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{{Short description|Aspect of religious life in Croatia}}
[[File:Manastir Gomirje.jpg|thumb|right|250px|[[Gomirje Monastery]]]]

'''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]], behind the [[Catholic Church in Croatia|Roman 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 Church|Bulgarian Orthodox]] and [[Macedonian Orthodox Church]]es. These three churches are recognized by the state.<ref name="vlada+spc">{{cite web | url = http://narodne-novine.nn.hr/clanci/sluzbeni/2003_12_196_3109.html | language = hr | publisher = [[Narodne novine]] | work = Narodne novine - Službeni list Republike Hrvatske NN196/03 | title = Ugovor između Vlade Republike Hrvatske i Srpske pravoslavne crkve u Hrvatskoj o pitanjima od zajedničkog interesa | date = December 15, 2003 | access-date = February 16, 2010}}</ref><ref name="vlada+xpc">{{cite web | url = http://narodne-novine.nn.hr/clanci/sluzbeni/2003_12_196_3113.html | language = hr | publisher = [[Narodne novine]] | work = Narodne novine - Službeni list Republike Hrvatske NN196/03 | title = Ugovor između Vlade Republike Hrvatske i Bugarske pravoslavne crkve u Hrvatskoj, Hrvatske starokatoličke crkve i Makedonske pravoslavne crkve u Hrvatskoj | date = December 15, 2003 | access-date = February 16, 2010}}</ref> In Croatia there are also adherents to the [[Montenegrin Orthodox Church]]. In the past, there was a [[Croatian Orthodox Church]], although it was unrecognized by the Serbian Orthodox Church.

==Statistics==
[[File:Croatia-Religion-2001.png|thumb|right|250px|Religious map of Croatia (2001)]]
The published data from the [[2021 Croatian census]] included a [[crosstab]] of ethnicity and religion,<ref>{{Croatian Census 2021 | E |access-date=8 April 2023}}</ref> 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 or unknown (5.84%)

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==Serbian Orthodox Church in Croatia==
[[File:Krka5.jpg|thumb|right|200px|[[Krka monastery]]]]
{{Main|Serbian Orthodox Church}}

This church gathers its faithful among the [[Serbs of Croatia]]. Five eparchies (dioceses) of the Serbian Orthodox Church cover the territory of Croatia:<ref name="vlada+spc"/>
* [[Metropolitanate of Zagreb and Ljubljana]], vacant since 2021
* [[Eparchy of Dalmatia]], headed by bishop [[Nikodim Kosović]], since 2017.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.spc.rs/eng/communique_holy_assembly_bishops_0 |title=Communique of the Holy Assembly of Bishops (2017) |access-date=2017-07-28 |archive-date=2018-01-15 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180115090756/http://www.spc.rs/eng/communique_holy_assembly_bishops_0 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
* [[Eparchy of Gornji Karlovac]], headed by bishop [[Gerasim Popović]], 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.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://spc.rs/eng/biography_bishop_electus_jovan_slavonia |title=Enthronement of Bishop John (Ćulibrk) of Slavonia |access-date=2017-07-28 |archive-date=2018-12-17 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181217014751/http://spc.rs/eng/biography_bishop_electus_jovan_slavonia |url-status=dead }}</ref>

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:
* [[Dragović Monastery|Dragović]]
* [[Gomirje Monastery|Gomirje]]
* [[Komogovina Monastery|Komogovina]]
* [[Krka monastery|Krka]]
* [[Krupa Monastery|Krupa]]
* [[Lepavina Monastery|Lepavina]]
* [[Sv. Lazarica Monastery|Sv. Lazarica]]
* [[Sv. Nedjelje Monastery|Sv. Nedjelje]]
* [[Sv. Petke Monastery|Sv. Petke]]
* [[Sv. Vasilija Ostroškog Monastery|Sv. Vasilija Ostroškog]]
and the churches:
<gallery>
Image:Православна црква у Загребу.JPG|[[Zagreb Orthodox Cathedral]]
Image:Rezidencija.dalj.jpg|[[Church of St. Demetrius, Dalj]]
Image:Orthodox Church in Karlovac.JPG|[[Church of St. Nicholas, Karlovac]]
Image:Chiesa Annunziata, Dubrovnik.JPG|[[Church of the Holy Annunciation, Dubrovnik]]
Image:Православна црква у Вуковару 02.jpg|[[Church of St. Nicholas, Vukovar]]
Image:Vinkovci-(20090523)-Crkva Silaska Sv. duha.jpg|[[Church of Pentecost, Vinkovci]]
</gallery>

==See also==
* [[Religion in Croatia]]
* [[Croatian Orthodox Church]], a World War II organization
* [[List of Serbian Orthodox churches in Croatia]]

==References==
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==Sources==
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* {{Cite book|editor-last=Bataković|editor-first=Dušan T.|editor-link=Dušan T. Bataković|title=Histoire du peuple serbe|trans-title=History of the Serbian People|language=fr|date=2005|location=Lausanne|publisher=L’Age d’Homme|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=a0jA_LdH6nsC}}
* {{Cite book|last=Ćirković|first=Sima|author-link=Sima Ćirković|year=2004|title=The Serbs|location=Malden|publisher=Blackwell Publishing|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2Wc-DWRzoeIC}}
* {{Cite book|last=Krestić|first=Vasilije|author-link=Vasilije Krestić|title=History of the Serbs in Croatia and Slavonia  1848-1914|year=1997|location=Belgrade|publisher=BIGZ|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-ZRpAAAAMAAJ}}
* {{Cite book|last=Mileusnić|first=Slobodan|title=Spiritual Genocide: A survey of destroyed, damaged and desecrated churches, monasteries and other church buildings during the war 1991-1995 (1997)|year=1997|location=Belgrade|publisher=Museum of the Serbian Orthodox Church|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_TaPAAAAMAAJ}}
* {{Cite book|last=Miller|first=Nicholas J.|title=Between Nation and State: Serbian Politics in Croatia Before the First World War|year=1997|location=Pittsburgh|publisher=University of Pittsburgh Press|url=https://archive.org/details/betweennationsta00mill_0|url-access=registration}}
* {{Cite journal|last=Raković|first=Aleksandar|title=Short Existence of the Faculty of Eastern Orthodox Theology at the University of Zagreb 1920-1924|journal=Теолошки погледи|year=2013|volume=46|issue=3|pages=951–956|url=https://teoloskipogledi.spc.rs/files/pdfs/2013/3/951-976.pdf}}
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