military chaplaincy model.

The Truth and Reconciliation Commission in Bosnia and Herzegovina

May 21, 2001

U.N.

Law of Freedom of Religion & Legal Status of Churches & Religious Communities

Nov 23, 2003

Religion in BiHThe BiH Parliment adopted the Law of Freedom of Religion and on Legal Status of Churches and Religious Communities.

First Military of Defense meeting

Dec 15, 2004

Military of Defense, Bosnia and HerzegovinaFirst BiH MoD was appointed in March 2004 and first meeting on Dec. 15, 2004.

MoD Chief of Othodox Chaplains, BiH

Dec 15, 2004

Military of Defense, Bosnia and HerzegovinaSladjan Vlajic, Chief of Orthodox Chaplains, BiH

First MoD Military Muftiate

Sep 11, 2007

Military of Defense, Bosnia and HerzegovinaMilitary Mufti, Ismail Smajlovic in 2012.

Archbishop of Peć, Metropolitan of Belgrade-Karlovci, and new Patriarch of the Serbian Orthodox Church

Jan 22, 2010

New elected Patriarch of the Serbian Orthodox Church

International Military Chiefs of Chaplains Conference 2012

Jan 30, 2012

IMCCC 23Religious Leaders as Peace Builders was the theme of the International Military Chief of Chaplains Conference hosted by the BiH MoD and co-hosted by the U.S. European Command.

Interreligious Council in BiH assembly members.

Jan 30, 2012

Interreligious Council in BiHVinko Puljic, Roman Catholic Archbishop of Sarajevo (left); Ra'is ul Ulama Jakub Selimoski, Grand Mufti of the Bosnia and Herzegovina Islamic community (top right); and Orthodox Bishop Vasilije of Tuzla-Zvornik in Bosnia welcomed delegated of the IMCCC to Sarajevo.

First MoD Roman Catholic Chaplaincy

Feb 1, 2012

Military of Defense, Bosnia and HerzegovinaPope Benedict XVI established a Military Ordinariate in BiH and appointed Msgr. Tomo Vuksic the first military bishop. The bishop supports the BiH armed forces.