Priests of the Serbian Orthodox Church in the Units of the People’s Liberation Army of Yugoslavia

Based on archival and published documents and relevant historiographical literature, this paper describes the main characteristics of the priests of the Serbian Orthodox Church (SPC) who held the functions of religious officers in the People’s Liberation Army of Yugoslavia (NOVJ), the armed force of the Communist Party of Yugoslavia (KPJ). The available sources point to the conclusion that SPC priests had a great influence in the NOVJ units, because they were religious officers in those units that were considered elite. Also, the SPC priest Vlada Zečević was a religious officer in the Supreme Headquarters of the NOVJ and had the role of supreme religious officer in the NOVJ.