AGRARIAN REFORM AND THE CONFISCATION OF THE PROPERTY OF THE SERBIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH IN THE AREA OF THE EPARCHY OF PAKRAC, 1945-1948 Cover Image

Agrarna reforma i oduzimanje imovine Srpskoj pravoslavnoj crkvi na području Pakračke eparhije 1945.–1948. godine
AGRARIAN REFORM AND THE CONFISCATION OF THE PROPERTY OF THE SERBIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH IN THE AREA OF THE EPARCHY OF PAKRAC, 1945-1948

Author(s): Tomislav Car
Subject(s): History
Published by: Hrvatski institut za povijest
Keywords: Serbian Orthodox Church; the eparchy of Pakrac; Serbian Orthodox Church districts; parishes; agrarian reform; communist authorities; The Commission for relations with religious associations for the presidium of the government of the People’s Republic of C

Summary/Abstract: On the basis of original archival sources, the author of this article presents and analyzes the confiscation of property belonging to the Serbian Orthodox Church in the region of the eparchy of Pakrac, during the period 1945 to 1948, as well as the attitude of the clergy to this issue. Data concerning the confiscation of land based on the Zakon o agrarnoj reformi (Law concerning agrarian reform) is presented for each individual parish, church district, and monastery. All the data is compiled into tables, which enables a synthesized overview of the confiscated land for every single organizational unit of the Serbian Orthodox Church. Similarly, the author presents information concerning the unlawful confiscation of property, as well as the manner in which these problems were solved.

  • Issue Year: 43/2011
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 521-550
  • Page Count: 30
  • Language: Croatian