Saint Spyridon Church, Trieste

Saint Spyridon Church, Trieste
Црква светог Спиридона Crkva svetog Spiridona Chiesa di San Spiridione
Location	Trieste
Country	Italy
Denomination	Serbian Orthodox
History
Dedication	Saint Spyridon
Architecture
Architect(s)	Carlo Maciachini
Administration
Archdiocese	Diocese of Central Europe

Saint Spyridon Church is a Serbian Orthodox church in Trieste, Italy.

History

The Orthodox community in Trieste dates back to 1751 when Empress Maria Theresa allowed free practice of religion for Orthodox Christians, this prompted immigration of Serbian traders from Herceg Novi, Trebinje and Sarajevo to Trieste. In 1781, the community split into two. The first was Greek community and second, from which there is today's Serbian parish, was the community which embraced the Orthodox South Slavic nations. From 1994 up to administrative changes within the dioceses of the Serbian Orthodox Church, the parish in Trieste fell within the Metropolitanate of Zagreb and Ljubljana. Today it is part of the jurisdiction of the Diocese of Central Europe.

Emilio Bisi produced sculptures for the facade.

Gallery

• Altar of the Saint Spyridon Church.JPG

  Altar of the Saint Spyridon church

• Dome of the Saint Spyridon Church.JPG

  Dome of the church

• Kirche der Dreifaltigkeit und des Hl. Spyridon (Triest) von oben.JPG

  The church with its distinctive domes

• Transept of Saint Spyridon Serbian Orthodox church (Trieste).jpg

  Celiing of southern Transept

See also

• Triestine Serbs
• Serbs in Italy