Serbs
The Serbs ( sr-Cyr, Срби, Srbi, ) are the most numerous South Slavic ethnic group native to the Balkans in Southeastern Europe, who share a common Serbian ancestry, culture, history and language.
The majority of Serbs live in their na ...
in Greece ( gr, Σέρβοι στην Ελλάδα, sr, Срби у Грчкој/Srbi u Grčkoj) is a community of Greek nationals of ethnic Serb descent and Serbian-born Greek nationals. They number more than 15,000 people, while according to the 2001 census some 5,200 people born in Serbia have Greek citizenship.
Serbian heritage in Greece
File:Hilan2.jpg, Hilandar Monastery
The Hilandar Monastery ( sr-cyr, Манастир Хиландар, Manastir Hilandar, , el, Μονή Χιλανδαρίου) is one of the twenty Eastern Orthodox monasteries in Mount Athos in Greece and the only Serbian monastery there. It wa ...
File:VidoSerbianMausoleum.jpg, Vido Mausoleum
File:Zejtinlik.jpg, Zeitenlik military cemetery
Sr kuca krf.jpg, Serbian Museum of Corfu
The Serbian Museum of Corfu (, meaning "Serbian house") is a museum in Corfu, Greece.
Exhibition
The museum houses rare exhibits about the Serbian soldiers' tragic fate during the First World War. The remnants of the Serbian Army of about 150, ...
Krf krst Kralja Aleksandra.jpg, Cross of the King Alexander I
Notable people
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Anna Prelević
Anna Prelević ( sr-Cyrl, Ана Прелевић, el, Άννα Πρέλεβιτς, born 28 April 1990 in Belgrade, SFR Yugoslavia) is a Serbian-Greek TV host، model, entrepreneur and beauty pageant titleholder. In 2010 Prelevic was crowned ...
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George Berovich
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Branislav Prelević
Branislav Prelević ( sr-cyr, Бранислав Прелевић; born 19 December 1966) is a retired Serbian professional basketball player and coach. He is also known by the name Branislav Prelevits ( el, Μπράνισλαβ Πρέλεβιτς ...
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Dragan Šakota
Dragan Šakota (Serbian Cyrillic: Драган Шакота, Greek: Ντράγκαν Σάκοτα; born June 16, 1952) is a Serbian professional basketball coach, currently with LBa basketball club, Pallacanestro Reggiana.
Playing career
Šakota ...
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Dušan Šakota
Dušan Šakota ( sr-cyr, Душан Шакота, el, Ντούσαν Σάκοτα ''Ntousan Sakota'', born 22 April 1986) is a Serbian-Greek former professional basketball player. He is 6'10 " (2.10 m) tall. He is a power forward, who possesses t ...
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Vladimir Janković, basketballer
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Boban Janković
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Dušan Vukčević
Dušan Vukčević (Serbian Cyrillic: Душан Вукчевић; born November 14, 1975) is a retired Serbian professional basketball player who currently serves as an assistant coach for Peristeri of the Greek Basket League and the Basketball Cha ...
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Milan Tomić
Milan Tomić ( sr, Милaн Томић, Greek: Μίλαν Τόμιτς (Milan Tomits); born July 24, 1973) is a Serbian-Greek professional basketball coach and former player.
Tomić has spent almost all of his professional playing and coaching c ...
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Predrag Djordjević
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Siniša Dobrašinović
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Milan Gurović
Milan Gurović ( sr-cyrl, Милан Гуровић; born 17 June 1975) is a Serbian former professional basketball player and current basketball coach. During his pro career, he played for numerous clubs from all over Europe. Gurović was also ...
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Marko Jarić
Marko Jarić ( sr-cyr, Марко Јарић, ; el, Μάρκο Γιάριτς, Marko Yiarits; born 12 October 1978) is a Serbian former professional basketball player. Standing at 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in), he mainly played the shooting guard pos ...
, basketballer
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Dušan Jelić
Dušan Jelić ( sr-cyr, Душан Јелић; born 13 August 1974) is a Serbian-Greek professional basketball coach and former player. At a height of 2.11 m (6'11") tall, he played at the center position.
Coaching career
In February 2021, Je ...
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Vasos Mavrovouniotis
Vasos Mavrovouniotis ( el, Βάσος Μαυροβουνιώτης, literally "''Vasos the Montenegrin''"; 1797 – 9 June 1847), born as Vaso Brajević ( Serbian: Васо Брајевић), was a Serbian general, who played a significant role i ...
, revolutionary
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Đorđe Mihailović
Đorđe Mihailović ( sr-Cyrl, Ђорђе Михаиловић; Thessaloniki, 1 May 1928) is a keeper of Serbian Military Cemetery at Zeitenlik, in Thessaloniki. For more than half a century Đorđe Mihailović welcomes and sends off the descendan ...
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Igor Milošević
Igor Milošević (Serbian Cyrillic: Игор Милошевић; born April 14, 1986) is a former Greek professional basketball player of Serbian origin. In Greece, he is known as Igkor Milosevits (Greek: Ιγκόρ Μιλόσεβιτς). At a he ...
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Miroslav Pecarski
Miroslav Pecarski ( sr-cyr, Мирослав Пецарски; born 21 March 1967) is a Serbian former professional basketball player. He played professionally for KK Partizan, Partizan, Aris B.C., Aris, Panathinaikos B.C., Panathinaikos, Panionio ...
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Dimitris Popovic
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Radoslav Nesterović
Radoslav () is a common Slavic masculine given name, derived from ''rad-'' ("happy, eager, to care") and ''slava'' ("glory, fame"), both very common in Slavic dithematic names. It roughly means "eager glory". It is known since the Middle Ages. Th ...
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Peja Stojaković
Predrag Stojaković ( sr-cyr, Предраг Стојаковић, ; born June 9, 1977), known by his nickname Peja (''Peđa'', Пеђа, ), is a Serbian professional basketball executive and former player who was most recently the assistant gen ...
, basketballer
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Dragan Tarlać
Dragan Tarlać ( sr-cyr, Драган Тарлаћ, born May 9, 1973) is a retired Serbian professional basketball player. He also holds Greek citizenship. Standing at , he played as a center.
Professional career
Europe
After starting his senior ...
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Mitar Đurić
Mitar Djuric ( el, Δημήτρης Τζούριτς, sr-Cyrl, Митар Дурић; born ) or Dimitris Tzourits is a Serbian-Greek male volleyball player. He competed at the 2011 FIVB Volleyball Men's Club World Championship with Trentino Volle ...
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Serbian diaspora
Serbian diaspora refers to Serbian emigrant communities in the diaspora. The existence of a numerous diaspora of Serbian nationals is mainly a consequence of either economic or political (coercion or expulsion) reasons.
There were different wa ...
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Greeks in Serbia
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Greece–Serbia relations
Greece and Serbia enjoy close diplomatic relations, which have traditionally been friendly due to cultural, religious and historical ties between the two nations.
The majority of Serbs and Greeks practice the Eastern Orthodox faith and the two ...
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Ethnic groups in Greece
Greece
Greece,, or , romanized: ', officially the Hellenic Republic, is a country in Southeast Europe. It is situated on the southern tip of the Balkans, and is located at the crossroads of Europe, Asia, and Africa. Greece shares land borders with ...
Greece
Greece,, or , romanized: ', officially the Hellenic Republic, is a country in Southeast Europe. It is situated on the southern tip of the Balkans, and is located at the crossroads of Europe, Asia, and Africa. Greece shares land borders with ...
Greece
Greece,, or , romanized: ', officially the Hellenic Republic, is a country in Southeast Europe. It is situated on the southern tip of the Balkans, and is located at the crossroads of Europe, Asia, and Africa. Greece shares land borders with ...
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