Order of Kantakuzina Katarina Branković

Order of Kantakuzina Katarina Branković
Awarded for The award can be awarded to individuals for special benefites for Serbian Orthodox Church in Croatia, Slovenia and Italy according to pronouncement of Metropolit Jovan
Location Zagreb
Country  Croatia
Presented by Metropolitanate of Zagreb, Ljubljana and all Italy
First awarded 2007
Official website http://www.mitropolija-zagrebacka.org/

The Order of Kantakuzina Katarina Branković is an honor given by the Metropolitanate of Zagreb and Ljubljana in recognition of special merits to the Serbian Orthodox Church in Croatia, Slovenia and Italy. The award was established in 2007 on the occasion of the celebration of the thirtieth anniversary of the enthronement of Metropolitan Jovan Pavlović of Zagreb.[1] For this occasion the Metropolitanate commissioned a special limited edition collection of medals and diplomas that are made at the Monastery of St. Roman in South Serbia close to the city of Niš. It was decided that the medal will be named for the Orthodox Countess Kantakuzina Katarina Branković who lived in Zagreb in the 15th century.

Description

The award consists of a forged medal, diploma and order certificate. The award can be awarded to individuals for special merits according to pronouncement of Metropolit Jovan.[1] The order is divided into Medal of Kantakuzina Katarina Branković of first-order and Medal of Kantakuzina Katarina Branković of second-order.

Order holders

list of holders is not complete

First Order

Second Order

See also

References

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