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Eastern Orthodoxy in Croatia refers to adherents, religious communities, institutions and organizations of
The published data from the 2011 Croatian census included a crosstab of ethnicity and religion, which showed that a total of 190,143 Orthodox believers (4.5% of the total population) was divided between the following ethnic groups:
* 159,530 Serbs
* 16,647 Croats
* 2,401 Macedonians
* 2,381 Romani
* 1,822 Montenegrins
* 729 Russians
* 341 Ukrainians
* 293 Bosniaks
* 158 Bulgarians
* 147 Romanians
* other individual ethnicities (under 100 people each)
This church gathers its faithful among the Enthronement of Bishop John (Ćulibrk) of Slavonia
/ref> Regional Council of Serbian Orthodox Church in Croatia consists of all five diocesan bishops. The Council is presided by the Metropolitan of Zagreb and Ljubljana. Major Serbian Orthodox sites include the monasteries: * Dragović *
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Eastern Orthodoxy in Croatia refers to adherents, religious communities, institutions and organizations of Eastern Orthodox Christianity
Eastern Orthodoxy, also known as Eastern Orthodox Christianity, is one of the three main branches of Chalcedonian Christianity, alongside Catholicism and Protestantism.
Like the Pentarchy of the first millennium, the mainstream (or "canonical") ...
in Croatia
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. It is the second-largest religious denomination in Croatia
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, behind the Roman Catholic Church
The Catholic Church, also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with 1.3 billion baptized Catholics worldwide . It is among the world's oldest and largest international institutions, and has played a ...
. Over 128 000 people, forming 3.32% of the total Croatian population, are Eastern Orthodox Christians (2021).
Eastern Orthodoxy in Croatia is represented foremost by the Serbian Orthodox Church
The Serbian Orthodox Church ( sr-Cyrl, Српска православна црква, Srpska pravoslavna crkva) is one of the autocephalous (ecclesiastically independent) Eastern Orthodox Christian denomination, Christian churches.
The majori ...
, which claims most of the Eastern Orthodox Christian faithful. Other major jurisdictions are the Bulgarian Orthodox
The Bulgarian Orthodox Church ( bg, Българска православна църква, translit=Balgarska pravoslavna tsarkva), legally the Patriarchate of Bulgaria ( bg, Българска патриаршия, links=no, translit=Balgarsk ...
and Macedonian Orthodox Church
The Macedonian Orthodox Church – Archdiocese of Ohrid (MOC-AO; mk, Македонска православна црква – Охридска архиепископија), or simply the Macedonian Orthodox Church (MOC) or the Archdiocese o ...
es. These three churches are recognized by the state. In Croatia there are also adherents to the Montenegrin Orthodox Church
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. In Croatia there also exists the Croatian Orthodox Church.
Statistics
The published data from the 2011 Croatian census included a crosstab of ethnicity and religion, which showed that a total of 190,143 Orthodox believers (4.5% of the total population) was divided between the following ethnic groups:
* 159,530 Serbs
* 16,647 Croats
* 2,401 Macedonians
* 2,381 Romani
* 1,822 Montenegrins
* 729 Russians
* 341 Ukrainians
* 293 Bosniaks
* 158 Bulgarians
* 147 Romanians
* other individual ethnicities (under 100 people each)
Serbian Orthodox Church in Croatia
This church gathers its faithful among the Serbs of Croatia
The Serbs of Croatia ( sh-Cyrl-Latn, separator=" / ", Срби у Хрватској, Srbi u Hrvatskoj) or Croatian Serbs ( sh-Cyrl-Latn, separator=" / ", хрватски Срби, hrvatski Srbi) constitute the largest national minority in Cro ...
. Five eparchies (dioceses) of the Serbian Orthodox Church cover the territory of Croatia:
* Metropolitanate of Zagreb and Ljubljana
Metropolitanate of Zagreb and Ljubljana ( sr, Митрополија загребачко-љубљанска, Mitropolija zagrebačko-ljubljanska) is an Eastern Orthodox eparchy (diocese) and one of the five honorary Metropolitanates of the Ser ...
, headed by metropolitan Porfirije Perić, since 2014.
* Eparchy of Dalmatia
The Eparchy of Dalmatia ( sr, Далматинска епархија or ) is a diocese or eparchy of the Serbian Orthodox Church, having jurisdiction over the region of Dalmatia, in Croatia. Since 2017, Serbian Orthodox Bishop of Dalmatia is Ni ...
, headed by bishop Nikodim Kosović Nikodim is a masculine given name which may refer to:
* Saint Nikodim I (died 1325), Eastern Orthodox saint, 10th Metropolitan of Peć and Archbishop of the Serbs
* Metropolitan Nikodim (Rotov) of Leningrad (1929–1978), Metropolitan of Leningrad ...
, since 2017.
* Eparchy of Gornji Karlovac
The Eparchy of Gornji Karlovac ( sr-Cyrl, Епархија горњокарловачка, hr, Eparhija gornjokarlovačka; "Eparchy of Upper Karlovac") is an eparchy of the Serbian Orthodox Church seated in the city of Karlovac, Croatia. It cover ...
, headed by bishop Gerasim Popović, since 2004.
* Eparchy of Osječko polje and Baranja
Eparchy of Osječko polje and Baranja (Serbian Cyrillic: Епархија осјечкопољска и барањска or Епархија осечкопољска и барањска; hr, Osječkopoljska i baranjska eparhija) is an eparchy (d ...
, administered by bishop Irinej Bulović
Irinej Bulović (born Mirko Bulović; 11 February 1947) is a Serbian Orthodox cleric and the current Bishop of Bačka. He serves as а professor of the New Testament exegesis and Greek language on the Faculty of Theology of the University of Be ...
of Bačka, since 2017.
* Eparchy of Slavonia
Serbian Orthodox Eparchy of Slavonia ( sr-Cyrl, Српска православна епархија славонска, hr, Srpska pravoslavna eparhija slavonska) is an eparchy (diocese) of the Serbian Orthodox Church encompassing areas of west ...
, headed by bishop Jovan Ćulibrk
Jovan Ćulibrk (; born 16 April 1965), is a Serbian Orthodox prelate who is the current bishop of Pakrac and Slavonia of the Serbian Orthodox Church, from 2014. Before that, he was titular bishop of Lipljan between 1999 and 2014. Ćulibrk was ...
, since 2014./ref> Regional Council of Serbian Orthodox Church in Croatia consists of all five diocesan bishops. The Council is presided by the Metropolitan of Zagreb and Ljubljana. Major Serbian Orthodox sites include the monasteries: * Dragović *
Gomirje
Gomirje is a settlement in north-western Croatia, situated at the far east of the mountainous region of Gorski kotar in the Primorje-Gorski Kotar County. It is part of the Vrbovsko municipality. The population is 343 (as of the 2011 census).
De ...
* Komogovina
Komogovina ( sr-Cyrl, Комоговина) is a village in the Donji Kukuruzari municipality of central Croatia.
It is the location of the Serbian Orthodox
The Serbian Orthodox Church ( sr-Cyrl, Српска православна цркв ...
* Krka
* Krupa
* Lepavina
The Lepavina Monastery ( sr, Манастир Лепавина, Manastir Lepavina) is a Serbian Orthodox monastery dedicated to the Presentation of Mary and located at the village of Sokolovac, near the town of Koprivnica in Croatia.
From the B ...
* Sv. Lazarica
* Sv. Nedjelje
* Sv. Petke
* Sv. Vasilija Ostroškog
and the churches:
Zagreb Orthodox Cathedral
The Cathedral of the Transfiguration of the Lord ( sh-Cyrl-Latn, Храм преображења Господњег, Hram preobraženja Gospodnjeg) is a Serbian Orthodox cathedral located on the Petar Preradović Square in Zagreb, Croatia. It was ...
Image:Rezidencija.dalj.jpg, Church of St. Demetrius, Dalj
Image:Orthodox Church in Karlovac.JPG, Church of St. Nicholas, Karlovac
Image:Chiesa Annunziata, Dubrovnik.JPG, Church of the Holy Annunciation, Dubrovnik
The Church of the Holy Annunciation ( sr, Црква Светог благовјештења, Crkva Svetog blagovještenja; hr, Crkva svetih Blagovijesti) is a Serbian Orthodox church in Dubrovnik, south Croatia. It was built in 1877.
History
On ...
Image:Православна црква у Вуковару 02.jpg, Church of St. Nicholas, Vukovar
Church of St. Nicholas ( sr-Cyrl, Храм светог Николе; Serbian Latin: ''Hram svetog Nikole''; hr, Hram svetog Nikole) in Vukovar is a Serbian Orthodox church in eastern Croatia. The church is one of the oldest baroque buildings of ...
Image:Vinkovci-(20090523)-Crkva Silaska Sv. duha.jpg, Church of Pentecost, Vinkovci
See also
*Religion in Croatia
Christianity is the most widely professed religion in Croatia and a large majority of the Croatian population declare themselves to be members of the Catholic Church.
Croatia has no official religion and freedom of religion is a right defined ...
* Croatian Orthodox Church
The Croatian Orthodox Church ( hr, Hrvatska pravoslavna crkva) was a religious body created during World War II by the Fascist Ustaše regime in the Independent State of Croatia (NDH). It was created in order to assimilate the remaining Serb mino ...
, a World War II organization
* List of Serbian Orthodox churches in Croatia
References
Sources
* * * * * * Serbian Orthodox Church in Croatia {{Croatia-stub