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== Structure of the patriarchate ==
The supreme authority of the Serbian Orthodox Church is the [[Holy Synod]], a "parliament" composed of all its bishops, who meet once a year. A permanent synod of four members carries out the administration of the day-to-day affairs of the church.
The Serbian Orthodox Church is divided into 40 [[diocese]]s each headed by its own Metropolitanmetropolitan, Archbishop archbishop or Bishopbishop:
===Serbia and Montenegro===
* '''Archdiocese of Belgrade and Sremski Karlovci''', with see in Belgrade
* '''Diocese of Banat''', with see in Vršac
