The Serbian Orthodox Church is one of the autocephalous churches within the worldwide Eastern Orthodox Church. It became independent in 1219, when Saint Sava received autocephaly from the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople and was consecrated as the first Archbishop of Serbia. This independence allowed the Church in Serbia to govern its own spiritual and administrative life while remaining in full communion with the other Orthodox churches. Throughout centuries of political change, including periods of Ottoman and foreign rule, the Serbian Orthodox Church preserved the faith, traditions, and cultural identity of the Serbian people. Today it continues its mission through dioceses in Serbia and throughout the world.
Our church is a local parish of the Serbian Orthodox Patriarchate under the omophorion of His Grace,
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“The Serbian Church is the mother of the Serbian people; as long as she exists, the people will exist as well.”
-Saint Nikolaj Velimirović