Eastern Orthodoxy in Croatia

Eastern Orthodoxy in Croatia refers to adherents, religious communities, institutions and organizations of Eastern Orthodox Christianity in Croatia. It is the second-largest religious denomination in Croatia, as Roman Catholicism predominates. Over 190,000 people, forming 4.44% of the total Croatian population, are Eastern Orthodox Christians.

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.^[1]^[2] In Croatia there are also adherents to the Montenegrin Orthodox Church. During World War II, the Croatian Orthodox Church existed as well.

Statistics[]

Religious map of Croatia (2001)

The published data from the 2011 Croatian census included a crosstab of ethnicity and religion,^[3] which showed that a total of 190,143 Orthodox believers (4.5% of the total population) was divided between the following ethnic groups:

159,530 Serbs
16,647 Croats
2,401 Macedonians
2,381 Romani
1,822 Montenegrins
729 Russians
341 Ukrainians
293 Bosniaks
158 Bulgarians
147 Romanians
other individual ethnicities (under 100 people each)

Eastern Orthodox Population by ethnicity
ethnicity
Serbs			159,530
Croats			16,647
Macedonians			2,401
Romani			2,381
Montenegrins			1,822

Serbian Orthodox Church in Croatia[]

Krka monastery

This church gathers its faithful among the Serbs of Croatia. Five eparchies (dioceses) of the Serbian Orthodox Church cover the territory of Croatia:^[1]

Metropolitanate of Zagreb and Ljubljana, headed by metropolitan Porfirije Perić, since 2014.
Eparchy of Dalmatia, headed by bishop , since 2017.^[4]
Eparchy of Gornji Karlovac, headed by bishop , since 2004.
Eparchy of Osječko polje and Baranja, administered by bishop Irinej Bulović of Bačka, since 2017.
Eparchy of Slavonia, headed by bishop Jovan Ćulibrk, since 2014.^[5]

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:

and the churches:

Zagreb Orthodox Cathedral
Church of St. Demetrius, Dalj
Church of St. Nicholas, Karlovac
Church of the Holy Annunciation, Dubrovnik
Church of St. Nicholas, Vukovar
Church of Pentecost, Vinkovci

References[]

^ Jump up to: ^a ^b "Ugovor između Vlade Republike Hrvatske i Srpske pravoslavne crkve u Hrvatskoj o pitanjima od zajedničkog interesa". Narodne novine - Službeni list Republike Hrvatske NN196/03 (in Croatian). Narodne novine. December 15, 2003. Retrieved February 16, 2010.
^ "Ugovor između Vlade Republike Hrvatske i Bugarske pravoslavne crkve u Hrvatskoj, Hrvatske starokatoličke 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.
^ "4. Population by ethnicity and religion". Census of Population, Households and Dwellings 2011. Zagreb: Croatian Bureau of Statistics. December 2012. Retrieved 2012-12-17.
^ Communique of the Holy Assembly of Bishops (2017)
^ Enthronement of Bishop John (Ćulibrk) of Slavonia

Sources[]

Bataković, Dušan T., ed. (2005). Histoire du peuple serbe [History of the Serbian People] (in French). Lausanne: L’Age d’Homme.
Ćirković, Sima (2004). The Serbs. Malden: Blackwell Publishing.
Krestić, Vasilije (1997). History of the Serbs in Croatia and Slavonia 1848-1914. Belgrade: BIGZ.
Mileusnić, 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.
Raković, Aleksandar (2013). "Short Existence of the Faculty of Eastern Orthodox Theology at the University of Zagreb 1920-1924" (PDF). Теолошки погледи. 46 (3): 951–956.

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[census2011-ethnorelig-3] "4. Population by ethnicity and religion". Census of Population, Households and Dwellings 2011. Zagreb: Croatian Bureau of Statistics. December 2012. Retrieved 2012-12-17.

[4] Communique of the Holy Assembly of Bishops (2017)

[5] Enthronement of Bishop John (Ćulibrk) of Slavonia

[note_n0-6] The ROC severed full communion with the Ecumenical Patriarchate in 2018, and later severed full communion with the primates of the Church of Greece, the Patriarchate of Alexandria, and the Church of Cyprus in 2020.

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[note_n2-8] Jump up to: ^a ^b Semi-autonomous part of the Russian Orthodox Church whose autonomy is not universally recognized.

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