On 6th December 2019 Serbian Orthodox Church celebrated 800 years of autocephaly, and on 30th August 2020 will be 100th anniversary of restoration of Serbian Patriarchate.
To make things clear, territory under control/jurisdiction of Serbian Orthodox Church during the most time doesn't match with the territory of Serbian state.
This video for sure has some mistakes since there are not that much sources, or there are several different informations about some things, so they are just hypothesis (for example, there weren't given concrete years, but instead only periods). Also, there were probably some mistakes during the making of this video.
I should mention that Serbian historian from 19th century and member of historian school which speaks that Serbs and other Slavs are natives on the Balkans, Miloš Milojević, says that Serbs were Christians before 9th century, and that they already had two archbishoprics in 8th century (one in Solin, today's Split, and other in Prevala, on mountain of Šar/Šar-Planina). Although I support this theory, I can't say that this is correct, since there are maybe not that much proves. However, one prove can be seal of Serbian duke/emperor, Strojimir/Strojilo, ([ Ссылка ]), on which we can see Patriarchal cross, or Double cross, with which are mostly represented kings, emperors, archbishops, or patriarchs. For example:
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Source of this theory: [ Ссылка ] (video on Serbian language, without captions)
Anyways, Christianity was present on the Balkans since the Apostolic time (1st century), and one of the proves of it is even Bible: "...by the power of signs and wonders, through the power of the Spirit of God. So from Jerusalem all the way around to Illyricum, I have fully proclaimed the gospel of Christ." (Romans 15:19) So, if Slavs lived on the Balkans before 7th century (if Illyrians were Slavs), then some South Slavs could have been Christians since 1st century AD, and it Christianity could have been state religion before 9th century.
-"SP"- Serbian Patriarchate
-"FSOC" - Free Serbian Orthodox Church
Minor Eparchies:
1. Orthodox Church of the Czech Lands and Slovakia
2. Eparchy of Mukachevo and Prešov
3. Eparchy of Prešov
4. Metropolitanate of Belgrade and Karlovci
5. Metropolitanate of Skoplje
6. Eparchy of Strumica
7. Eparchy of Debar and Kičevo
8. Metropolitanate of Libertyville and Chicago
9. Eparchy of Frankfurt and all of Germany
10. Eparchy of Düsseldorf and Germany
Monasteries that weren't named (from north to south):
- Privina Glava [ Ссылка ]
- Banja (represented on the place of Rača)
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- Žiča [ Ссылка ]
- Studenica [ Ссылка ]
- St. Nicholas (Kuršumlija)
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- Đurđevi Stupovi (Berane)
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- St. Nicetas [ Ссылка ]
