Church of St. George, Kneževo

Church in Kneževo, Croatia

45°48′33″N 18°39′29″E / 45.80917°N 18.65806°E / 45.80917; 18.65806LocationKneževoCountryCroatiaDenominationSerbian OrthodoxHistoryDedicationSt. GeorgeArchitectureStyleBaroque and ClassicismAdministrationArchdioceseEparchy of Osječko polje and Baranja

The Church of St. George (Croatian: Crkva svetog Đorđa,Serbian Cyrillic: Црква светог Ђорђа) in Kneževo is Serbian Orthodox church in eastern Croatia. Church was built by the decision of the King of Yugoslavia Alexander I of Yugoslavia in 1929 as a part of the royal summer residence.^[1]^[2] There are two thrones, one for king and another one for queen, made of walnut wood which are part of interior of the church building.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b Sekulić, Srđan (July 2013). Православни храмови источне Славоније, Барање и западног Срема /2/ (PDF). Извор, Joint Council of Municipalities (in Serbian). VII (70). Vukovar. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-12-08. Retrieved 2013-08-09.
^ "Zadužbina kralja Aleksandara Karađorđevića u Kneževu". Srbi.hr, Joint Council of Municipalities. 3 December 2019. Retrieved 8 September 2021.

Serbian Orthodox church buildings

Serbia

Belgrade	Church of Saint Sava St. Michael's Cathedral St. George, Banovo Brdo Ružica St. Mark's Church St. Basil of Ostrog Church of the Ascension Rakovica Monastery Chapel of Saint Petka Holy Apostles Peter and Paul St. Alexander Nevsky Holy Virgin (Zemun)
Vojvodina	St. Nicholas (Bačinci) St. George (Banoštor) St. George (Bečej) St. Peter and Paul (Berkasovo) St. Nicholas (Erdevik) St. Elijah (Ilinci) Saint George's Cathedral (Novi Sad) St. Nicholas (Sivac) St. George (Sombor) Epiphany of the Lord (Srbobran) Nativity of the Theotokos (Sremska Kamenica) Sremski Karlovci Orthodox Cathedral (Sremski Karlovci) St. Nicholas (Šid) Dormition of the Theotokos (Titel) Transfer of the relics of the Holy Father Nicholas (Turija) Assumption (Zrenjanin)
Central Serbia	St. Achillius (Arilje) Kađenica (Dljin) Holy Ascension (Krupanj) Lazarica (Kruševac) Odžaklija (Leskovac) Cave Church (Lukovo) St. George (Lukovo) Štava Church (Lukovska Banja) Holy Trinity Cathedral (Niš) Apostles Peter and Paul (Stari Ras) Oplenac (Topola) St. Mark (Užice)
Kosovo* (status)	Nativity of the Theotokos (Obilić) Christ the Saviour (Pristina) Our Lady of Ljeviš (Prizren) St. Elijah (Podujevo) Saint George (Prizren) St. Nicholas (Prizren) Virgin Hodegetria (Mušutište)

Montenegro

Bosnia and
Herzegovina

Republika Srpska	Banja Luka Cathedral (Banja Luka) St. Nikola (Dobrelji) St. Nicholas (Dobrljin) St. Nicholas (Javorani) St. Nicholas (Rijeka) St. Nicholas (Romanovci) St. George (Sopotnica) St. Nicholas (Srđevići) St. Archangel Michael (Veličani)
Federation B&H	Holy Trinity (Mostar) Holy Archangels Michael and Gabriel (Sarajevo) Holy Transfiguration (Sarajevo) Nativity of the Theotokos (Sarajevo)

Croatia

Holy Venerable Mother Parascheva (Banovci)
Transfer of the relics of the Holy Father Nicholas (Bijelo Brdo)
St. George (Bobota)
St. Peter and Paul (Bolman)
St. Stephen (Borovo)
Ascension of the Lord (Cetina)
Presentation of Mary (Čakovci)
Dalj Cathedral (Dalj)
Saint Archangel Michael (Darda)
Nativity of the Theotokos (Drežnica)
Holy Annunciation (Dubrovnik)
Nativity of the Theotokos (Gaboš)
St. George (Grubišno Polje)
St. Michael the Archangel (Ilok)
St. Nicholas (Jagodnjak)
St. Stefan Štiljanović (Karanac)
St. Nicholas (Karlovac)
St. George (Kneževo)
Intercession of the Holy Virgin (Knin)
Pentecost (Markušica)
St. Nicholas (Mikluševci)
St. Nicholas (Mirkovci)
St. Panteleimon (Mirkovci)
Transfiguration of the Lord (Mohovo)
Dormition of the Theotokos (Negoslavci)
St. Elijah (Novi Jankovci)
St. George (Opatovac)
St. Peter and Paul (Orolik)
Dormition of the Mother of God (Osijek)
Nativity of Saint John the Baptist (Ostrovo)
St. Nicholas (Pačetin)
St. Spyridon (Peroj)
Presentation of Mary (Popovac)
St. Nicholas (Rijeka)
Saint Parascheva (Slabinja)
Nativity of the Theotokos (Srijemske Laze)
Transfiguration of the Lord (Šarengrad)
Holy Apostles Peter and Paul (Štikada)
Church of St. Peter and Paul, Tepljuh (Tepljuh)
St. George (Tovarnik)
Transfiguration of the Lord (Trpinja)
St. George (Varaždin)
Pentecost (Vinkovci)
St. Nicholas (Vrlika)
St. Nicholas (Vukovar)
Serbian Orthodox Cathedral (Zagreb)

Hungary

United Kingdom

United States

Sts. Constantine and Helen Serbian Orthodox Church, Galveston
Trinity Chapel Complex, Manhattan
Saint Sava Church, Jackson, California
Saint Sava Church, Merrillville, Indiana
Saint Sava Cathedral, Milwaukee

Canada

Saint Nicholas Cathedral, Hamilton
Saint Sava Church, Toronto
All Serbian Saints Church, Mississauga
Saint Arsenije Sremac Church, Whitby
Saint Michael the Archangel Church, Toronto

Other
countries

Sts. Cyril and Methodius Church, Slovenia
Serbian Church in Arad, Romania
Serbian Orthodox Cathedral, Timișoara, Romania
St. Nicholas Serbian Church, Timișoara, Romania
St. George Serbian Church, Timișoara, Romania
St. Sava Church, Paris, France
Saint Spyridon Church, Trieste, Italy
Saint Sava Serbian Orthodox Church, Stockholm, Sweden
Church of the Dormition of the Theotokos, Komárno, Slovakia (in care of OCLS)

Notes

* indicate churches in Kosovo, which is the subject of a territorial dispute between Serbia and Kosovo.

Serbian Orthodox Church in Croatia

Eparchies

Metropolitanate of Zagreb and Ljubljana
Eparchy of Dalmatia
Eparchy of Gornji Karlovac
Eparchy of Osječko polje and Baranja
Eparchy of Slavonia
Eparchy of Srem (partly in Croatia)
Eparchy of Zahumlje and Herzegovina (partly in Croatia)

Churches

Eastern Croatia	Church of the Holy Venerable Mother Parascheva Church of the Transfiguration of the Lord, Trpinja Church of St. Nicholas, Vukovar Church of Pentecost, Vinkovci Church of St. George, Kneževo Church of the Dormition of the Theotokos, Negoslavci Church of Pentecost, Markušica Church of St. George, Bobota Church of St. Stephen, Borovo Church of the Nativity of the Theotokos, Srijemske Laze Church of St. Peter and Paul, Bolman Church of St. Stefan Štiljanović, Karanac Church of St. Nicholas, Mirkovci Church of St. Panteleimon, Mirkovci Church of St. Nicholas, Mikluševci Church of the Nativity of the Theotokos, Gaboš Church of St. Nicholas, Jagodnjak Church of St. Demetrius, Dalj Church of St. Nicholas, Pačetin Church of St. George, Tovarnik Church of St. Elijah, Novi Jankovci Church of St. Peter and Paul, Orolik Church of the Presentation of Mary, Čakovci Church of the Nativity of Saint John the Baptist, Ostrovo Church of the Saint Archangel Michael, Darda Church of the Dormition of the Mother of God, Osijek Church of the Presentation of Mary, Popovac Church of St. George, Opatovac Church of the Transfiguration of the Lord, Šarengrad Church of the Transfiguration of the Lord, Mohovo Church of St. Michael the Archangel, Ilok Church of the Transfer of the relics of the Holy Father Nicholas, Bijelo Brdo
Central Croatia	Serbian Orthodox Cathedral, Zagreb Church of St. George, Grubišno Polje Church of St. Nicholas, Karlovac Church of Saint Parascheva, Slabinja Church of the Nativity of the Theotokos, Drežnica Church of the Holy Apostles Peter and Paul, Štikada Church of St. George, Varaždin
Dalmatia North Adriatic	Church of the Holy Annunciation, Dubrovnik Orthodox Church in Knin Church of St. Peter and Paul, Tepljuh St. Spyridon Church, Peroj Church of St. Nicholas, Rijeka Church of St. Nicholas, Vrlika Orthodox church of Holy Salvation, Cetina

Monasteries

Education

Kantakuzina Katarina Branković Serbian Orthodox Secondary School (Zagreb)
Seminary of Three Holy Hierarchs (Krka monastery)

Other

v t e Popovac Municipality
Settlements	Popovac (seat) Branjina Kneževo
Attractions	Church of the Presentation of Mary, Popovac Church of St. George, Kneževo
Traffic routes	D7 road

Serbs of Croatia

Cultural identity

National
coordination

Serb National Council

Regional
coordination

Joint Council of Municipalities

NGOs

Media

Novosti magazine
Radio Borovo
Radio Television of Serbia
Tragovi: Journal for Serbian and Croatian Topics

Education

Primary education
17 primary schools

Vukovar-Syrmia County	Ilača-Banovci Vinkovački Banovci Bobota Borovo Bršadin Dragutin Tadijanović Klisa Ludvinci Markušica Gaboš Ostrovo Nikola Tesla Negoslavci Nikola Antić Pačetin Siniša Glavašević Srijemske Laze Stari Jankovci Trpinja Vera
Osijek-Baranja County	Bijelo Brdo Bolman Dalj Dr. Franjo Tuđman Jagodnjak Tenja Uglješ

Secondary education
7 schools

Other

Cultural and Scientific Center "Milutin Milanković" (Dalj)
Prosvjeta Summer School
- Peroj (since 1996)
Prosvjeta Winter School
- Drežnica (since 1996)

Religion

Metropolitanate of Zagreb and Ljubljana
Eparchy of Osječko polje and Baranja
Eparchy of Gornji Karlovac
Eparchy of Slavonia
Eparchy of Dalmatia
Eparchy of Srem
Eparchy of Zahumlje and Herzegovina
Churches and Monasteries in Croatia (list of churches)

Political parties

Symbols

Order of Kantakuzina Katarina Branković

History

Historical organizations
and institutions

Serbian Chancellery in Dubrovnik
Croat-Serb Coalition
Serb Independent Party
Serb People's Radical Party
Serb People's Party
Dinara Division
Museum of Serbs of Croatia
Serbian Radical Party in the Republic of Serbian Krajina
Serb Party of Socialists
Party of Danube Serbs
Serb People's Party
Serb Democratic Party

Historical events

Historical documents

Varaždin Apostol (1454)
Statuta Valachorum (1608–30)
Vukovar resolution (1939)
Open Letter on the Position and Status of Serbs in Croatia (2008)

World War II

General	Genocide of Serbs Yugoslav Partisans Croatian Orthodox Church Catholic clergy involvement with the Ustaše Srb uprising
Concentration camps	Gospić concentration camp Slana concentration camp Jadovno concentration camp Jasenovac concentration camp Jastrebarsko concentration camp Sisak children's concentration camp Stara Gradiška concentration camp Kruščica concentration camp Lobor concentration camp
Massacres	Glina massacres Gudovac massacre Ivanci massacre Prebilovci massacre Veljun massacre Voćin massacre

Croatian War of Independence

Origins	Log Revolution (1990)
Military offensives	Operation Flash (May 1995) Operation Storm (August 1995)
Serbian regions	Republic of Serbian Krajina SAO Krajina SAO Western Slavonia SAO Eastern Slavonia, Baranja and Western Syrmia Krajina dinar Flag 1993–94 general election Eastern Slavonia, Baranja and Western Syrmia (1995–98) UNTAES
Serbian forces	Serbian Army of Krajina Main Staff Scorpions Serb Volunteer Guard White Eagles
Atrocities against Serbs	Paulin Dvor massacre Murder of the Zec family Požega villages killings Marino Selo camp Sisak killings Pakračka Poljana camp Banija villages killings Korana bridge killings Gospić massacre Lora prison camp Varivode massacre Dvor massacre Medari massacre Grubori massacre Golubić killings Komić killings Gošić killings Kijani killings
Atrocities by Serbian forces	Siege of Kijevo Bučje camp Baćin massacre Vukovar massacre Bruška massacre Dalj massacre Erdut killings Joševica massacre Knin camp Lovas killings Saborsko massacre Široka Kula massacre Škabrnja massacre Velepromet camp Voćin massacre Zagreb rocket attacks
Diplomacy	Vance plan (1991) Daruvar Agreement (1993) Z-4 Plan (1995) Erdut Agreement (1995)

Joint Council of Municipalities

Municipalities
and villages

Vukovar-Syrmia County	Borovo Markušica Gaboš Karadžićevo Ostrovo Podrinje Negoslavci Trpinja Bobota Bršadin Ćelije Ludvinci Pačetin Vera
Osijek-Baranja County	Erdut Aljmaš Bijelo Brdo Dalj Jagodnjak Bolman Majške Međe Novi Bolman Šodolovci Ada Koprivna Palača Paulin Dvor Petrova Slatina Silaš
Serb communities in the geographic area of work	Banovci Divoš Karanac Klisa Mlaka Antinska Novo Nevesinje Orolik Serbs of Vukovar Sokolovac Srijemske Laze Vinkovački Banovci