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[[File:Свјетлопис старе Саборне цркве у Биограду.jpg|thumb|266x266px|[[St. Michael's Cathedral (Belgrade)|Saborna Crkva]], the Eastern Orthodox cathedral.]]
Belgrade, the capital and largest city of Serbia, has an abundance of religious architecture. The city has numerous [[Serbian Orthodox Church|Serbian Orthodox]] churches and temples and is also the seat of the [[Serbian Patriarch|Patriarch]] of the [[Serbian Orthodox Church]]. Its two most prominent [[Eastern Orthodox Church|Orthodox Christian]] places of worship are the [[St. Michael's Cathedral, Belgrade|St. Michael's Cathedral]] and the [[Church of Saint Sava|Church of St. Sava]], one of the largest [[Orthodox church (building)|Eastern Orthodox church]] in the world.<ref>Tanja Damnjanović 2005: „Fighting“ the St. Sava: Public Reaction to the Competition for the Largest Cathedral in Belgrade. Centropa, 5 (2), 125–135.</ref><ref>Ljubomir Milanović 2012: Materializing Authority: The Church of Saint Sava in Belgrade and its Architectural Significance. Serbian Studies, 24 (1–2), 63–74.</ref>

Other notable Belgrade churches include [[St. Mark's Church, Belgrade|St. Mark's Church]], in which rests the body of the first [[Serbian Empire|Serbian Emperor]], [[Stefan Dušan]]. The architecture of this church was greatly inspired by the [[Gračanica monastery]] in the province of [[Kosovo]]. The church of [[Ružica Church|Sveta Ružica]] in the [[Kalemegdan Fortress]] is one of the holiest places in Belgrade for Serbian Orthodox Christians since this was the site where the body of [[Parascheva of the Balkans|St. Paraskeva]] was preserved for several years after the Ottoman conquest, before being taken to [[Romania]] where it still rests today. 

Belgrade is the seat of a [[Catholic]] archdiocese, with a small Catholic community and several Catholic churches. One of these, St Anthony's, was designed by the noted [[Slovenia]]n architect [[Jože Plečnik]].

The [[Bajrakli Mosque, Belgrade|Bajrakli Mosque]], built in 1526 by the [[Ottoman Empire|Ottoman]] [[Sultan]] [[Suleiman the Magnificent]], is one of the oldest surviving structures in contemporary Belgrade.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Завод за заштиту споменика културе града Београда, каталози 2011,Бајракли џамија, аутор Хајна Туцић - Бајракли џамија (1-4) |url=http://beogradskonasledje.rs/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/k4/bajrakli_dzamija.pdf |accessdate=16 April 2023}}</ref>

The [[Jew]]ish community is served by the [[Belgrade Synagogue]], which is the only currently active Jewish place of worship in the entire country, although not the only structure within the city limits.

Belgrade also had an active [[Buddhist]] temple in the first half of the 20th century.  It was built by [[Kalmyks|Kalmyk]] expatriates fleeing the outcome of the [[Bolshevik Revolution]] of 1917.

==Orthodox==
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* [[Church of St. Alexander Nevsky, Belgrade|Church of St. Alexander Nevsky]], Dorćol
* [[Church of St. Basil of Ostrog, Belgrade|Church of St. Basil of Ostrog]], Bežanija
* [[Church of St. Nicholas, Zvezdara]]
* [[Church of St. George, Banovo Brdo]]
* [[Church of Saint Sava]], Vračar
* [[Church of the Holy Apostles Peter and Paul, Topčider]]
* [[Church of the Holy Trinity, Belgrade|Russian Church of the Holy Trinity]]
* [[Church of the Holy Virgin, Zemun|Church of the Nativity of the Most Holy Mother of God, Zemun]], built in 1780
* [[Ružica Church]], Kalemegdan
* [[Chapel of Saint Petka in Belgrade|Chapel of Saint Petka (Paraskeve)]], [[Kalemegdan]] 
* [[St. Michael's Cathedral, Belgrade|St. Michael's Cathedral]]
* [[St. Mark's Church, Belgrade|St. Mark's Church]]
* [[Monastery of St. Archangel Gabriel, Zemun]]
* [[Rajinovac]] monastery

==Roman Catholic==
*[[Co-cathedral of Christ the King in Belgrade]]
*[[Church of St. Anthony of Padua, Belgrade]]

==Islamic==
*[[Bajrakli Mosque, Belgrade]]

==Protestant==
*[[Evangelical Church, Zemun]], built in 1920s, Evangelical

==Synagogues==
*[[Belgrade Synagogue|The Sukkat Shalom Belgrade Synagogue]]
*[[Zemun Synagogue]], built in early 20th century, sold to a restaurant owner during [[Slobodan Milošević]]'s rule; in 2020, ownership was returned to the Jewish community of Zemun<ref>{{Cite web |last= |date=2020-12-02 |title=Serbia: After years of legal wrangling, the synagogue in Zemun, an outlying district of Belgrade, is returned to Jewish community ownership |url=https://jewish-heritage-europe.eu/2020/12/02/serbia-zemun-synagogue-returned-to-jewish-community/ |access-date=2024-09-20 |website=Jewish Heritage Europe |language=en-US}}</ref>

==See also==
*[[Architecture of Serbia]]

==References==
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