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. It is the second-largest religious denomination in Croatia, behind the Roman Catholic Church. 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 and Macedonian Orthodox Churches. These three churches are recognized by the state. In Croatia there are also adherents to the Montenegrin Orthodox Church. In Croatia there also exists the Croatian Orthodox Church.

Statistics

The published data from the

2011 Croatian census A census is the procedure of systematically acquiring, recording and calculating information about the members of a given population. This term is used mostly in connection with national population and housing censuses; other common censuses incl ...

included a

crosstab In statistics, a contingency table (also known as a cross tabulation or crosstab) is a type of table in a matrix format that displays the (multivariate) frequency distribution of the variables. They are heavily used in survey research, business in ...

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. Five eparchies (dioceses) of the Serbian Orthodox Church cover the territory of Croatia: * Metropolitanate of Zagreb and Ljubljana, headed by metropolitan

Porfirije Perić Porfirije ( sr-Cyrl, Порфирије, en, Porphyrius; born Prvoslav Perić; born 22 July 1961) is the current and 46th patriarch of the Serbian Orthodox Church. He was the metropolitan bishop of Zagreb and Ljubljana, from 2014 to 2021. Befo ...

, since 2014. * Eparchy of Dalmatia, headed by bishop Nikodim Kosović, since 2017. * Eparchy of Gornji Karlovac, 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 of Bačka, since 2017. * Eparchy of Slavonia, headed by bishop Jovan Ćulibrk, since 2014.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 Dragovic, Dragović or Dragovič may refer to: People * Dragović (surname), a South Slavic surname Places *Dragovič, Juršinci, a village in Slovenia *Dragović, Pakrac, a village in Croatia *Dragović Monastery The Dragović Monastery () is ...

* Gomirje * Komogovina * Krka * Krupa * Lepavina * Sv. Lazarica * Sv. Nedjelje * Sv. Petke * Sv. Vasilija Ostroškog and the churches: Image:Православна црква у Загребу.JPG, Zagreb Orthodox Cathedral Image:Rezidencija.dalj.jpg,

Church of St. Demetrius, Dalj The Church of St. Demetrius ( hr, Crkva svetog Dimitrija, sr-Cyrl, Црква светог Димитрија) is a Serbian Orthodox church in Dalj in eastern Croatia, and the cathedral of the Eparchy of Osječko polje and Baranja. The first chur ...

Image:Orthodox Church in Karlovac.JPG,

Church of St. Nicholas, Karlovac The Church of St. Nicholas or Karlovac Cathedral ( sr, Саборна црква Светог Николе у Карловцу), is a Serbian Orthodox church located in Karlovac, in central Croatia. The original church (destroyed in 1993) was fi ...

Image:Chiesa Annunziata, Dubrovnik.JPG, Church of the Holy Annunciation, Dubrovnik 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 Church of Pentecost ( hr, Hram silaska Duha svetoga, sr-Cyrl, Храм силаска Духа светога) in Vinkovci is a Serbian Orthodox church in eastern Croatia. The church is one of two in the Eparchy of Osječko polje and Baranja that ...

References

Sources

* * * * * * Serbian Orthodox Church in Croatia {{Croatia-stub

Statistics

Serbian Orthodox Church in Croatia

See also

References

Sources