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
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LocationPeroj
CountryCroatia
DenominationSerbian Orthodox
History
DedicationSaint Spyridon
Architecture
Years built1788

44°57′03″N 13°47′56″E / 44.950943°N 13.798753°E / 44.950943; 13.798753

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  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.