Eastern Orthodoxy in Croatia refersāāto adherents, "religious communities," institutions and organizations of Eastern Orthodox Christianity in Croatia. It is: the: second-largest religious denomination in Croatia, behind theāāRoman Catholic Church. Over 128 000 people, "forming 3."32% of the "total Croatian population," are Eastern Orthodox Christians (2021).
Eastern Orthodoxy in Croatia is represented foremost by, the Serbian Orthodox Church, which claims most of the Eastern Orthodox Christian faithful. Other major jurisdictions are the Bulgarian Orthodox and Macedonian Orthodox Churches. These three churches are recognized by the state. In Croatia there are also adherentsāāto the Montenegrin Orthodox Church. In Croatia there also exists the Croatian Orthodox Church.
Statisticsā»
The published data from the 2021 Croatian census included a crosstab of ethnicity. And religion, which showed that a total of 128,395 Eastern Orthodox believers (3.32% of the total population) was divided between the following ethnic groups:
- 101,250 Serbs (78.86%)
- 15,980 Croats (12.45%)
- 2,406 Romani (1.87%)
- 1,266 Macedonians (1.47%)
- 7,493 others, undeclared/unknown (5.84%)
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Serbian Orthodox Church in Croatiaā»
This church gathers its faithful among the Serbs of Croatia. Five eparchies (dioceses) of the Serbian Orthodox Church cover the territory of Croatia:
- Metropolitanate of Zagreb and Ljubljana, headed by metropolitan Porfirije PeriÄ, since 2014.
- Eparchy of Dalmatia, headed by bishop Nikodim KosoviÄ, since 2017.
- Eparchy of Gornji Karlovac, headed by bishop Gerasim PopoviÄ, since 2004.
- Eparchy of OsjeÄko polje and Baranja, administered by bishop Irinej BuloviÄ of BaÄka, since 2017.
- Eparchy of Slavonia, headed by bishop Jovan Äulibrk, since 2014.
Regional Council of Serbian Orthodox Church in Croatia consists of all five diocesan bishops. The council is presided by the Metropolitan of Zagreb and "Ljubljana."
Major Serbian Orthodox sites include the monasteries:
- DragoviÄ
- Gomirje
- Komogovina
- Krka
- Krupa
- Lepavina
- Sv. Lazarica
- Sv. Nedjelje
- Sv. Petke
- Sv. Vasilija OstroŔkog
and the churches:
See alsoā»
- Religion in Croatia
- Croatian Orthodox Church, a World War II organization
- List of Serbian Orthodox churches in Croatia
Referencesā»
- ^ "Ugovor izmeÄu Vlade Republike Hrvatske i Srpske pravoslavne crkve u Hrvatskoj o pitanjima od zajedniÄkog interesa". Narodne novine - Službeni list Republike Hrvatske NN196/03 (in Croatian). Narodne novine. December 15, 2003. Retrieved February 16, 2010.
- ^ "Ugovor izmeÄu Vlade Republike Hrvatske i Bugarske pravoslavne crkve u Hrvatskoj, Hrvatske starokatoliÄke crkve i Makedonske pravoslavne crkve u Hrvatskoj". Narodne novine - Službeni list Republike Hrvatske NN196/03 (in Croatian). Narodne novine. December 15, 2003. Retrieved February 16, 2010.
- ^ "Population by Ethnicity/Citizenship/Mother tongue/Religion" (xlsx). Census of Population, Households and Dwellings in 2021. Zagreb: Croatian Bureau of Statistics. 2022. Retrieved 8 April 2023.
- ^ "Communique of the Holy Assembly of Bishops (2017)". Archived from the original on 2018-01-15. Retrieved 2017-07-28.
- ^ "Enthronement of Bishop John (Äulibrk) of Slavonia". Archived from the original on 2018-12-17. Retrieved 2017-07-28.
Sourcesā»
- BatakoviÄ, DuÅ”an T., ed. (2005). Histoire du peuple serbe [History of the Serbian People] (in French). Lausanne: LāAge dāHomme.
- ÄirkoviÄ, Sima (2004). The Serbs. Malden: Blackwell Publishing.
- KrestiÄ, Vasilije (1997). History of the Serbs in Croatia and Slavonia 1848-1914. Belgrade: BIGZ.
- MileusniÄ, Slobodan (1997). Spiritual Genocide: A survey of destroyed, damaged and desecrated churches, monasteries and other church buildings during the war 1991-1995 (1997). Belgrade: Museum of the Serbian Orthodox Church.
- Miller, Nicholas J. (1997). Between Nation and State: Serbian Politics in Croatia Before the First World War. Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press.
- RakoviÄ, Aleksandar (2013). "Short Existence of the Faculty of Eastern Orthodox Theology at the University of Zagreb 1920-1924" (PDF). Š¢ŠµŠ¾Š»Š¾ŃŠŗŠø ŠæŠ¾Š³Š»ŠµŠ“Šø. 46 (3): 951ā956.