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{{Infobox ethnic group
{{Infobox ethnic group
|group = Serbs of Romania
|group = Serbs of Romania
|flag = {{flagicon|Serbia}} {{flagicon|Romania}}
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|population = '''18,076''' (2011)<ref name="insse3">{{cite web| url= http://www.recensamantromania.ro/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/sR_Tab_8.xls |title= Rezultatele finale ale Recensământului din 2011 - Tab8. Populaţia stabilă după etnie – judeţe, municipii, oraşe, comune |date= 5 July 2013 |access-date= 18 December 2013 |publisher= [[National Institute of Statistics (Romania)]] |language= ro}}</ref>
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|population = '''18,076''' (2011)<ref name="insse3">{{cite web |url= http://www.recensamantromania.ro/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/sR_Tab_8.xls |title= Rezultatele finale ale Recensământului din 2011 - Tab8. Populaţia stabilă după etnie – judeţe, municipii, oraşe, comune |date= 5 July 2013 |access-date= 18 December 2013 |publisher= [[National Institute of Statistics (Romania)]] |language= ro |archive-date= 18 January 2016 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20160118131243/http://www.recensamantromania.ro/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/sR_Tab_8.xls |url-status= dead }}</ref>
|popplace = [[Banat]]
|popplace = [[Banat]]
|langs = [[Serbian language|Serbian]] and [[Romanian language|Romanian]]
|langs = [[Serbian language|Serbian]] and [[Romanian language|Romanian]]
|rels = [[Serbian Orthodox Church]]
|rels = [[Serbian Orthodox Church]]
|related = [[Croats of Romania]]
|related = [[Bulgarians in Romania|Bulgarians of Romania]], [[Croats of Romania]], [[Macedonians of Romania]]
}}
}}
{{Serbs}}
{{Serbs}}
The '''[[Serbs]] of Romania''' ({{lang-ro|Sârbii din România}}, {{lang-sr|Срби у Румунији/Srbi u Rumuniji}}) are a recognized [[Minority group|ethnic minority]] numbering 18,076 people (0.1%) according to the 2011 census. The community is concentrated in western Romania, in the Romanian part of the [[Banat]] region (divided with [[Serbia]]), where they constitute the absolute majority in two [[Commune in Romania|communes]] and the relative majority in one other.
The '''[[Serbs]] of Romania''' ({{langx|ro|Sârbii din România}}, {{langx|sr|Срби у Румунији}}, {{lang|sr|Srbi u Rumuniji}}) are a recognized [[Minority group|ethnic minority]] numbering 18,076 people (0.1%) according to the 2011 census. The community is concentrated in western Romania, in the Romanian part of the [[Banat]] region (divided with [[Serbia]]), where they constitute the absolute majority in two [[Commune in Romania|communes]] and the relative majority in one other. The community represents the oldest Serbian community outside of Serbia.<ref>https://adevarul.ro/stiri-locale/timisoara/povestea-sarbilor-din-banat-de-la-sfantul-iosif-1511696.html</ref>


==History==
==History==
===Historical background===
===Historical background===
Slavic presence is attested in Romania since the Early Middle Ages. The [[Avar Khaganate]] was the dominant power of the [[Carpathian Basin]] between around 567 and 803.{{sfn|Engel|2001|pp=2-3}} Most historians agree that [[Early Slavs|Slavs]] and [[Bulgars]], together with the remnants of the [[Pannonian Avars|Avars]], and possibly with [[Vlachs]] (or [[Romanians]]), inhabited the [[Banat]] region after the fall of the khaganate.{{sfn|Oța|2014|p=18}} Place names of [[Slavic languages|Slavic]] origin recorded already in the Middle Ages show the early presence of a Slavic-speaking population.{{sfn|Györffy|1987b|pp=306, 470}}
Slavic presence is attested in Romania since the Early Middle Ages. The [[Avar Khaganate]] was the dominant power of the [[Carpathian Basin]] between around 567 and 803.<ref>{{cite book |last=Engel |first=Pál |author-link=Pál Engel |year=2001|title=The Realm of St Stephen: A History of Medieval Hungary, 895–1526 |publisher= I.B. Tauris Publishers |isbn=1-86064-061-3 |pages=2–3}}</ref> Most historians agree that [[Early Slavs|Slavs]] and [[Bulgars]], together with the remnants of the [[Pannonian Avars|Avars]], and possibly with [[Vlachs]], inhabited the [[Banat]] region after the fall of the khaganate.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Oța |first=Silviu |year=2014 |title=The Mortuary Archaeology of Medieval Banat |publisher=Brill |isbn= 978-90-04-21438-5|page=18}}</ref> Place names of [[Slavic languages|Slavic]] origin recorded already in the Middle Ages show the early presence of a Slavic-speaking population.<ref>{{cite book |last=Györffy |first=György |author-link=György Györffy |year=1987 |title=Az Árpád-kori Magyarország történeti földrajza, III: Heves, Hont, Hunyad, Keve, Kolozs, Komárom, Krassó, Kraszna, Küküllő megye és Kunság |trans-title=Historical Geography of Hungary of the Árpáds, Volume I: The Counties of Heves, Hont, Hunyad, Keve, Kolozs, Komárom, Krassó, Kraszna, Küküllő, and the Kunság |publisher=Akadémiai Kiadó |language=hu |isbn=963-05-3613-7 |pages=306, 470}}</ref>


===Early modern period===
===Early modern period===
From the late 14th- to the beginning of the 16th century a large number of Serbs lived in [[Wallachia]] and [[Moldavia]].{{sfn|Cerović|1997}} Following Ottoman expansion in the 15th century, Serb mass migrations ensued into [[Pannonia]].{{sfn|Cerović|1997}} Serbian Orthodox monasteries began to be built in the area from the 15th century, including Kusić and Senđurađ built by ''despot'' [[Jovan Branković]], and in the 16th century including Bezdin and Hodoš built by the [[Jakšić family]].{{sfn|Cerović|1997}} In the Ottoman period, some thirty Serbian Orthodox monasteries were built in the territory of Romania.{{sfn|Cerović|1997}}
From the late 14th- to the beginning of the 16th century a large number of Serbs lived in [[Wallachia]] and [[Moldavia]].{{sfn|Cerović|1997}} Following Ottoman expansion in the 15th century, Serb mass migrations ensued into [[Pannonia]].{{sfn|Cerović|1997}} Serbian Orthodox monasteries began to be built in the area from the 15th century, including Kusić and Senđurađ built by ''despot'' [[Jovan Branković]], and in the 16th century including Bezdin and [[Hodoș-Bodrog Monastery]] where built by the [[Jakšić family]].{{sfn|Cerović|1997}} In the Ottoman period, some thirty Serbian Orthodox monasteries were built in the administrative unit [[Eyalet of Temeşvar]], modern day territory of Romania.{{sfn|Cerović|1997}}


[[Ottoman Empire|Ottoman]] pressure traditionally forced members of several [[South Slavs|South Slavic]] communities to seek refuge in [[Wallachia]] - although under Ottoman rule as well, the latter was always subject to less requirements{{clarify|date=September 2016}} than regions to south of the [[Danube]].
[[Ottoman Empire|Ottoman]] pressure traditionally forced members of several [[South Slavs|South Slavic]] communities to seek refuge in [[Wallachia]] - although under Ottoman rule as well, the latter was always subject to less requirements{{clarify|date=September 2016}} than regions to south of the [[Danube]].
[[File:Timisoara - Piata Unirii.jpg|thumbnail|250px|right|The Palace and Cathedral of [[Serbian Orthodox Church]] eparchy in [[Timișoara]], capital of the [[Voivodeship of Serbia and Banat of Temeschwar]] (1849–1860)]]
[[File:Timisoara - Piata Unirii.jpg|thumbnail|250px|right|The Palace and Cathedral of [[Serbian Orthodox Church]] eparchy in [[Timișoara]], capital of the [[Voivodeship of Serbia and Banat of Temeschwar]] (1849–1860)]]


The Serbian [[Uprising in Banat]] (1594) included territories that are part of modern Romania. There were reprisals, contemporary sources speaking of "the living envied the dead".{{sfn|Cerović|1997|loc=Oslobodilački pokreti u vreme Turaka}} After the crushing of the uprising in Banat, many Serbs migrated to Transylvania under the leadership of Bishop Teodor; the territory towards [[Ineu]] and [[Teiuș]] was settled, where Serbs had lived since earlier – the Serbs had their eparchies, opened schools, founded churches and printing houses.{{sfn|Cerović|1997|loc=Oslobodilački pokreti u vreme Turaka}}
The Serbian [[Uprising in Banat]] (1594) against the Ottomans in Eyalet Temeşvar, included territories that are part of modern Romania. There were reprisals, contemporary sources speaking of "the living envied the dead".{{sfn|Cerović|1997|loc=Oslobodilački pokreti u vreme Turaka}} After the crushing of the uprising in Banat, many Serbs migrated to Transylvania under the leadership of Bishop Teodor; the territory towards [[Ineu]] and [[Teiuș]] was settled, where Serbs had lived since earlier – the Serbs had their eparchies, opened schools, founded churches and printing houses.{{sfn|Cerović|1997|loc=Oslobodilački pokreti u vreme Turaka}}


Serbs-proper probably constituted the vast majority of [[mercenary]] troops known as ''[[seimeni]]'', given that their nucleus is attested to have been formed by "Serb ''seimeni''" (as it was during their revolt in 1655), and that the rule of [[List of rulers of Wallachia|Prince]] [[Matei Basarab]] had witnessed the arrival of a large group of Serb refugees.
Serbs-proper probably constituted the vast majority of [[mercenary]] troops known as ''[[seimeni]]'', given that their nucleus is attested to have been formed by "Serb ''seimeni''" (as it was during their revolt in 1655), and that the rule of [[List of rulers of Wallachia|Prince]] [[Matei Basarab]] had witnessed the arrival of a large group of Serb refugees.{{citation needed|date=July 2022}}


[[File:Frontiersman from Pomorišje, by Martin Engelbrecht.jpg|thumb|left|200px|Frontiersman from [[Pomorišje]], first half of the 18th century.]]
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The [[Great Migrations of the Serbs]] in 1690 and 1737–39 led to additional settlement of Serbs.

After defeating the Turks and ending [[Ottoman Empire|Ottoman]] rule, the result was [[Treaty of Karlowitz]] (1699), northern Pomorišje present Southern [[Crișana]] ceded to the [[Habsburg monarchy]], and, between 1702 and 1751, it was part of the Tisa-Mureș (Potisje-Pomorišje) section of the Habsburg [[Military Frontier]]. During this period, the Serb population in the region was still significant. In 1720, the population of [[Arad, Romania|Arad]], the main city of the region, numbered 177 Romanian, 162 Serbian, and 35 Hungarian families. Other important cities in Pomorišje were [[Lipova, Arad|Lipova]], [[Pecica]], [[Nădlac]], [[Makó]], and [[Szeged]]. Roughly, the area between Szeged and Arad was mainly populated by Serbs, while area in the east of Arad mainly by Romanians. Remainder of Pomorišje was passed from Ottomans to Austrians after [[Treaty of Passarowitz]] in 1718.

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The [[Great Migrations of the Serbs]] in 1690 and 1737–39 led to additional settlement of Serbs.{{citation needed|date=July 2022}}


===Modern===
===Modern===
These groups are, however, hard to distinguish one from another in early Wallachian references, as the term "Serbs" is regularly applied to all Southern Slavs, no matter where they might have originated. This only changed in the 19th century, through a transition made clear by an official statistic of 1830, which reads "census of how many Serbs are resident here in the town of [[Ploiești]], all of them [[Bulgarians]]" (Giurescu, p.&nbsp;269).
These groups are, however, hard to distinguish one from another in early Wallachian references, as the term "Serbs" is regularly applied to all Southern Slavs, no matter where they might have originated. This only changed in the 19th century, through a transition made clear by an official statistic of 1830, which reads "census of how many Serbs are resident here in the town of [[Ploiești]], all of them [[Bulgarians]]" (Giurescu, p.&nbsp;269).{{citation needed|date=July 2022}}


The [[Bărăgan deportations]] (1951–56) saw minorities (including Serbs) from the Banat region bordering Yugoslavia deported to south-eastern Romania due to the [[Informbiro period|deteriorating Yugoslav–USSR relations]] and the perceived "elements who present a danger through their presence in the area" to the Romanian Communist regime.<ref>{{cite book|author=Dennis Deletant|title=Communist Terror in Romania: Gheorghiu-Dej and the Police State, 1948-1965|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hRn56_qAwiYC&pg=PA142|date=January 1999|publisher=C. Hurst & Co. Publishers|isbn=978-1-85065-386-8|pages=142–}}</ref>
The [[Bărăgan deportations]] (1951–56) saw minorities (including Serbs) from the Banat region bordering Yugoslavia deported to south-eastern Romania due to the [[Informbiro period|deteriorating Yugoslav–USSR relations]] and the perceived "elements who present a danger through their presence in the area" to the Romanian Communist regime.<ref>{{cite book|author=Dennis Deletant|title=Communist Terror in Romania: Gheorghiu-Dej and the Police State, 1948-1965|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hRn56_qAwiYC&pg=PA142|date=January 1999|publisher=C. Hurst & Co. Publishers|isbn=978-1-85065-386-8|pages=142–}}</ref>
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According to the 2011 census, there was 18,076 people of the Serb minority,<ref name="insse3"/> down from 22,561 people in 2002.
According to the 2011 census, there was 18,076 people of the Serb minority,<ref name="insse3"/> down from 22,561 people in 2002.

The vast majority of the Serbs in Romania today live in about sixty localities in the west and south-west part of Romania, starting with the village of [[Pecica|Turnu]] and the towns of [[Nădlac]] and [[Arad, Romania|Arad]] on the north-side of [[Mures river]], all the way to the commune of [[Sviniţa]] located on the [[Danube]] along the border with Serbia. Serbs live primarily in the (counties of Arad, Timiş, Caraș -Severin and Mehedinti). The number of Serbs is constantly decreasing, it has effectively halved in the last eight decades: according to the statistics of the Serbian Diocese of Timisoara in 1924 there were 44,078, following the 2002 census – 22,561; according to the 2011 census, approximately 18 000 Serbs live in Romania, which represents less than 0.1% of the country's total population.<ref name="savezsrba.ro">https://savezsrba.ro/ro/sarbii-din-romania/</ref>


In [[Caraș-Severin County]], the Serbs constitute an absolute majority in the commune of [[Pojejena]] (52.09%)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.edrc.ro/recensamant.jsp?regiune_id=1832&judet_id=1909&localitate_id=1965|title=Structura Etno-demografică a României|website=Edrc.ro|access-date=2 October 2017}}</ref> and a plurality in the commune of [[Socol]] (49.54%).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.edrc.ro/recensamant.jsp?regiune_id=1832&judet_id=1909&localitate_id=1974|title=Structura Etno-demografică a României|website=Edrc.ro|access-date=2 October 2017}}</ref> Serbs also constitute absolute majority in the municipality of [[Svinița]] (87.27%) in the [[Mehedinți County]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.edrc.ro/recensamant.jsp?regiune_id=1407&judet_id=1579&localitate_id=1638|title=Structura Etno-demografică a României|website=Edrc.ro|access-date=2 October 2017}}</ref> The region where these three municipalities are located is known as ''[[Clisura Dunării]]'' in [[Romanian language|Romanian]] or ''Banatska Klisura'' (Банатска Клисура) in [[Serbian language|Serbian]].
In [[Caraș-Severin County]], the Serbs constitute an absolute majority in the commune of [[Pojejena]] (52.09%)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.edrc.ro/recensamant.jsp?regiune_id=1832&judet_id=1909&localitate_id=1965|title=Structura Etno-demografică a României|website=Edrc.ro|access-date=2 October 2017}}</ref> and a plurality in the commune of [[Socol]] (49.54%).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.edrc.ro/recensamant.jsp?regiune_id=1832&judet_id=1909&localitate_id=1974|title=Structura Etno-demografică a României|website=Edrc.ro|access-date=2 October 2017}}</ref> Serbs also constitute absolute majority in the municipality of [[Svinița]] (87.27%) in the [[Mehedinți County]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.edrc.ro/recensamant.jsp?regiune_id=1407&judet_id=1579&localitate_id=1638|title=Structura Etno-demografică a României|website=Edrc.ro|access-date=2 October 2017}}</ref> The region where these three municipalities are located is known as ''[[Clisura Dunării]]'' in [[Romanian language|Romanian]] or ''Banatska Klisura'' (Банатска Клисура) in [[Serbian language|Serbian]].
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*Caraș-Severin County
*Caraș-Severin County
**[[Socol]] (Соколовац/Sokolovac) — 50.38%
**[[Socol]] (Соколовац/Sokolovac) — 50.38%
**[[Pojejena]] ({{lang-sr|Пожежена}}) — 45.76%
**[[Pojejena]] ({{langx|sr|Пожежена}}) — 45.76%
**[[Berzasca]] ({{lang-sr|Берзаска}}) — 20.82%
**[[Berzasca]] ({{langx|sr|Берзаска}}) — 20.82%
**[[Naidăș]] ({{lang-sr|Најдаш}}) — 15.27%
**[[Naidăș]] ({{langx|sr|Најдаш}}) — 15.27%
**[[Moldova Nouă]] ({{lang-sr|Нова Молдава}}) — 11.19%
**[[Moldova Nouă]] ({{langx|sr|Нова Молдава}}) — 11.19%
*Mehedinți County
*Mehedinți County
**[[Svinița]] (Свињица/Svinjica) — 90.27%
**[[Svinița]] (Свињица/Svinjica) — 90.27%
*[[Timiș County]]
*[[Timiș County]]
**[[Beregsaul mic]] ({{lang-sr|Nemet}}) — 50%
**[[Beregsău Mic]] ({{langx|sr|Nemet}}) — 50%
**[[Cenei]] ({{lang-sr|Ченеј}}) — 16.1%
**[[Cenei]] ({{langx|sr|Ченеј}}) — 16.1%
**[[Peciu Nou]] ({{lang-sr|Улбеч}}) — 13.52%
**[[Peciu Nou]] ({{langx|sr|Улбеч}}) — 13.52%
**[[Sânpetru Mare]] ({{lang-sr|Велики Семпетар}}) — 12.71%
**[[Sânpetru Mare]] ({{langx|sr|Велики Семпетар}}) — 12.71%
**[[Variaș]] ({{lang-sr|Варјаш}}) — 9.61%
**[[Variaș]] ({{langx|sr|Варјаш}}) — 9.61%
**[[Saravale]] ({{lang-sr|Саравола}}) — 7.38%
**[[Saravale]] ({{langx|sr|Саравола}}) — 7.38%
**[[Giulvăz]] ({{lang-sr|Ђулвез}}) — 6.44%
**[[Giulvăz]] ({{langx|sr|Ђулвез}}) — 6.44%
**[[Cenad]] ({{lang-sr|Чанад}}) — 6.39%
**[[Cenad]] ({{langx|sr|Чанад}}) — 6.39%
**[[Foeni]] (Фењ/Fenj) — 5.87%
**[[Foeni]] (Фењ/Fenj) — 5.87%
**[[Topolovățu Mare]] ({{lang-sr|Велики Тополовац}}) — 5.43%
**[[Topolovățu Mare]] ({{langx|sr|Велики Тополовац}}) — 5.43%
**[[Giera]] ({{lang-sr|Ђир}}) — 4.51%
**[[Giera]] ({{langx|sr|Ђир}}) — 4.51%
**[[Recaș]] ({{lang-sr|Рекаш}}) — 4.27%
**[[Recaș]] ({{langx|sr|Рекаш}}) — 4.27%
**[[Denta]] (Дента/Denta) — 4.25%
**[[Denta]] (Дента/Denta) — 4.25%
**[[Deta, Romania|Deta]] (Дета/Deta) — 3.96%
**[[Deta, Romania|Deta]] (Дета/Deta) — 3.96%
**[[Birda]] — 3.46%
**[[Birda]] — 3.46%
**[[Sânnicolau Mare]] ({{lang-sr|Велики Семиклуш}}) — 2.98%
**[[Sânnicolau Mare]] ({{langx|sr|Велики Семиклуш}}) — 2.98%
**[[Checea]] ({{lang-sr|Кеча}}) — 2.82%
**[[Checea]] ({{langx|sr|Кеча}}) — 2.82%
**[[Parța]] ({{lang-sr|Парац}}) — 2.02%
**[[Parța]] ({{langx|sr|Парац}}) — 2.02%
**[[Săcălaz]] (Секелаз/Sekelaz) — 1.98%
**[[Săcălaz]] (Секелаз/Sekelaz) — 1.98%
**[[Becicherecu Mic]] ({{lang-sr|Мали Бечкерек}}) — 1.78%
**[[Becicherecu Mic]] ({{langx|sr|Мали Бечкерек}}) — 1.78%
**[[Brestovăț]] (Брестовац/Brestovac) — 1.63%
**[[Brestovăț]] (Брестовац/Brestovac) — 1.63%
**[[Timișoara]] ({{lang-sr|Темишвар}}) — 1.52%
**[[Timișoara]] ({{langx|sr|Темишвар}}) — 1.52%
**[[Moravița]] (Моравица/Moravica) — 1.35%
**[[Moravița]] (Моравица/Moravica) — 1.35%


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==Culture==
==Culture and heritage==
[[File:Sv Djuradj1.JPG|250px|thumbnail|right|Sveti Đurađ monastery]]
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Most of the Serbs in Romania are [[Eastern Orthodox Church|Orthodox Christians]]; the vast majority belong to [[Serbian Orthodox Church]] Eparchy of [[Timișoara]].
[[File:3.Manastirea sarbeasca "Sfantul Sava" - sat Bazias.jpg|250px|thumbnail|right|Bazjaš monastery]]
[[File:Timisoara - Piata Unirii.jpg|thumbnail|250px|right|The Palace and Cathedral of [[Serbian Orthodox Church]] eparchy in [[Timișoara]], capital of the [[Voivodeship of Serbia and Banat of Temeschwar]] (1849–1860)]]

Three well-known Orthodox hierarchs came from the [[Sava II Branković|Branković family]] from [[Ineu]]: Sava I, of Lipova and Ienopole (at the beginning of the 17th century), Longin of Ienopole (1628 – after 1645) and Sava II, the metropolitan of [[Transylvania]] at [[Alba Iulia]] (1656-1683). They assumed the role of leaders of the Serbian and Romanian Orthodox population and defended them against Catholics and Evangelicals, stoically enduring Catholic and Calvinist persecutions. Earlier, the despot [[Đorđe Branković]] renounced his title and domains and, being ordained as a monk with the name Maksim, moved to Wallachia at the call of the ruler and became metropolitan. In [[Târgovişte]] he opens the first printing house in Romania, where the Serbian monk Makarije worked, later also Dimitrije Ljubavić. Metropolitans Sava II and Maksim were canonized by the Romanian and [[Serbian Orthodox Churches]].

Saint Iosif/Josif of Partoș was metropolitan of Timisoara in 1643, respectively between 1648-1656. He was born in [[Dubrovnik]], later moving to the Banat [[Partoș Monastery]]. Shortly after his death he was proclaimed a saint. He was canonized by the Romanian and Serbian Orthodox Churches. His relics are found in the [[Timișoara Orthodox Cathedral]].<ref name="savezsrba.ro"/>

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The Serbs has left a rich heritage, especially orthodox churches and monasteries in Banat and in southern [[Crișana]] called [[Pomorišje]] historically. Most of the Serbs in Romania are [[Eastern Orthodox Church|Orthodox Christians]]; the vast majority belong to Serbian Orthodox Church Eparchy of [[Timișoara]].

*There are Serbian Orthodox Churches with several in [[Timișoara]] (''Темишвар/Temišvar''), with two in [[Arad, Romania|Arad]] (''Арад''), [[Reșița]] (''Решица/Rešica''), [[Lugoj]] (Лугош/Lugoš), [[Ineu]] (''Јенопоље/Jenopolje''), [[Buziaş]] (''Бузјаш/Buziaš''), [[Sânnicolau Mare]] (''Велики Семиклуш/Veliki Semikluš''), [[Pecica]] (''Печка/Pečka''), [[Nădlac]] (''Nađlak/Нађлак''), [[Ciacova]] (''Чаково/Čakovo''), [[Jimbolia]] (Жомбољ/Žombolj), [[Orşova]] (''Оршава/Oršava''), [[Moldova Nouă]] (''Нова Молдава or Бошњак/Nova Moldova or Bošnjak''), [[Deta, Romania|Deta]] (''Дета'') and [[Oravița]] (''Оравица/Oravica'').
*There are also village churches in [[Cenad]] (''Нађчанад/Nađčanad''), [[Variaș]] (''Варјаш/Varjaš''), [[Felnac]] (''Фенлак/Fenlak''), [[Pecica|Turnu]] (''Torno/Торња''), [[Moravița]] (''Моравица/Moravica''), [[Brestovăț]] (''Брестовац/Brestovac''), [[Sânpetru Mare]] (''Велики Семпетар/Veliki Sempetar''), [[Peciu Nou]] (''Улбеч/Ulbeč''), [[Cenei]] (''Ченеј/Čenej''), [[Svinița]] (''Свињица/Svinjica''), [[Secusigiu]] (''Секусић/Sekusić''), [[Moldova Nouă|Moldova Veche]] (''Стара Молдава/Stara Moldova''), [[Denta]] (''Дента''), [[Saravale]] (''Саравола/Saravola''), [[Foeni]] (''Фењ/Fenj''), [[Socol]] (''Сокол/Sokol''), [[Socol|Baziaș]], (''Базјаш/Bazjaš''), [[Socol|Zlatița]] (''Златица/Zlatica''), [[Pojejena]] (''Пожежена/Požežena''), [[Pojejena|Belobreșca]] (''Белобрешка/Belobreška''), [[Pojejena|Divici]] (''Дивић/Divić''), [[Pojejena|Radimna]] (''Радимна/Radimna''), [[Pojejena|Șușac]] (''Шушка/Šuška'') and [[Berzasca]] (''Берзаска/Berzaska''), [[Moravița|Dejan]] (''Дејан/Dejan'') and [[Uivar|Sânmartinu Maghiar]] (''Мађарски Семартон/Mađarski Semarton).


List of Serbian Orthodox monasteries in Romania:
List of Serbian Orthodox monasteries in Romania:
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*[[Šemljug monastery]] (Манастир Шемљуг / Manastir Šemljug). It was founded in the 15th century.
*[[Šemljug monastery]] (Манастир Шемљуг / Manastir Šemljug). It was founded in the 15th century.
*[[Sveti Simeon monastery]] (Манастир светог Симеона / Manastir svetog Simeona).
*[[Sveti Simeon monastery]] (Манастир светог Симеона / Manastir svetog Simeona).
*[[Bazjaš monastery]] (Манастир Базјаш / Manastir Bazjaš), built 1225
*[[Bazjaš Monastery]] (Манастир Базјаш / Manastir Bazjaš), built 1225
*[[Bezdin monastery]] (Манастир Бездин / Manastir Bezdin).
*[[Bezdin Monastery]] (Манастир Бездин / Manastir Bezdin).
*[[Zlatica monastery]] (Манастир Златица / Manastir Zlatica).
*[[Zlatica monastery]] (Манастир Златица / Manastir Zlatica).
*[[Kusić monastery]] (Манастир Кусић / Manastir Kusić).
*[[Kusić monastery]] (Манастир Кусић / Manastir Kusić).
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==See also==
==See also==
{{Portal|Romania|Serbia}}
*[[Romania–Serbia relations]]
*[[Krashovani]]
*[[Krashovani]]
*[[Romanians of Serbia]]
*[[Romanians of Serbia]]
*[[Raci (ethnonym)]]
*[[Raci (ethnonym)]]
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*[[Serbian diaspora]]
*[[Immigration to Romania]]


==References==
==References==
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*{{cite web|last=Cerović|first=Ljubivoje|title=Srbi u Rumuniji od ranog srednjeg veka do današnjeg vremena|year=1997|publisher=Projekat Rastko|url=http://www.rastko.org.rs/antropologija/ljcerovic_srbi_ro.html|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130614050005/http://www.rastko.org.rs/antropologija/ljcerovic_srbi_ro.html|archive-date=2013-06-14}}
*{{cite web|last=Cerović|first=Ljubivoje|title=Srbi u Rumuniji od ranog srednjeg veka do današnjeg vremena|year=1997|publisher=Projekat Rastko|url=http://www.rastko.org.rs/antropologija/ljcerovic_srbi_ro.html|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130614050005/http://www.rastko.org.rs/antropologija/ljcerovic_srbi_ro.html|archive-date=2013-06-14}}
* {{Cite book|last=Ćirković|first=Sima|author-link=Sima Ćirković|year=2004|title=The Serbs|location=Malden|publisher=Blackwell Publishing|isbn=9781405142915|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2Wc-DWRzoeIC}}
* {{Cite book|last=Ćirković|first=Sima|author-link=Sima Ćirković|year=2004|title=The Serbs|location=Malden|publisher=Blackwell Publishing|isbn=9781405142915|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2Wc-DWRzoeIC}}
* {{Cite journal|last=Đurić-Milovanović|first=Aleksandral|title=Serbs in Romania: Relationship between Ethnic and Religious Identity|journal=Balcanica|year=2012|volume=43|issue=43|pages=117–142|doi=10.2298/BALC1243117D|url=http://www.doiserbia.nb.rs/img/doi/0350-7653/2012/0350-76531243117D.pdf|doi-access=free}}
* {{Cite journal|last=Đurić-Milovanović|first=Aleksandral|title=Serbs in Romania: Relationship between Ethnic and Religious Identity|journal=Balcanica|year=2012|issue=43|pages=117–142|doi=10.2298/BALC1243117D|url=http://www.doiserbia.nb.rs/img/doi/0350-7653/2012/0350-76531243117D.pdf|doi-access=free}}
* {{Cite book|last=Gavrilović|first=Slavko|chapter=Serbs in Hungary, Slavonia and Croatia in struggles against the Turks (15th-18th centuries)|title=Serbs in European Civilization|year=1993|location=Belgrade|publisher=Nova, Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts, Institute for Balkan Studies|pages=41–54|isbn=9788675830153|chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=O3MtAQAAIAAJ&pg=PA41}}
* {{Cite book|last=Gavrilović|first=Slavko|chapter=Serbs in Hungary, Slavonia and Croatia in struggles against the Turks (15th-18th centuries)|title=Serbs in European Civilization|year=1993|location=Belgrade|publisher=Nova, Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts, Institute for Balkan Studies|pages=41–54|isbn=9788675830153|chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=O3MtAQAAIAAJ&pg=PA41}}
* {{Cite book|last1=Isailović|first1=Neven G.|last2=Krstić|first2=Aleksandar R.|chapter=Serbian Language and Cyrillic Script as a Means of Diplomatic Literacy in South Eastern Europe in 15th and 16th Centuries|title=Literacy Experiences concerning Medieval and Early Modern Transylvania|year=2015|location=Cluj-Napoca|publisher=George Bariţiu Institute of History|pages=185–195|chapter-url=https://www.academia.edu/25272837}}
* {{Cite book|last1=Isailović|first1=Neven G.|last2=Krstić|first2=Aleksandar R.|chapter=Serbian Language and Cyrillic Script as a Means of Diplomatic Literacy in South Eastern Europe in 15th and 16th Centuries|title=Literacy Experiences concerning Medieval and Early Modern Transylvania|year=2015|location=Cluj-Napoca|publisher=George Bariţiu Institute of History|pages=185–195|chapter-url=https://www.academia.edu/25272837}}
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* {{Cite book|last=Mitrović|first=Andrej|author-link=Andrej Mitrović|title=Razgraničenje Jugoslavije sa Mađarskom i Rumunijom 1919-1920: Prilog proučavanju jugoslovenske politike na Konferenciji mira u Parizu|year=1975|location=Novi Sad|publisher=Institut za izučavanje istorije Vojvodine|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=boEDAAAAMAAJ}}
* {{Cite book|last=Mitrović|first=Andrej|author-link=Andrej Mitrović|title=Razgraničenje Jugoslavije sa Mađarskom i Rumunijom 1919-1920: Prilog proučavanju jugoslovenske politike na Konferenciji mira u Parizu|year=1975|location=Novi Sad|publisher=Institut za izučavanje istorije Vojvodine|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=boEDAAAAMAAJ}}
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* {{Cite journal|last=Pilat|first=Liviu|title=Mitropolitul Maxim Brancovici, Bogdan al III-lea şi legăturile Moldovei cu Biserica sârbă|journal=Analele Putnei|year=2010|volume=6|issue=1|pages=229–238|language=ro|url=https://www.analeleputnei.ro/articole/mitropolitul-maxim-brancovici-bogdan-al-iii-lea-si-legaturile-moldovei-cu-biserica-sarba}}
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Serbs of Romania
Serbia Romania
Total population
18,076 (2011)[1]
Regions with significant populations
Banat
Languages
Serbian and Romanian
Religion
Serbian Orthodox Church
Related ethnic groups
Bulgarians of Romania, Croats of Romania, Macedonians of Romania
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The Serbs of Romania (Romanian: Sârbii din România, Serbian: Срби у Румунији, Srbi u Rumuniji) are a recognized ethnic minority numbering 18,076 people (0.1%) according to the 2011 census. The community is concentrated in western Romania, in the Romanian part of the Banat region (divided with Serbia), where they constitute the absolute majority in two communes and the relative majority in one other. The community represents the oldest Serbian community outside of Serbia.[2]

History

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Historical background

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Slavic presence is attested in Romania since the Early Middle Ages. The Avar Khaganate was the dominant power of the Carpathian Basin between around 567 and 803.[3] Most historians agree that Slavs and Bulgars, together with the remnants of the Avars, and possibly with Vlachs, inhabited the Banat region after the fall of the khaganate.[4] Place names of Slavic origin recorded already in the Middle Ages show the early presence of a Slavic-speaking population.[5]

Early modern period

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From the late 14th- to the beginning of the 16th century a large number of Serbs lived in Wallachia and Moldavia.[6] Following Ottoman expansion in the 15th century, Serb mass migrations ensued into Pannonia.[6] Serbian Orthodox monasteries began to be built in the area from the 15th century, including Kusić and Senđurađ built by despot Jovan Branković, and in the 16th century including Bezdin and Hodoș-Bodrog Monastery where built by the Jakšić family.[6] In the Ottoman period, some thirty Serbian Orthodox monasteries were built in the administrative unit Eyalet of Temeşvar, modern day territory of Romania.[6]

Ottoman pressure traditionally forced members of several South Slavic communities to seek refuge in Wallachia - although under Ottoman rule as well, the latter was always subject to less requirements[clarification needed] than regions to south of the Danube.

The Palace and Cathedral of Serbian Orthodox Church eparchy in Timișoara, capital of the Voivodeship of Serbia and Banat of Temeschwar (1849–1860)

The Serbian Uprising in Banat (1594) against the Ottomans in Eyalet Temeşvar, included territories that are part of modern Romania. There were reprisals, contemporary sources speaking of "the living envied the dead".[7] After the crushing of the uprising in Banat, many Serbs migrated to Transylvania under the leadership of Bishop Teodor; the territory towards Ineu and Teiuș was settled, where Serbs had lived since earlier – the Serbs had their eparchies, opened schools, founded churches and printing houses.[7]

Serbs-proper probably constituted the vast majority of mercenary troops known as seimeni, given that their nucleus is attested to have been formed by "Serb seimeni" (as it was during their revolt in 1655), and that the rule of Prince Matei Basarab had witnessed the arrival of a large group of Serb refugees.[citation needed]

Frontiersman from Pomorišje, first half of the 18th century.

After defeating the Turks and ending Ottoman rule, the result was Treaty of Karlowitz (1699), northern Pomorišje present Southern Crișana ceded to the Habsburg monarchy, and, between 1702 and 1751, it was part of the Tisa-Mureș (Potisje-Pomorišje) section of the Habsburg Military Frontier. During this period, the Serb population in the region was still significant. In 1720, the population of Arad, the main city of the region, numbered 177 Romanian, 162 Serbian, and 35 Hungarian families. Other important cities in Pomorišje were Lipova, Pecica, Nădlac, Makó, and Szeged. Roughly, the area between Szeged and Arad was mainly populated by Serbs, while area in the east of Arad mainly by Romanians. Remainder of Pomorišje was passed from Ottomans to Austrians after Treaty of Passarowitz in 1718.

The Great Migrations of the Serbs in 1690 and 1737–39 led to additional settlement of Serbs.[citation needed]

Modern

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These groups are, however, hard to distinguish one from another in early Wallachian references, as the term "Serbs" is regularly applied to all Southern Slavs, no matter where they might have originated. This only changed in the 19th century, through a transition made clear by an official statistic of 1830, which reads "census of how many Serbs are resident here in the town of Ploiești, all of them Bulgarians" (Giurescu, p. 269).[citation needed]

The Bărăgan deportations (1951–56) saw minorities (including Serbs) from the Banat region bordering Yugoslavia deported to south-eastern Romania due to the deteriorating Yugoslav–USSR relations and the perceived "elements who present a danger through their presence in the area" to the Romanian Communist regime.[8]

Demographics

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According to the 2011 census, there was 18,076 people of the Serb minority,[1] down from 22,561 people in 2002.

The vast majority of the Serbs in Romania today live in about sixty localities in the west and south-west part of Romania, starting with the village of Turnu and the towns of Nădlac and Arad on the north-side of Mures river, all the way to the commune of Sviniţa located on the Danube along the border with Serbia. Serbs live primarily in the (counties of Arad, Timiş, Caraș -Severin and Mehedinti). The number of Serbs is constantly decreasing, it has effectively halved in the last eight decades: according to the statistics of the Serbian Diocese of Timisoara in 1924 there were 44,078, following the 2002 census – 22,561; according to the 2011 census, approximately 18 000 Serbs live in Romania, which represents less than 0.1% of the country's total population.[9]

In Caraș-Severin County, the Serbs constitute an absolute majority in the commune of Pojejena (52.09%)[10] and a plurality in the commune of Socol (49.54%).[11] Serbs also constitute absolute majority in the municipality of Svinița (87.27%) in the Mehedinți County.[12] The region where these three municipalities are located is known as Clisura Dunării in Romanian or Banatska Klisura (Банатска Клисура) in Serbian.

Localities

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The following localities had a Serb population greater than 1% according to the 2011 census. Serbian placenames are included in brackets.

  • Communes with a Serbian majority in Romania (2002 census)
    Communes with a Serbian majority in Romania (2002 census)
  • Distribution of Serbs in Romania (2002 census)
    Distribution of Serbs in Romania (2002 census)

Culture and heritage

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Sveti Đurađ monastery
Bazjaš monastery
The Palace and Cathedral of Serbian Orthodox Church eparchy in Timișoara, capital of the Voivodeship of Serbia and Banat of Temeschwar (1849–1860)

Three well-known Orthodox hierarchs came from the Branković family from Ineu: Sava I, of Lipova and Ienopole (at the beginning of the 17th century), Longin of Ienopole (1628 – after 1645) and Sava II, the metropolitan of Transylvania at Alba Iulia (1656-1683). They assumed the role of leaders of the Serbian and Romanian Orthodox population and defended them against Catholics and Evangelicals, stoically enduring Catholic and Calvinist persecutions. Earlier, the despot Đorđe Branković renounced his title and domains and, being ordained as a monk with the name Maksim, moved to Wallachia at the call of the ruler and became metropolitan. In Târgovişte he opens the first printing house in Romania, where the Serbian monk Makarije worked, later also Dimitrije Ljubavić. Metropolitans Sava II and Maksim were canonized by the Romanian and Serbian Orthodox Churches.

Saint Iosif/Josif of Partoș was metropolitan of Timisoara in 1643, respectively between 1648-1656. He was born in Dubrovnik, later moving to the Banat Partoș Monastery. Shortly after his death he was proclaimed a saint. He was canonized by the Romanian and Serbian Orthodox Churches. His relics are found in the Timișoara Orthodox Cathedral.[9]

The Serbs has left a rich heritage, especially orthodox churches and monasteries in Banat and in southern Crișana called Pomorišje historically. Most of the Serbs in Romania are Orthodox Christians; the vast majority belong to Serbian Orthodox Church Eparchy of Timișoara.

List of Serbian Orthodox monasteries in Romania:

  • Sveti Đurađ monastery (Манастир светог Ђорђа - Манастир свети Ђурађ / Manastir svetog Đorđa - Manastir sveti Đurađ). According to the legend, it was founded in 1485 by the Serbian despot, Jovan Branković. It was rebuilt in the 18th century.
  • Šemljug monastery (Манастир Шемљуг / Manastir Šemljug). It was founded in the 15th century.
  • Sveti Simeon monastery (Манастир светог Симеона / Manastir svetog Simeona).
  • Bazjaš Monastery (Манастир Базјаш / Manastir Bazjaš), built 1225
  • Bezdin Monastery (Манастир Бездин / Manastir Bezdin).
  • Zlatica monastery (Манастир Златица / Manastir Zlatica).
  • Kusić monastery (Манастир Кусић / Manastir Kusić).
  • The "St. Peter and Paul" Serbian Church, raised in 1698-1702 in Arad, early Baroque architecture

Notable people

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b "Rezultatele finale ale Recensământului din 2011 - Tab8. Populaţia stabilă după etnie – judeţe, municipii, oraşe, comune" (in Romanian). National Institute of Statistics (Romania). 5 July 2013. Archived from the original on 18 January 2016. Retrieved 18 December 2013.
  2. ^ https://adevarul.ro/stiri-locale/timisoara/povestea-sarbilor-din-banat-de-la-sfantul-iosif-1511696.html
  3. ^ Engel, Pál (2001). The Realm of St Stephen: A History of Medieval Hungary, 895–1526. I.B. Tauris Publishers. pp. 2–3. ISBN 1-86064-061-3.
  4. ^ Oța, Silviu (2014). The Mortuary Archaeology of Medieval Banat. Brill. p. 18. ISBN 978-90-04-21438-5.
  5. ^ Györffy, György (1987). Az Árpád-kori Magyarország történeti földrajza, III: Heves, Hont, Hunyad, Keve, Kolozs, Komárom, Krassó, Kraszna, Küküllő megye és Kunság [Historical Geography of Hungary of the Árpáds, Volume I: The Counties of Heves, Hont, Hunyad, Keve, Kolozs, Komárom, Krassó, Kraszna, Küküllő, and the Kunság] (in Hungarian). Akadémiai Kiadó. pp. 306, 470. ISBN 963-05-3613-7.
  6. ^ a b c d Cerović 1997.
  7. ^ a b Cerović 1997, Oslobodilački pokreti u vreme Turaka.
  8. ^ Dennis Deletant (January 1999). Communist Terror in Romania: Gheorghiu-Dej and the Police State, 1948-1965. C. Hurst & Co. Publishers. pp. 142–. ISBN 978-1-85065-386-8.
  9. ^ a b https://savezsrba.ro/ro/sarbii-din-romania/
  10. ^ "Structura Etno-demografică a României". Edrc.ro. Retrieved 2 October 2017.
  11. ^ "Structura Etno-demografică a României". Edrc.ro. Retrieved 2 October 2017.
  12. ^ "Structura Etno-demografică a României". Edrc.ro. Retrieved 2 October 2017.
  13. ^ George Călinescu; Al Piru (1982). Istoria literaturii române: de la origini pînă în prezent. Editura Vlad & Vlad. p. 517. ISBN 978-973-95572-2-1.
  14. ^ Olivera Bogavac (28 March 1990). "Tempo magazine #1257, pg. 11" (in Serbo-Croatian). Tempo magazine. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |url= (help)
  15. ^ "Romanian Coach Keeps Up the Fight" Jane Perlez, New York Times, July 13, 1995

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