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The Church of St. George (, sr-Cyrl, Црква светог Ђорђа) in Kneževo is
Serbian Orthodox The Serbian Orthodox Church ( sr-Cyrl-Latn, Српска православна црква, Srpska pravoslavna crkva) is one of the autocephalous (ecclesiastically independent) Eastern Orthodox Christian churches. The majority of the populat ...
church in eastern
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. Church was built by the decision of the
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in 1929 as a part of the royal summer residence. There are two thrones, one for king and another one for queen, made of
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wood which are part of interior of the church building.


See also

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Eparchy of Osječko polje and Baranja The Eparchy of Osječko Polje and Baranja ( sr-Cyrl, Епархија осјечкопољска и барањска / Епархија осечкопољска и барањска; ) is a eparchy (diocese) of the Serbian Orthodox Church that en ...
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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 C ...
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List of Serbian Orthodox churches in Croatia The territory of modern-day Croatia is divided between 7 eparchies of the Serbian Orthodox Church. 5 of them have their seat in Croatia, one in Serbia and one in Bosnia and Herzegovina. As of March 2021 the central public ''Records of Religious ...


References

Kneževo 20th-century Eastern Orthodox church buildings Kneževo {{Croatia-EO-church-stub