Centre for Research of Orthodox Monarchism is a Serbian monarchist association from
Belgrade
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, founded in 2001 and registered with the Ministry of Justice of
Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
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in May 2002.
Its founder and first director was
Nebojša M. Krstić, also known as the founder of the
Fatherland movement Obraz. Nebojsha died in an alleged car accident, on 4 December 2001. He was succeeded as the director of the Centre by Rev. Deacon
Nenad M. Jovanovich, of the
Serbian Orthodox Church
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. From 2008 until 2012 the director was Rev. Presbyter Boško R. Marinkov, and since 2012 the director is Very Rev. Presbyter Nemanja S. Mrdjenović.
Centre has five study committees and two volunteer sections. The five study committees are the Board for
heraldry
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and genealogical studies, The Board for Cultural studies, the Board for Historiography, the Board for State and Legal studies, and the Board for Theological studies. Two volunteer sections are The Serbian Orthodox Action 'Sabor' and 'Society for fighting addiction diseases 'Svitanje' (Eng. 'dawn').
The Centre operates under the High Patronage of
Prince Alexander (Paul's) Karageorgevich and Spiritual Patronage of
Irinej (Dobrijevich) Bishop of the Metropolitanate of Australia and New Zealand of the Serbian Orthodox Church.
During their 'patron saint' celebration in June 2013, held at the Orthodox Theological Faculty of
University of Belgrade
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Founded in 1808 as the Belgrade Higher School in revolutionary Serbia, by 1838 it me ...
, with the blessings of
Serbian Patriarch Irinej
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He had first been the bishop of Niš between 1975 and 2010, and then ...
, they received support from highest ranking representatives of the Serbian Orthodox Church,
Serbian Army
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, and
Crown Prince Alexander II Karageorgevich. In June 2014 the Centre received a St. Emperor Constantine medal, awarded by the Holy Synod of the Serbian Orthodox Church.
Centre is considered to be one of the highest authorities in Balkan heraldry. They have published books, including poetry and translations of monarchist books into Serbian. Their representatives participated in a number of international academic conferences. The {{usurped,
official web site of CROM} contains the largest collection of works on Orthodox monarchism in
Serbian language
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.
2001 establishments in Serbia
Organizations based in Belgrade
Monarchism in Serbia
Monarchist organizations
Eastern Orthodoxy and politics