
doi: 10.59323/k.16.2.8
Drawing on archival and published documents and relevant historiographical literature, this paper describes the role that the priests of the Serbian Orthodox Church (SPC) had in the development of the Chetnik organization in the area of Dalmatia during the Second World War. Available sources point to the conclusion that seventeen SPC priests were actively involved in the Chetnik organization in Dalmatia, with the two most prominent members of that organization being SPC priests Sergije Urukalo and Momčilo Đujić. The Chetnik organization initially operated in the form of a humanitarian society under the name “Committee for Aid to Serbian Refugees”, and from 1942 it received a military framework and operated under the designation “Dinara Division”. The Chetnik organization operated with the support of the Italian authorities until the capitulation of Italy, after which it cooperated with the German authorities. With the withdrawal of the German army from Dalmatia, the Chetnik organization collapsed and the majority of SPC priests who were its officials withdrew. After the defeat of the Chetnik organization, six SPC priests who were members of its organization remained in Dalmatia. The authorities of socialist Yugoslavia sentenced three SPC priests to prison terms, while the other three priests of the SPC were granted amnesty. Due to the connections of some members of the socialist Yugoslav authorities with the SPC, the subject addressed in this paper remained concealed and historiographically unexamined.
Srpska pravoslavna crkva, Dalmatia, Chetnik organization, Sergije Urukalo, četnička organizacija, Momčilo Đujić, Serbian Orthodox Church, Dalmacija, Sergije Urukalo.
Srpska pravoslavna crkva, Dalmatia, Chetnik organization, Sergije Urukalo, četnička organizacija, Momčilo Đujić, Serbian Orthodox Church, Dalmacija, Sergije Urukalo.
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