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The '''Church of Serbia''' is one of the [[autocephaly|autocephalous]] Orthodox churches, ranking seventh sixth after [[Church of Constantinople|Constantinople]], [[Church of Alexandria|Alexandria]], [[Church of Antioch|Antioch]], and [[Church of Jerusalem|Jerusalem]] , [[Church of Russia|Russia]], and in the [[diptychs]] of [[Church of GeorgiaConstantinople|GeorgiaConstantinople]]. In the diptychs of the [[Church of Russia]], it ranks seventh.{{fact}} It exercises jurisdiction over Orthodox Christians in Serbia and surrounding Slavic and other lands, as well as [[exarchexarchate]]ates s and patriarchal representation churches around the world.  The Patriarch patriarch of Serbia serves as first among equals in his church; . His Grace, Bishop Irinej (Gavrilovic) of Niš, 80, was elected by members of the current Serbian Church’s Assembly of Bishops on Friday, [[January 22]], 2010. He became the 45th Patriarch of Serbia the next day. The previous patriarch is was His Holiness [[Pavle (Stojcevic) of Serbia|Pavle(Stojcevic)]] who reposed on [[November 15]], 2009 the age of 95 after a lengthy illness.
{{church|
name= The Patriarchate of Serbia[[Image:Serbia logo 2.gif|center|Church of Serbia]]|
founder= [[Apostle Andrew]], St. [[Sava of Serbia]]|
independence= 1219 (lost in 14591766), again in 1832 1879 |
recognition= 1219 by [[Church of Constantinople|Constantinople]], again in 1879 |
primate=[[Pavle Irinej (StojcevicGavrilovic) of Serbia|Patriarch PavleIrinej ]]|
hq=Belgrade, Serbia|
territory=Serbia, Bosnia-Hercegovina, Croatia, Hungary, Republic of Macedonia (disputed), Montenegro, some former Yugoslav republicsSlovenia|
possessions= United States, Canada, Europe, Australia|
language=[[Church Slavonic]]; Serbian|
music=[[Serbian Chant]]; some [[Byzantine Chant]] used|
calendar=[[Julian Calendar|Julian]]|
population=15,000,000|
website=[http://www.spc.yu rs/eng Church of Serbia]
}}
==History==
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 a disputed presence in the Republic of Macedonia. Since many Serbs have emigrated to foreign countries, there are many Serbian Orthodox communities on all continents.  Soon after their arrrival to the Balkans, the Serbian tribes were successively [[baptism|baptised]] by Christian [[missionary|missionaries]] and became Orthodox Christians. The [[consecration]] of St. [[Sava of Serbia|Sava]] as autocephalous Archbishop archbishop of Serbia in 1219, strengthened various Serbian principalities even more in their ecclesiastical allegiance to [[Church of Constantinople|Constantinople]] and the Christian East. Later, as the medieval kingdom of Serbia grew in size and prestige and as Stefan Dusan, king of Serbia from 1331, assumed the imperial title of tsar (1346 to 1355), the Archbishopric archbishopric of Pec was correspondingly raised to the rank of [[patriarchate]]. The period before the arrival of the Turks was the time of the greatest flourishing of the Serbian church. After the final Turkish conquest of the most influental influential Serbian principality in 1459, the greater portion of Serbian lands became a Turkish pasalik (province). After the death of Patriarch [[Arsenios II of Serbia|Arsenios Arsenije II]] in 1463, a successor was not elected. The patriarchate was thus de facto abolished, and the Serbian church passed under the jurisdiction of the [[Ecumenical Patriarchate]]. The Serbian patriarchate was restored in 1557 by the Turkish sultan Suleiman the Magnificent. [[Macarios Makarije (Sokolovic) of Pec|MacariosMakarije]], brother of the famous Mehmed Pasha Sokolovic, was elected patriarch in Pec.
The restoration of the patriarchate was of great importance for the Serbs, because it helped the spiritual unification of all Serbs in the [[Ottoman empire|Ottoman Empire]]. After consequent Serbian uprisals against the Turkish occupation in which the church had a leading role, the Turks abolished the patriarchate once again in 1766. The church returned once more to the jurisdiction of the Ecumenical Patriarch of Constintinople. This period of so-called "[[Phanariots]]" was a period of great spiritual decline because the Greek [[bishop]]s had very little understanding of their Serbian flock. This was also the period when a great number of Christians converted to [[Islam]] to avoid the severe taxes imposed by the Turks in retaliation for uprisings and continued resistance. Many Serbs with and their [[hierarch]]s migrated to southern Hungary , where the church was autonomous. The seat of the archbishops was moved from Pec to Karlovci. The Serbian Orthodox Church finally regained its independence and became autocephalous again in 1879, the year after the recognition by the Allied powers of Serbia as an independent state. After World War I, all the Serbs were united under one ecclesiastical authority, and the Patriarchate patriarchate was reestablished in 1920 with election of Patriarch [[Demetrius Dimitrije (Pavlovic) of Serbia|DimitryDimitrje]], the Patriarchpatriarch's full title being ''Archbishop of Pec, Metropolitan of Belgrade and Karlovci, and Patriarch of the Serbs''.
During the Second World War, the Serbian Orthodox Church passed through severe trials in which many bishops, [[priest]]s , and about 700,000 [[laity|lay]] Orthodox Christians were killed by Croatian and Muslim fascists (according to the Orthodox Diocese of Raska and Prizren). Hundreds of [[church]]es were completely destroyed or desecrated. After the Second World War the church experienced new trials under the communists , who prohibited teaching of religion in schools, confiscated the property of the church, and used various overt and covert means of persecution in order to diminish the influence the church had among the people. It was only after 1989 that the position of the church became tolerable, although church estates have not yet been returned to their lawful owners.
===In the Republic of Macedonia===
===Serbia ===
* '''Archdiocese of Belgrade and Sremski Karlovci''', with [[see ]] in Belgrade (including Monastery of Pećka Patrijaršija)
'''diocesan:''' Patriarch Dr [[Pavle (Stojcevic) of Serbia|Pavle]]
'''coadjutors:''' Atanasije vicar Bishop of Hvostno, Antonije vicar Bishop of Moravice
* '''Diocese of Banat''', with see in Vršac
'''diocesan:''' Bishop [[Nikanor(Bogunovic) of Banat|Nikanor]]
* '''Diocese of Backa''', with see in Novi Sad
'''diocesan:''' Bishop Dr Irinej
'''diocesan:''' Bishop Filaret
* '''Diocese of Niš''', with see in Niš
'''diocesan:''' [[Irinej (Gavrilovic) of Serbia|Bishop Irinej]] (Elected Patriarch on January 22, 2010)
* '''Diocese of Ras and Prizren''', with see in Prizren
'''diocesan:''' Bishop Dr Artemije
'''diocesan:''' Bishop Jovan
* '''Diocese of Valjevo''', with see in Valjevo (established in May 2006)
'''diocesan:''' Bishop [[ Milutin(Knezevic) of Valjevo|Milutin]]
=== Montenegro ===
* '''Metropolitanate of Montenegro and the Littoral''', with see in Cetinje
'''diocesan:''' Metropoliten Dr [[Amfilohije(Radovic) of Momtenegro and Litoral|Amfilohije]]
'''coadjutor:''' Jovan vicar Bishop of Dioclea
* '''Diocese of Budimlje and Nikšic''', with see in �?urdevi Đurđevi Stupovi monastery near Berane
'''diocesan:''' Bishop Joanikije
'''diocesan:''' Bishop Lukijan
* '''Diocese of Slavonia''', with see in Daruvar
'''diocesan:''' Bishop [[Sava(Juric) of Slavonia|Sava]]
===Romania===
* '''Diocese of Britain and Scandinavia''', with see in Stockholm; ''encompasses parishes in Great Britain, Norway, Sweden and Denmark''
'''diocesan:''' Bishop Dositej
* '''Diocese of Buda (Budim)''', with see in Sentandreja; ''encompasses Orthodox Serbs in Hungary, Czech Republic and Slovakia''
'''diocesan:''' Bishop Lukijan
* '''[[Serbian Orthodox Diocese of France and Western Europe|Diocese of West Europe]]''', with see in Paris; ''encompasses Orthodox Serbs in France, Belgium, Netherlands and Spain''
'''diocesan:''' Bishop [[Luka(Kovacevic) of France and Western Europe|Luka]]
* '''Diocese of Central Europe''', with see in Himmelstühr monastery; ''encompasses Serb Orthodox faithful in Germany, Austria and Switzerland''
'''diocesan:''' Bishop Konstantin
===The Americas===
* '''Metropolitanate of Midwestern AmericaLibertyville-Chicago''', with [[see ]] at St. Sava Monastery in Libertyville, Illinois'''diocesan:''' Metropoliten HristoforPatriarch [[Irinej (Gavrilović) of Serbia|Irinej]], Administrator*'''Diocese of New Gracanica-Midwestern America, with see at the Monastery of New Gracanica '''diocesan:''' Bishop [[Longin (Krco) of America and Canada|Longin (Krco)]]
* '''Diocese of East America''', with see at Holy Trinity Cathedral in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
'''diocesan:''' Bishop Dr Mitrofan
* '''Diocese of West America''', with see at St. Stephen Cathedral in Alhambra, California
'''diocesan:''' Bishop Dr [[Maxim(Vasilijevic) of Western America|Maxim]]
* '''Diocese of Canada''', with see at St. Nicholas Cathedral in Hamilton, Ontario
'''diocesan:''' Bishop Gorgije* '''Metropolitanate of New Gra�?anica, Diocese [[Georgije (Djokic) of the United States and Canada''', with see at Most Holy Mother of God Monastery in Grayslake, Illinois ''(former Free Serbian Orthodox Church Diocese for the United States and Canada, which was not in full communion with the Serbian patriarch from 1963 to 1992)'''''diocesan:''' |Bishop LonginGorgije]]
===Australia and Oceania===
* '''[[Serbian Orthodox Church in Australia and New Zealand|Diocese of Australia and New Zealand]]''', with see in the New Kalenic Monastery, Hall (near Canberra).
'''diocesan:''' Bishop [[Irinej(Dobrijevic) of Australia and New Zealand|Irinej]]
Dioceses are further divided into [[deanery|deaneries]], each consisting of several church congregations and [[parish]]es. Church congregation consists of one or more parishes.
== External links ==
*[http://www.spc.yu rs/ Church of Serbia] official website in Serbian and English* [http://www.cnewa.org/ecc-bodypg-us.aspx?eccpageID=18&IndexView=toc Eastern Christian Churches: The Orthodox Church of Serbia] by Ronald Roberson, a Roman Catholic priest and scholar
===Dioceses=== <!-- These should go onto the separate OrthodoxWiki pages and be removed from this page when those are created. —magda --->
*[http://www.poa-info.org The Orthodox Archidiocese of Ochrid]
*[http://www.mitropolijadabrobosanska.org Metropolitanate of Dabro-Bosna]
*[http://www.mitropolija.cg.yu/index.html Metropolitanate of Montenegro and the Coastlands]
*[http://www.mitropolija-zagrebacka.org Metropolitanate of Zagreb and Ljubljana]
*[http://www.spcbl.org Diocese of Banja Luka]
*[http://www.eparhijabihackopetrovacka.org Diocese of Bihac and Petrovac]
*[http://www.eparhija-branicevska.org Diocese of Branicevo]
*[http://www.e-budimljansko-niksicka.cg.yu Diocese of Budimlje and Niksic]
*[http://www.istocnik.com/index.shtml Diocese of Canada]
*[http://www.easterndiocese.org Diocese of Eastern America]
*[http://www.eparhija-niska.org.yu Diocese of Nis]
*[http://www.kosovoeparhija-prizren.com /en Diocese of Ras Raska-Prizren and Prizren]*[http://www.sremska.spc.yu Diocese of SremKosovo-Metohija]
*[http://www.eparhija-sumadijska.org.yu Diocese of Sumadija]
*[http://www.eparhija-timocka.org Diocese of Timok]
*[http://www.westsrbdio.org Diocese of Western America]
*[http://www.egliseorthodoxeserbe.org Diocese of Western Europe]
 
==Source==
*[http://www.serborth.org/administration.html The Serbian Orthodox Church in North & South America]
===Organizations===
[[Category:Jurisdictions|Serbia]]
 
[[es:Iglesia Ortodoxa de Serbia]]
[[fr:Église de Serbie]]
[[ro:Biserica Ortodoxă Sârbă]]
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