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The Serbian Orthodox Church (Serbian: Српска православна црква, Srpska pravoslavna crkva) is one of the autocephalous (ecclesiastically independent) Eastern Orthodox Christian churches.
Eastern Orthodoxy is the major Christian denomination in Serbia, with 6,079,396 followers or 85% [1] [2] of the population, followed traditionally by the majority of Serbs, and also Romanians and Vlachs, Montenegrins, Macedonians and Bulgarians living in Serbia.
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The Serbian Orthodox Church is an autocephalous, or ecclesiastically independent, member of the Orthodox communion, located primarily in Serbia, Montenegro, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia and the Republic of Macedonia. Since many Serbs have emigrated to foreign countries, there are many Serbian Orthodox communities on all continents. Soon after th...
The supreme authority of the Serbian Orthodox Church is the Holy Assembly of Bishops, composed of all its bishops, who meet twice a year. A permanent synod of six members carries out the administration of the day-to-day affairs of the church. Over the years the Serbian church has had its primate located at several various locations. There have been...
- 1219 (lost in 1766), again in 1879
- Patriarch Porfirije
- 1219 by Constantinople, again in 1879
- Apostle Andrew, St. Sava of Serbia
The Serbian Orthodox Church is an autocephalous, ecclesiastically independent member of the Orthodox communion, located primarily in Serbia and Montenegro and in the other republics of ex-Yugoslavia.
L’orthodoxie est une communion d’Églises indépendantes sur le plan de l’organisation et de la discipline mais intimement liées entre elles sur le plan théologique. Chacune d’elles est « autocéphale », c’est-à-dire dirigée par son propre synode, habilité à choisir son primat.
The Serbian Orthodox Church is one of the autocephalous Eastern Orthodox Christian churches. It is the second-oldest Slavic Orthodox Church in the world (after the Bulgarian Orthodox Church). It is made-up of a majority of the population in Serbia, Montenegro, and the Republika Srpska entity of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
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1920: Unification of the Serbian Orthodox Church (Serbian Patriarchate). 1945–80s: Suppression of Church by Communist regime. 1967: Unilateral establishment of the Macedonian Orthodox Church .
