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https://doi.org/10.22586/csp.v56i2.30106
The Faculty of Eastern Orthodox Theology at the University of Zagreb: Initiatives, Establishment, Abolition
Velimir Veselinović
; Središnji ured za arhivsku građu Sveučilišta u Zagrebu, Zagreb, Hrvatska
Sažetak
In the article, the author deals with the Faculty of Eastern Orthodox Theology on the basis of archival material stored in the Rectorate of the University of Zagreb, the Notes of the sessions of the Croatian Parliament and relevant literature. The Faculty of Eastern Orthodox Theology was the sixth faculty established in the history of the University of Zagreb. Initiatives for its establishment, operation and position in the University, as well as its abolition, are presented. For the first time in historiography, a list of its full-time students and those who completed their studies is included. At the initiative of Josip Juraj Strossmayer, in 1861 the Croatian Parliament adopted the legal basis for the University of Zagreb. Even then, at the parliamentary session, it was proposed to establish a faculty of Eastern Orthodox theology within the university, where Serbs from the Habsburg Monarchy would study primarily. The opinion of the Serbian episcopate in Srijemski Karlovci was also sought on this issue, but it did not give an answer. The idea was repeated in the Croatian Parliament in 1873 on the eve of the opening of the modern university in Zagreb. The leadership of the Karlovci Metropolis replied that this issue cuts into autonomy, and that it could only be decided by the Serbian Church-People's Assembly, before which it had never appeared. The idea also appeared later in the Croatian Parliament as well as in social life. The Faculty of Eastern Orthodox Theology was founded in 1920 and Serbs and Russian refugees studied there. The number of students was small. Eight students received course complete certificates signed by the dean and the rector. During the four years of operation, four professors and one substitute worked at the Faculty. The faculty was in a bad financial position, and its existence was threatened by resistance in Belgrade, Srijemski Karlovci and the Serbian Orthodox Church, which subsided after its abolition in 1924. This act ended the study of Orthodox theology in Zagreb and Croatia, and the last attempt from 1942 did not come to fruition.
Ključne riječi
Faculty of Eastern Orthodox Theology; study of theology; University of Zagreb; history of university; Croatian-Serbian relations
Hrčak ID:
326064
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Datum izdavanja:
31.12.2024.
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