EIGHT CENTURIES OF ART UNDER THE AUSPICES OF THE SERBIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH 1219–2019
EIGHT CENTURIES OF ART UNDER THE AUSPICES OF THE SERBIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH 1219–2019

Summary/Abstract: In its current form, the Museum of the Serbian Orthodox Church in Belgrade was officially founded by decision of the Bishops’ Council of the Serbian Orthodox Church on July 9, 1927. Until 1946, the Museum was located in the Palace of Princess Ljubica, later moving to the northern wing of the Serbian Patriarchate building, where it remains to this day. The Museum’s holdings, comprising nearly 12,000 items, are grouped into various subcollections: manuscripts – from the Museum’s original collection, the estate of Radoslav Grujić and the Patriarchate of Peć; old printed books; icons; portraits; church textiles and embroidery; metal artifacts; archival documents; board-mounted items; stereotypes; wood carvings; periodicals and press clippings; and a subcollection labeled ‘miscellaneous’. On occasion of the 800th anniversary of the Serbian Orthodox Church’s autocephalous status, the Museum housed an exhibition entitled “Eight Centuries of Art under the Auspices of the Serbian Orthodox Church, 1219–2019”, from October 9 to December 9, 2019.

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