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The Serbian Orthodox Church is in full communion with the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople (which holds a special place of honour within Eastern Orthodoxy and serves as the seat for the Ecumenical Patriarch, who enjoys the status of first-among-equals) and all of the mainstream autocephalous Eastern Orthodox church bodies except the ...
The Serbian Orthodox Church is the largest and traditional church of the country; adherents of it are overwhelmingly Serbs. Public schools in Serbia allow religious teaching, most commonly with the Serbian Orthodox Church. Serbian public holidays include the religious celebrations of Eastern Orthodox Christians.
Eastern Orthodoxy is the primary Christian denomination in Serbia, representing 81% of the population as of 2022, [1] followed traditionally by the majority of Serbs, and also Romanians and Vlachs, Montenegrins, Macedonians and Bulgarians living in Serbia. The dominant Eastern Orthodox church in Serbia is the Serbian Orthodox Church.
Most Serbians are adherents of the Serbian Orthodox Church, while the Romanian Orthodox Church is also present in parts of Vojvodina inhabited by an ethnic Romanian minority. Besides Serbs, other Eastern Orthodox Christians include Montenegrins, Romanians and Vlachs, Macedonians, Bulgarians, and majority of Roma. St. Mark's Church, Belgrade
Over the history of the Serbian Orthodox Church, the church has had many people who were venerated to sainthood. The list below contains some of those saints and their feast days. Saint Sava I, fresco in the King's Church, Studenica Monastery, Serbia. Saint Jovan Vladimir, Serbian Orthodox icon Saint Stefan Uroš, fresco
The persecution of Eastern Orthodox Christians is the religious persecution which has been faced by the clergy and the adherents of the Eastern Orthodox Church. Eastern Orthodox Christians have been persecuted during various periods in the history of Christianity when they lived under the rule of non-Orthodox Christian political structures.
Serbian saints of the Eastern Orthodox Church (2 C, 60 P) Pages in category "Eastern Orthodox Christians from Serbia" The following 82 pages are in this category, out of 82 total.
Emir Kusturica – Serbian Orthodox. Raised in a Bosnian Muslim Family. His conversion gained some media attention. [9] Ana Layevska – Ukrainian-born Mexican actress and violinist (of Russian origin) Karl Malden (Mladen Sekulovich) – said to have been Serbian Orthodox. Constantine Maroulis – Greek Orthodox, brother of Athan Maroulis [10]