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Churches
There are three main Serb Orthodox Christian places of worship in Sarajevo: the Old Orthodox Church (Serbian: Стара православна црква or Stara pravoslavna crkva), dating back to the 16th century,citation needed the Cathedral Church (Саборна црква or Saborna crkva), which was erected in the 1860s, and the Church of Sveto Preobraženje in Novo Sarajevo.
Prominent individuals
Notable Serbs who were born in or lived in Sarajevo include:
- Boris Tadić, the current President of Serbia
- Emir Kusturica, moviemaker
- Nele Karajlić, musician
- Zdravko Čolić, musician
- Duško Trifunović, writer
- Ognjen Koroman, football player
- Vojislav Šešelj, politician
- Predrag Danilović, basketball player
- Vladimir "Valter" Perić, Second World War resistance leader
- Mladen Savovich, structural engineer
- Neda Ukraden, musician
- Sima Milutinović Sarajlija
Demographic history
The Serb population of the district of Sarajevo, according to the 1921 Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes religious population census, amounted to 56.3%. In 1921 there were 8 municipalities Serbs comprised a majority in 5 municipalities: Ilidža, Koševo, Pale, Rajlovac, and Trnovo. The same year the City of Sarajevo had 78,173 inhabitants, of whom 18,630 (23.8%) were Serbian Orthodox Christians.
In 1991, there were 157,526 Serbs in Sarajevo and they made up about a third of the city's population. Their current proportion in the city's population is estimated at 5-12%, although no census has been conducted since the War in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Gallery
See also
External links
- Prosvjeta - Serb Cultural Society
- Serb Orthodox Mitropolitanate of Dabro-Bosnia
- Official site of the Old Orthodox Church
