B2 — upper-intermediateculture30 words
Religion & Orthodoxy
| Serbian | Meaning |
|---|---|
| cȓkva | church |
| vȅra | faith |
| Bȏg | God |
| prȁvoslāvlje | Orthodoxy |
| prȁvoslāvan | Orthodox (definite form pravoslavni) |
| svèštenīk | priest |
| pȍp | priest (everyday word, neutral to familiar in Serbian) |
| mȁnastīr | monastery |
| hrȃm | temple, large church (e.g. Hram Svetog Save) |
| ìkona | icon |
| kȑst | cross |
| mòliti se | to pray (moliti without se means 'to ask') |
| prekŕstiti se | to cross oneself |
| pȍst | fasting |
| pòstiti | to fast |
| vȇrnīk | believer |
| litùrgija | liturgy, church service |
| kršténje | baptism |
| slȁva | slava (patron saint day) |
| slȁvskā svéća | slava candle (lit at the family's slava) |
| slȁvsko žȉto | slava wheat — boiled wheat served at a slava (= koljivo) |
| Srȅćna slȁva | 'Happy slava!' — greeting to the hosts on their slava day |
| julìjānskī kalèndār | Julian calendar (by it Božić falls on 7 January) |
| vládika | bishop (masculine noun despite -a ending) |
| patrìjarh | patriarch |
| veroìspovēst | religious denomination (feminine); a field on forms |
| džámija | mosque |
| sinagóga | synagogue |
| kȁtoličkī | Catholic |
| atèista | atheist (masculine noun despite -a ending) |
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