Eastern Orthodoxy

Eastern Orthodox Church

The Orthodox Church, officially called the Orthodox Catholic Church and commonly referred to as the Eastern Orthodox Church, is the second largest Christian denomination in the world, with an estimated 300 million adherents mainly in the countries of Belarus, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Georgia, Greece,...

 is the second largest religion in Croatia

Croatia

Croatia , officially the Republic of Croatia , is a unitary democratic parliamentary republic in Europe at the crossroads of the Mitteleuropa, the Balkans, and the Mediterranean. Its capital and largest city is Zagreb. The country is divided into 20 counties and the city of Zagreb. Croatia covers ...

. Over 200,000 people, forming 4.4% of the total Croatian population, are Orthodox Christians.

In Croatia the prime Orthodox Church is the Serbian Orthodox Church

Serbian Orthodox Church

The Serbian Orthodox Church is one of the autocephalous Orthodox Christian churches, ranking sixth in order of seniority after Constantinople, Alexandria, Antioch, Jerusalem, and Russia...

 which gathers most of the Eastern Orthodox faithful. Other major denominations are the Bulgarian Orthodox Church

Bulgarian Orthodox Church

The Bulgarian Orthodox Church - Bulgarian Patriarchate is an autocephalous Eastern Orthodox Church with some 6.5 million members in the Republic of Bulgaria and between 1.5 and 2.0 million members in a number of European countries, the Americas and Australia...

 and the Macedonian Orthodox Church

Macedonian Orthodox Church

The Macedonian Orthodox Church – Ohrid Archbishopric or just Macedonian Orthodox Church is the body of Christians who are united under the Archbishop of Ohrid and Macedonia, exercising jurisdiction over Macedonian Orthodox Christians in the Republic of Macedonia and in exarchates in the Macedonian...

. These three churches are recognized by the state.

Serb Orthodoxy

This church gathers its faithful among the Serbs of Croatia

Serbs of Croatia

Višeslav of Serbia, a contemporary of Charlemagne , ruled the Županias of Neretva, Tara, Piva, Lim, his ancestral lands. According to the Royal Frankish Annals , Duke of Pannonia Ljudevit Posavski fled, during the Frankish invasion, from his seat in Sisak to the Serbs in western Bosnia, who...

. In Croatia it is organized into the following eparchies:

• Metropolia of Zagreb, Ljubljana and all Italy
• Eparchy of upper Karlovac
  Eparchy of upper Karlovac
  The Eparchy of upper Karlovac is an eparchy of the Serbian Orthodox Church seated in the city of Karlovac, Croatia. It covers the area of Banovina, Kordun, Lika, Krbava, Gorski Kotar, as well as northern Croatia and Istria....
  
  
• Eparchy of Slavonia
• Eparchy of Osečko polje and Baranja
  Eparchy of Osečko polje and Baranja
  Eparchy of Osečko polje and Baranja is an eparchy of the Serb Orthodox Church encompassing easternmost areas of Croatia.The present bishop is called Lukijan and his see is in Dalj. The eparchy has three hierarchs with vicarages in Osijek, Vukovar and Baranja, with a total of 39 priests and two...
  
  
• Eparchy of Dalmatia

Major Serb Orthodox sites include the monasteries:

• Dragović
  Dragovic Monastery
  Monastery Dragović is a Serbian Orthodox monastery situated on a hill downstream the Cetina River not far from Vrlika in Croatia. Unfortunately, when the artificial Peruća Lake was created, the original monastery sank due to land movement...
  
  
• Gomirje
  Gomirje Monastery
  Gomirje is Serbian Orthodox monastery in Croatia. It is the westernmost Serb Orthodox monastery, located in the western part of Croatia near the village of Gomirje, near the town of Ogulin.The monastery is thought to have been founded in the year 1600...
  
  
• Komogovina
• Krka
  Krka monastery
  Krka Monastery is a Serbian Orthodox monastery dedicated to the Archangel Michael, located near the river Krka, 3 km east of Kistanje, in central Dalmatia, Croatia...
  
  
• Krupa
  Krupa monastery
  Krupa monastery is a Serb Orthodox monastery on Krupa River in Dalmatia, Croatia.The Monastery was built in 1317 by monks from Bosnia. It is located at the southern slopes of the Velebit mountain, halfway between the towns of Obrovac and Knin. It is the oldest Orthodox monastery in Croatia.The...
  
  
• Lepavina
  Lepavina Monastery
  Lepavina is a monastery of the Serbian Orthodox Church in the village of Lepavina, near the town of Koprivnica in the Republic of Croatia...
  
  
• Sv. Lazarica
• Sv. Nedjelje
• Sv. Petke
• Sv. Vasilija Ostroškog

and the churches:

• Zagreb Orthodox Cathedral
  Zagreb Orthodox Cathedral
  Zagreb Orthodox Cathedral or Cathedral of the Transfiguration of the Lord is Serbian Orthodox Cathedral located on the Petar Preradović Square in Zagreb, Croatia.It was built in 1865-1866 according to designs of a Croatian architect Franjo Klein...
  
  

See also

• Religion in Croatia
  Religion in Croatia
  Freedom of religion is a right defined by the Constitution of Croatia, which also defines all religious communities as equal in front of the law and separate from the state. A large majority of the Croatian population declares themselves as religious believers....
  
  
• Croatian Orthodox Church
  Croatian Orthodox Church
  The Croatian Orthodox Church was a religious body created during World War II by the Ustasha regime in the Independent State of Croatia .The reason for formation of this church was that Orthodox Christian Churches are state-based...
  
  , a World War II organization
• Index of Serbs of Croatia-related articles