Izvori finansiranja Srpske pravoslavne crkve u Bosni i Hercegovini (1945-1962) s posebnim osvrtom na direktnu državnu pomoć
Sources of financing of the Serb Orthodox church in Bosnia and Herzegovina (1945-1962) with a particular review on the direct state help

Summary/Abstract: The main sources of financing of the Serb Orthodox church in Bosnia and Herzegovina after the Second World War were: church estates, church buildings, monastery and other estates, tax incomes on church rituals – baptizing of children, weddings, funerals, house blessings, the cutting of the Slava(lit. celebration) cake, water blessing, almsgiving, alms for the mending and building of churches etc. Apart from the mentioned things, the Serb Orthodox church received income from selling and distribution of candles, incense, crosses, icons, leaves, books, brochures, calendars etc. One part of the income stemmed from the help of church organizations from abroad. Generally looking, the Serb Orthodox church did not solve the problem of the financial independence from the external source of financing after the war. The Government paid subsidy to the Serb Orthodox church, partly in the form of social insurance for priests and help for the priest associations and partly trough direct state grants. The church accepted it as a partial compensation for the expatriated property after 1945. The competent authorities for decisions about the financial help for the religious communities were the Federal executive council and the Republic executive councils. The state help depended on the good will of the ruling structures and was conditioned by loyal behaviour of church representatives towards the state. It had to be discussed every year which often brought the church into a subordinate position. One of the aims of the state policy towards the Serb Orthodox church was to weaken its traditional sources of income and bringit into the position of economic dependence from the state. The state kept the right to decide whether and in what scope it would materially help the Serb Orthodox church.

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