B2 — upper-intermediateculture30 words
Religion & Orthodoxy
| Serbian | Meaning |
|---|---|
| cȓkva | church |
| vȅra | faith |
| Bȏg | God |
| prȁvoslāvlje | Orthodoxy |
| prȁvoslāvan | Orthodox |
| svèštenīk | priest |
| pȍp | a priest, a parish priest (the everyday word) |
| mȁnastīr | monastery |
| hrȃm | a temple; a church (a cathedral) |
| ìkona | icon |
| kȑst | cross |
| mòliti se | to pray (without se: to ask, to beg) |
| prekŕstiti se | to cross oneself |
| pȍst | a fast (religious fasting) |
| pòstiti | to fast |
| vȇrnīk | believer |
| litùrgija | liturgy, church service |
| kršténje | a baptism, a christening |
| slȁva | slava (a family patron saint’s day); glory, fame (less often) |
| slȁvskā svéća | a slava candle (lit on the family saint’s day) |
| slȁvsko žȉto | slava wheat (boiled wheat for the saint’s day; also koljivo) |
| Srȅćna slȁva | Happy slava! (to the hosts on their saint’s day) |
| julìjānskī kalèndār | Julian calendar (by it Božić falls on 7 January) |
| vládika | bishop (masculine noun despite -a ending) |
| patrìjarh | patriarch |
| veroìspovēst | religion, religious affiliation (feminine) |
| džámija | mosque |
| sinagóga | synagogue |
| kȁtoličkī | Catholic |
| atèista | atheist (masculine noun despite -a ending) |
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