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According to data from the Consular Office of the Greek Embassy in Caracas, the Greek community does not exceed 3.000 persons, mainly occupied in trade and similar business activities. There are organized Greek communities in Caracas and Valencia, where Greek Orthodox churches and Greek-language schools operate, and Greek communities can be found in Maraca Ibo, Puerto Ordaz and Barquisimeto. Venezuela is under the ecclesiastical jurisdiction of the Greek Orthodox Metropolitanate of Mexico and Central America, seated in Mexico City.<ref> Hellenic Republic Ministry of Foreign Affairs. "Cultural Relations and Greek Community", https://www.mfa.gr/en/greece-bilateral-relations/venezuela/cultural-relations-and-greek-community.html, accessed 10 March 2020.</ref> | According to data from the Consular Office of the Greek Embassy in Caracas, the Greek community does not exceed 3.000 persons, mainly occupied in trade and similar business activities. There are organized Greek communities in Caracas and Valencia, where Greek Orthodox churches and Greek-language schools operate, and Greek communities can be found in Maraca Ibo, Puerto Ordaz and Barquisimeto. Venezuela is under the ecclesiastical jurisdiction of the '''Greek Orthodox Metropolitanate of Mexico and Central America''', seated in Mexico City.<ref> Hellenic Republic Ministry of Foreign Affairs. "Cultural Relations and Greek Community", https://www.mfa.gr/en/greece-bilateral-relations/venezuela/cultural-relations-and-greek-community.html, accessed 10 March 2020.</ref> | ||
The Serbian population settled in the country was configured mainly by political emigrants, that arrived at Venezuela after the Second World War, due to disagreements with the then Yugoslav communist regime. The estimated population of serbs-Venezuelans range between 1,000 - 2,000. In 1955, it's founded the Serbian Orthodox Christian Community in Caracas, later they built the Serbian Orthodox Church in 1966. | The Serbian population settled in the country was configured mainly by political emigrants, that arrived at Venezuela after the Second World War, due to disagreements with the then Yugoslav communist regime. The estimated population of serbs-Venezuelans range between 1,000 - 2,000. In 1955, it's founded the '''Serbian Orthodox Christian Community'' in Caracas, later they built the Serbian Orthodox Church in 1966.<ref> Wikipedia contributors, "Serbian Venezuelans", in ''Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia,'' https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serbian_Venezuelans, accessed 10 March 2020. </ref> | ||
'''The Russian Orthodox Church:''' Orthodox Christianity came to the country in 1947 when Archpriest Vladimir Chekanovsky arrived with the first group of émigrés. Thanks to the efforts of another cleric, Archpriest John Baumanis, Russian Orthodox parishes were founded in Caracas, Valencia, Barquisimeto, Maracay and Barcelona. | |||
By the early 1950s, Orthodox parishes had been established in virtually all areas of Russian settlement. These parishes were under the jurisdiction of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia. The first Orthodox church in Venezuela – the Church of the Sign of the Mother of God in Valencia – was built in 1950 under the initiative of Vadim Ordovsky-Tanaevsky (father of Rostislav) and accordiENDTARGETng to an architectural design by V.E. Sheffer. In 1955, the Cathedral of St. Nicholas was consecrated in the Dos Caminos region of Caracas. To this day, the cathedral remains an integral part of Russian spiritual life in Venezuela. Two additional stone churches were built in the provinces – St. Peter and Paul in Maracay and St. Nicholas in Barquisimeto. | |||
Over the following decades, the Russian Orthodox parishes served as the focal point of the Russian diaspora’s spiritual life in Venezuela. These parishes opened Sunday schools for the children of Russian immigrants. At the Cathedral of St. Nicholas in Caracas, a funeral box was established to pay for the burials of the poor, and in 1965, a decision was made to purchase a section of the municipal cemetery. | |||
<ref> Wikipedia contributors, "Russians in Venezuelan", in ''Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia,'' https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russians _in_Venezuela, accessed 10 March 2020. </ref | |||
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