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⭐ Core Definition: Serbian Orthodox

The Serbian Orthodox Church (SOC; Serbian: Српска православна црква, СПЦ, Srpska pravoslavna crkva, SPC) is one of the autocephalous (ecclesiastically independent) Eastern Orthodox Christian churches.

The majority of the population in Serbia, Montenegro and Republika Srpska of Bosnia and Herzegovina are baptised members of the Serbian Orthodox Church. It is organized into metropolitanates and eparchies, located primarily in Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, and Croatia. Other congregations are located in the Serb diaspora. The Serbian Patriarch serves as first among equals in his church. The current patriarch is Porfirije, enthroned on 19 February 2021.

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Serbian Orthodox in the context of Gračanica monastery

The Gračanica Monastery (Serbian: Манастир Грачаница, romanizedManastir Gračanica; Albanian: Manastiri i Graçanicës) is a Serbian Orthodox monastery located in Kosovo. It was built by the Serbian king Stefan Milutin in 1321. The monastery was declared a Monument of Culture of Exceptional Importance in 1990, and on 13 July 2006 it was placed on UNESCO's World Heritage List under the name of Medieval Monuments in Kosovo as an extension of the Visoki Dečani site, which was overall placed on the List of World Heritage in Danger.

The Gračanica Monastery is one of King Milutin's last monumental endowments. The monastery is located in Gračanica, a Serbian enclave in the close vicinity of Lipjan, the old residence of bishops of Lipljan.

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Serbian Orthodox in the context of Monastery of the Holy Archangels

The Monastery of the Holy Archangels (Serbian: Манастир Светих Архангела, romanizedManastir Svetih Arhangela; Albanian: Manastiri i Arkangjelit të Shenjtë) is a Serbian Orthodox monastery located in Prizren, Kosovo. The monastery was founded by the Serbian Emperor Stefan Dušan (reigned 1331–1355) between 1343 and 1352 on the site of an earlier church, part of the Višegrad fortress complex. It was the burial church for Emperor Dušan, and represented the culmination of the Serbian ecclesiastical architectural style, that led to the birth of the Morava school style.

The complex, which ranges over 6,500 , includes two churches, the main one is dedicated to the Holy Archangels (where Dušan's tomb lied), and the second one is dedicated to St. Nicholas, both built in the Rascian architectural style. The monastery was looted and destroyed after the Ottomans arrived in 1455, and in 1615 it was razed to the ground and its material was used for the construction of the Sinan Pasha Mosque, Prizren.

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Serbian Orthodox in the context of St. Uroš Cathedral, Ferizaj

The Church of the Holy Emperor Uroš (Serbian: црква Светог Цара Уроша, romanizedcrkva Svetog Cara Uroša) is a Serbian Orthodox church located in the center of Ferizaj in Kosovo. It belongs to the Eparchy of Raška and Prizren.

The church was built between 1929 and 1933, dedicated to Serbian emperor Uroš V (r. 1355–71). Its architect was Josif Mihajlović Jurukovski from Skopje. It was built as a five-domed building with a trefoil base, and made of concrete, stone and brick mix which was later plastered. The church of the Gračanica monastery served as a model for the diverse composition of the upper part of the temple. The decoration in the dome consists of chess box with crosses, floral motifs and bricks. The main dome rests on four free pillars.

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Serbian Orthodox in the context of List of neighborhoods in Chicago

There were 178 official neighborhoods in 1993 in Chicago, although the current list contains more than 240 due to the ever changing complexities of the cities neighborhoods names and identities that evolve due to real estate development and changing culture. Chicago is also divided into 77 community areas which were drawn by University of Chicago researchers in the late 1920s to track demographics. Chicago's community areas are well-defined, generally contain multiple neighborhoods, and depending on the neighborhood, less commonly used by residents.

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Serbian Orthodox in the context of Fruška Gora

Fruška gora (Serbian Cyrillic: Фрушка гора) is a mountain in Syrmia, with most of the mountain being part of Serbia and its westernmost edge extending into eastern Croatia. The Serbian part of the mountain forms the country's oldest national park. Sometimes also referred to as the Jewel of Serbia, due to its largely pristine landscape and protection effort, or the Serbian Mount Athos, being the home of a large number of historical Serbian Orthodox monasteries.

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Serbian Orthodox in the context of Joanikije II, Metropolitan of Montenegro

Joanikije II (Serbian Cyrillic: Јоаникије, secular name Jovan Mićović, Serbian Cyrillic: Јован Мићовић; born 20 April 1959) is a Serbian Orthodox metropolitan bishop serving as the Metropolitan of Montenegro and the Littoral and the primate of the Serbian Orthodox Church in Montenegro since May 2021, previously he served as the administrator of the same diocese from October 2020, and death of his predecessor Amfilohije (Radović). Bishop Joanikije was the head of the Eparchy of Budimlja and Nikšić from 2002 until 2021 and titular bishop of Budimlja betweein 1999 and 2002.

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Serbian Orthodox in the context of Mileševa Monastery

The Mileševa Monastery (Serbian Cyrillic: Манастир Милешева, romanizedManastir Mileševa, pronounced [mîlɛʃɛʋa] or [milɛ̌ʃɛʋa]) is a Serbian Orthodox monastery located near Prijepolje, in southwest Serbia. It was founded by King Stefan Vladislav I, in the years between 1234 and 1236.

The church has frescoes by the most skillful artists of that time, including one of the most famous in Serbian culture, the "White Angel", which depicts an angel at Christ's tomb.

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