St. Spyridon Church, Peroj

The Saint Spyridon Church (Italian: San Spiridione) is a Serbian Orthodox church in Peroj, Istria, Croatia.[1] The permission to build an Eastern Orthodox church in Peroj was granted by the Republic of Venice in 1788, 130 years after the initial settlement of the local Orthodox community.[2] The church in its current form was completed in 1834.[3]

Saint Spyridon Church, Peroj
Hram svetoga Spiridona
Храм светог Спиридона
Saint Spyridon Church, Peroj
LocationPeroj
CountryCroatia
DenominationSerbian Orthodox
History
DedicationSaint Spyridon
Architecture
Years built1788

See also

References
  1. "Istrapedia-Crnogorska pravoslavna zajednica u Peroju". Retrieved 2013-03-30.
  2. "Sveti Spiridon". Retrieved 2 June 2020.
  3. "Pravoslavni otok u 'katoličkom moru'". Al Jazeera Balkans. 26 August 2017. Retrieved 2 June 2020.
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