Đurđevi Stupovi Orthodox monastery, near Novi Pazar

Bajrakli Mosque in Belgrade

Synagogue in Belgrade

Catholic Cathedral in Bačka Topola

Uniate Church in Đurđevo

Protestant Theological College in Novi Sad

Serbia is a multireligious country. Dominant religion is Orthodox Christianity (notably the Serbian Orthodox Church), but there are also numerous adherents of Islam (living mostly in Kosovo, Sandžak and Preševo Valley), and Catholic Christianity (living mostly in northern part of Vojvodina), as well as adherents of other religious groups such are Protestant Christians, Jews, and others. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (1598x1202, 583 KB)Taken by NeroN_BG in Nov. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (1598x1202, 583 KB)Taken by NeroN_BG in Nov. ... Djurdjevi Stupovi, Nemanjic dynasty ĐurÄ‘evi Stupovi is a 12th-century Eastern Orthodox church located in the vicinity of todays city of Novi Pazar, in the Sandžak region of Serbia. ... Novi Pazar (Нови Пазар) is a city and municipality located in the RaÅ¡ka District of Serbia, Serbia and Montenegro, at 43. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (1728x2304, 643 KB) Summary Picture taken by Bonzo. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (1728x2304, 643 KB) Summary Picture taken by Bonzo. ... Belgrades Bajrakli Mosque The Bajrakli Mosque (also spelled Bayrakli) is a mosque in Belgrade. ... Belgrade (Serbian: Београд or Beograd  ) is the capital and largest city of Serbia. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Sinagoga. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Sinagoga. ... Belgrade (Serbian: Београд or Beograd  ) is the capital and largest city of Serbia. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (480x640, 59 KB) Summary Bácstopolya/Backa Topola Vojvodina /Serbia Main street and the Cathedral Licensing File links The following pages link to this file: Bačka Topola Metadata This file contains additional information, probably added from the digital camera or... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (480x640, 59 KB) Summary Bácstopolya/Backa Topola Vojvodina /Serbia Main street and the Cathedral Licensing File links The following pages link to this file: Bačka Topola Metadata This file contains additional information, probably added from the digital camera or... Cathedral and main street in Bačka Topola Bačka Topola (Serbian Cyrillic: Бачка Топола, Hungarian: Topolya) is a town and municipality in the North Bačka District of Vojvodina, Serbia and Montenegro. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Sajkasgy1. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Sajkasgy1. ... Main street and the Uniate Church map of the Žabalj municipality and Å ajkaÅ¡ka region, showing the location of ĐurÄ‘evo ĐurÄ‘evo (Serbian Cyrillic: Ђурђево, Rusyn: Дюрдьов) is a village located in the Žabalj municipality, in the South Bačka District of Serbia. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Novisadtheologicalcollege. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Novisadtheologicalcollege. ... Novi Sad Theological College (NSTC) (Serbian: TeoloÅ¡ki fakultet - Novi Sad) is a Serbian language theological educational institution in Novi Sad, Serbia and Montenegro. ... City motto: Град по мери грађана (English: City of the citizens) nickname: Serbian Athens Location in Serbia General Information Mayor Maja Gojković (SRS) (since 2004) Land area 129. ... Orthodox Christianity is a generalized reference to the Eastern traditions of Christianity, as opposed to the Western traditions (which descend through, or alongside of, the Roman Catholic Church) or the Eastern Rite Catholic churches. ... Flag of the Serbian Orthodox Church The Serbian Orthodox Church (SOC) (Serbian: Српска Православна Црква / Srpska Pravoslavna Crkva; СПЦ / SPC) or the Church of Serbia is one of the autocephalous Orthodox Christian churches, ranking sixth after Constantinople, Alexandria, Antioch, Jerusalem, and Russia. ... For other uses, including people named Islam, see Islam (disambiguation). ... For other uses of the name Kosovo, see Kosovo (disambiguation). ... Map of Sandžak within Serbia and Montenegro Sandžak (Санџак) is a geographical region in central Balkans. ... The PreÅ¡evo Valley is a geographical region in the far south of Serbia and Montenegro, in Serbias Pčinja District, at the eastern border crossing with the Republic of Macedonia, now commonly used to avoid entrance into Kosovo. ... The Roman Catholic Church is the largest religious denomination of Christianity with over one billion members. ... Republic of Serbia   â€“Vojvodina   â€“Kosovo (UN admin. ... Protestantism is a general grouping of denominations within Christianity. ...

2002 census

According to the last census in 2002, the most numerous religious groups in Serbia (excluding territory of Kosovo) were:

• Orthodox Christians = 6,371,584
• Catholic Christians = 410,976
• Muslims = 239,658
• Protestant Christians = 80,837
• Jews = 785
• Adherents of Oriental Cults = 530

Eastern Orthodoxy (also called Greek Orthodoxy and Russian Orthodoxy) is a Christian tradition which represents the majority of Eastern Christianity. ... The Roman Catholic Church or Catholic Church (see Terminology below) is the Christian Church in full communion with the Bishop of Rome, currently Pope Benedict XVI. It traces its origins to the original Christian community founded by Jesus, with its traditions first established by the Twelve Apostles and maintained through... A Muslim is a believer in or follower of Islam. ... Protestantism is a general grouping of denominations within Christianity. ... Major world religions have been distinguished from minor religions using a variety of methods, though any such division naturally reflects a particular bias, since many adherent of a religion are likely to consider their own faith major. Two methods are mentioned in this article, number of adherents and the definitions...

Orthodox Christianity

Most of the citizens of Serbia are adherents of the Serbian Orthodox Church, while the Romanian Orthodox Church is also present in parts of Vojvodina inhabited by ethnic Romanian minority. Besides Serbs, the ethnic groups of Serbia whose members are mostly adherents of Orthodox Christianity are: Montenegrins, Romanians, Yugoslavs, Roma, Macedonians, Ukrainians, Bulgarians, Russians, Greeks, Vlachs, etc. Motto: none Anthem: Bože pravde (English: God of Justice) Capital Belgrade Largest city Belgrade Official language(s) Serbian1 Government Republic  - President Boris Tadić  - Prime Minister Vojislav KoÅ¡tunica Formation and independence    - Formation of Serbia 814   - Formation of the Serbian Empire 1345   - Independence from the Ottoman Empire July 13, 1878... Flag of the Serbian Orthodox Church The Serbian Orthodox Church (SOC) (Serbian: Српска Православна Црква / Srpska Pravoslavna Crkva; СПЦ / SPC) or the Church of Serbia is one of the autocephalous Orthodox Christian churches, ranking sixth after Constantinople, Alexandria, Antioch, Jerusalem, and Russia. ... The Romanian Orthodox Church (Biserica Ortodoxă Română in Romanian) is one of the autocephalous Eastern Orthodox churches. ... Serbs (Serbian: Срби, Srbi) are a South Slavic people who live mainly in Serbia, Montenegro, Bosnia-Herzegovina, and, to a lesser extent, in Croatia. ... Montenegrins (Serbian and Montenegrin: Црногорци / Crnogorci) are a South Slavic people who are primarily associated with the Republic of Montenegro. ... Yugoslav was an ethnic designation used by some people in former Yugoslavia, which continues to be used in some of its successor countries. ... This article is becoming very long. ... Vlach folk dance from Timočka Krajina Vlachs (Vlach/Romanian: Vlahi, Serbian: Власи or Vlasi) are an ethnic group of Serbia, culturally and lingustically cognate to Romanians. ...

The identity of ethnic Serbs was historically largely based on Orthodox Christianity and on the Serbian Orthodox Church, to the extent that some Serb nationalists claimed that those who are not its faithful are not Serbs. However, the conversion of the south Slavs from paganism to Christianity took place before the Great Schism, the split between the Greek East and the Catholic West. After the Schism, those who lived under the Orthodox sphere of influence became Orthodox and those who lived under the Catholic sphere of influence became Catholic. Some ethnologists consider that the distinct Serb and Croat identities relate to religion rather than ethnicity. With the arrival of the Ottoman Empire, some Serbs and Croats converted to Islam. This was particularly, but not wholly, so in Bosnia. The best known Catholic Serb is Ivo Andrić and the best known Muslim Serb is probably either Mehmed Paša Sokolović or Meša Selimović. Flag of the Serbian Orthodox Church The Serbian Orthodox Church (SOC) (Serbian: Српска Православна Црква / Srpska Pravoslavna Crkva; СПЦ / SPC) or the Church of Serbia is one of the autocephalous Orthodox Christian churches, ranking sixth after Constantinople, Alexandria, Antioch, Jerusalem, and Russia. ... The term Great Schism refers to either of two splits in the history of Christianity: Most commonly, it refers to the great East-West Schism, the event that separated Eastern Orthodoxy and Western Roman Catholicism in the eleventh century (1054). ... Imperial motto (Ottoman Turkish) دولت ابد مدت Devlet-i Ebed-müddet (The Eternal State) The Ottoman Empire at the height of its power (1683) Official language Ottoman Turkish Capital Söğüt (1299-1326), Bursa (1326-1365), Edirne (1365-1453), Constantinople (modern-day Istanbul) (1453-1922) Imperial anthem Ottoman imperial anthem Sovereigns Padishah... Serbs (Serbian: Срби, Srbi) are a South Slavic people who live mainly in Serbia, Montenegro, Bosnia-Herzegovina, and, to a lesser extent, in Croatia. ... Croats (Croatian: Hrvati) are a South Slavic people mostly living in Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina and nearby countries. ... For other uses, including people named Islam, see Islam (disambiguation). ... The Province of Bosnia was a key Ottoman province, the westernmost one, based on the territory of the present day state of Bosnia and Herzegovina. ... Portrait of Ivo Andrić by Kosta Hakman Ivo Andrić (Serbian Cyrillic: Иво Андрић; October 9, 1892–March 13, 1975) was a novelist, short story writer, and the 1961 winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature. ... This article is in need of attention from an expert on the subject. ... Mehmed MeÅ¡a Selimović was a Bosnian and Serbian writer born in a Bosniak or Bosnian Moslem family (which is controversy)1. ...

Islam

Islam is dominant religion in Kosovo and Sandžak, while ethnic groups whose members are mostly adherents of Islam are: Albanians, Bosniaks, Muslims by nationality, Gorani, Arabs, Ashkali, and Egyptians. A smaller number of ethnic Roma are also adherents of Islam. For other uses of the name Kosovo, see Kosovo (disambiguation). ... Map of Sandžak within Serbia and Montenegro Sandžak (Санџак) is a geographical region in central Balkans. ... The Bosniaks (Bosnian: BoÅ¡njaci, IPA: ) are a South Slav people living mainly in Bosnia and Herzegovina and the Sandžak region of Serbia and Montenegro, with a smaller autochthonous population also present in Kosovo. ... Muslims by nationality was a term used in Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia to describe people who spoke Serbo-Croatian language and professed Islam that werent identified as one of the other nations. ... Gorani or Gorançe or Goranska are a Slavic ethnic group living in Gora region, just south of Prizren in the territory of Kosovo, Serbia and Montenegro, north-western Macedonia in the Å ar-planina region near Tetovo, as well as in north-eastern Albania, most notably in the village os... The Arabs (Arabic: عرب ) are an ethnic group found throughout the Middle East and North Africa. ... Ashkali (also Aschkali and Hashkali) are Albanian language speaking ethnic minority of Kosovo. ... This article is becoming very long. ...

Catholic Christianity

Catholic christianity is present mostly in the northern part of Vojvodina, notably in the municipalities with Hungarian ethnic majority and in the multiethnic municipality of Subotica. The ethnic groups whose members are mostly adherents of the Catholic Christianity are: Hungarians, Croats, Bunjevci, Germans, Slovenians, Czechs, Šokci, Poles, etc. A smaller part of Roma, Yugoslavs, and Slovaks are also adherents of the Catholic Christianity. The ethnic Rusyns and a smaller part of the ethnic Ukrainians are adherents of the Eastern Catholic (Uniate) Church. Republic of Serbia   â€“Vojvodina   â€“Kosovo (UN admin. ... Subotica city hall Subotica (Serbian: Суботица or Subotica, Hungarian: Szabadka, Croatian: Subotica, German: Maria-Theresiopel or Theresiopel, Slovak: Subotica, Rusin: Суботица, Romanian: Subotica or Subotita) is a city and municipality in northern Serbia and Montenegro, in the North Bačka District of Vojvodina, Serbia. ... Croats (Croatian: Hrvati) are a South Slavic people mostly living in Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina and nearby countries. ... Bunjevci (Bunjevac, Serbian and Croatian: Bunjevci/Буњевци, singular Bunjevac/Буњевац, pronounced as Bunyevtzi and Bunyevatz, also in Hungarian: bunyevácok) are a South Slavic ethnic group originally from the Dinaric Alps region, now mostly living in the Bačka region situated in northern Serbia (Vojvodina province) and southern Hungary (B... Å okci (Croatian & Serbian Latin: Å okci, singular Å okac, Serbian Cyrillic: Шокци, singular Шокац, pronounced as Shoktzi and Shokatz, also in Hungarian: Sokácok) are a South Slavic ethnic group living in various settlements along the Danube and Sava rivers in the historic regions of Slavonia, Baranja, Syrmia and western Bačka. ... This article is becoming very long. ... Yugoslav was an ethnic designation used by some people in former Yugoslavia, which continues to be used in some of its successor countries. ... Pannonian Rusyns or simply Rusyns (Ruthenians) is the name of a Slavic minority in Serbia and Croatia. ... The domes of an Ukrainian Catholic parish in Simpson, Pennsylvania This article refers to Eastern Churches in full communion with the See of Rome. ... The term Eastern Rites may refer to the liturgical rites used by many ancient Christian Churches of Eastern Europe and the Middle East that, while being part of the Roman Catholic Church, are distinct from the Latin Rite or Western Church. ...

Protestant Christianity

The largest concentration of the Protestant Christians in Serbia is in the municipality of Bački Petrovac, where the majority of the population are ethnic Slovaks, most of them adherents of Protestant Christianity. Some members of other ethnic groups (especially Hungarians and Germans in proportional terms and Serbs in absolute terms) are also adherents of various forms of Protestant Christianity. Location in Serbia [[Image:|150px|center|Map of Serbia highlighting the settlement location]] General Information Mayor Ph. ... Serbs (Serbian: Срби, Srbi) are a South Slavic people who live mainly in Serbia, Montenegro, Bosnia-Herzegovina, and, to a lesser extent, in Croatia. ...

Judaism

As at 2002, there were 785 Jews in Serbia, most living in Belgrade, Subotica and Pančevo. For album titles with the same name, see 2002 (album). ... Motto: none Anthem: Bože pravde (English: God of Justice) Capital Belgrade Largest city Belgrade Official language(s) Serbian1 Government Republic  - President Boris Tadić  - Prime Minister Vojislav KoÅ¡tunica Formation and independence    - Formation of Serbia 814   - Formation of the Serbian Empire 1345   - Independence from the Ottoman Empire July 13, 1878... Belgrade (Serbian: Београд or Beograd  ) is the capital and largest city of Serbia. ... Subotica city hall Subotica (Serbian: Суботица or Subotica, Hungarian: Szabadka, Croatian: Subotica, German: Maria-Theresiopel or Theresiopel, Slovak: Subotica, Rusin: Суботица, Romanian: Subotica or Subotita) is a city and municipality in northern Serbia and Montenegro, in the North Bačka District of Vojvodina, Serbia. ... Location in Serbia General Information Mayor or municipality president SrÄ‘an Miković Land area 230 km² Population (2002 census) 76,110 (126,069 municipality) Population density (2002) 216/km² Coordinates [1] Area code +381 13 Subdivisions 10 settlements in the municipality License plate code PA Time zone UTC+1 Website...

• See main article: Jews in Serbia.

Jews first arrived in what is now the Republic of Serbia in Roman times. ...

See also

• Religion in Vojvodina
• List of Serb Orthodox monasteries