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Church Structure & Jurisdictions

Serbian Orthodox Church

Serbian Orthodox Church, by Vol de nuit, 2006-07
Temple Saint Sava Vol de nuit, 2006-07 CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Autocephalous since 1219, granted by the Ecumenical Patriarchate to St. Sava, the founder of Serbian ecclesiastical independence. Patriarchate since 1346. Deeply intertwined with Serbian national identity. Major centers: Belgrade, Pec Patriarchate (Kosovo), Zica Monastery.

Sources

  • Timothy Ware, The Orthodox Church archive.org
  • Bishop Nikolaj Velimirovic, The Prologue from Ohrid

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