Greco-Oriental Church in Austria

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Basic data
Title: External legal relationships of the Greco-Oriental Church
Long title: Federal law of June 23, 1967 on external legal relationships of the Greek-Oriental Church in Austria
Type: Federal law or regulation
Scope: Republic of Austria
Reference: StF: Federal Law Gazette No. 229/1967
Date of law: June 23, 1967
Legal text: current version
Please note the note on the applicable legal version !

Greek-Oriental Church in Austria is the Austrian official name of some Orthodox churches . The ancient name goes back to the tolerance patent of Emperor Josef II from 1782 and includes not only the Greek Orthodox but also other Orthodox churches in Austria .

According to the last record of denomination in the 2001 census, the Greek-Oriental (= Orthodox) Church comprised 174,385 members; as of 2011, the total number of Orthodox is estimated at 400,000, making it the second largest denominational group in Austria.

Legal basis: External legal relationships of the Greco-Oriental Church

The Greek-Oriental Church in Austria is a legally recognized church “within the meaning of Article 15 of the Basic State Law of December 21, 1867, RGBl. No. 142 ". The parishes, dioceses and the Greek Metropolis of Austria belonging to the church are corporations under public law .

The recognition is based on the imperial-royal privileged ordinances of August 3, 1782 (tolerance patent) and October 8, 1796. Their legal relationships are regulated today in the federal law of June 23, 1967 on external legal relationships of the Greek-Oriental Church in Austria (sometimes unofficially Orthodox Law abbreviated).

Since in this law - out of date today - only four parishes are named by name, but meanwhile about 200,000 Orthodox believers live in Austria, these parishes legally represent the respective religious communities and their other parishes. An amendment to the law on July 29, 2011 ( Federal Law Gazette I No. 68/2011 ) created the possibility of installing parishes without legal personality (Section 3d), which means that the Orthodox churches and the Russian dioceses are also free to expand pastoral care Orthodox ( eparchy for Vienna and Austria ) and Serbian Orthodox Church ( diocese Austria-Switzerland ) the recognition of legal personality (Section IIa).

At the same time, the Orthodox Bishops' Conference , which was founded in October 2010, was included in the legal system (§ 1a). It is chaired by the Metropolitan of Austria, and deals with issues such as religious education , participation in the appraisal procedure for new laws, or the submission of "statements to the Federal Minister for Education, Art and Culture " before the recognition of Orthodox institutions.

Parishes and dioceses of the Greek-Oriental (= Orthodox) Church in Austria

The following municipalities represent the legal entities:

Bukovina and Dalmatia

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. Since since the 2001 census the creed is no longer officially recorded, there are no exact numbers of believers unless the church publishes them
  2. (red / PEW): Federal President received Orthodox Bishops' Conference. (No longer available online.) Archdiocese of Vienna, Radio Stephansdom, April 27, 2011, formerly in the original ; Retrieved December 27, 2011 .  ( Page no longer available , search in web archivesInfo: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / www.erzdioezese-wien.at  
  3. a b c d e The Russian Orthodox (St. Nicholas) and Bulgarian Orthodox (St. Ivan Rilski) parishes are not expressly mentioned in the law (Section III - Existing institutions ). They were recognized as corporations by pronouncement (according to Section IIa - Establishment of new dioceses and appointment of the organs of the law in the 2011 amendment);
    Vienna, (poi): Orth. Bishops' Conference: Officially recognized, new Orthodox dioceses possible. In: News archive. Pro Oriente, August 12, 2011, accessed December 28, 2011 . ;
  4. As of September 2010, the amendment was in parliamentary discussion. It deals with the modern organization of the autocephalous Orthodox churches in the diaspora in Austria. Orthodox law is being amended . Parliamentary Correspondence No. 547 dated May 31, 2011
  5. Pro Oriente quote: Orth. Episcopal Conference
  6. The Serbian Church in History ( Memento of the original from September 20, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.serb-kirche.at archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Српска Православна Црквена Општина Светог Саве у Бечу - Serbian Orthodox Church Community to HL SAVA in Vienna
  7. A representation of the Romanian Orthodox Church ( memento of the original from March 18, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Biserica Romana Ortodoxa din Viena - Romanian Orthodox parish in Vienna  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.rumkirche.at
  8. The history of the Cathedral of St. Nicholas in Vienna ( Memento of the original from August 6, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , nikolsobor.org  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.nikolsobor.org
  9. The Bulgarian Orthodox Church Community "St. Ivan Rilski", Vienna, Austria