[1] The first Eastern Orthodox Church was built in mid XVIII century and it served as a place of worship for local Serbs and Greeks both.

[2] The first permanent Serbian priest in Trieste was Haralampije Mamula from Ogulin in the western Military Frontier.

[citation needed] From 1994 up to administrative changes within the dioceses of the Serbian Orthodox Church, the parish in Trieste fell within the Metropolitanate of Zagreb and Ljubljana.

[citation needed] Saint Spyridon Church treasury holds numerous objects, historical documents, icons and various works of art, dating back to 1751.

The school is named for Jovan Miletić, a wealthy merchant from Sarajevo who in his will left 24,000 florins for the education of the Serbian children of Trieste.