The Church of Saints Peter and Paul (), also known as the Serbian Church (), is an Eastern Orthodox church located in the Serbian Square (), Arad, Romania. It is under jurisdiction of the Eparchy of Temià ¡var of the Serbian Orthodox Church.
It was built between 1698 and 1702, by the Serb community of the city, and represents one of the oldest buildings in Arad. During the Great Turkish War (1683-1699), the city of Arad came under Habsburg rule, and Serbian captain Subota Joviàwas appointed commander of Arad in 1691. The border with the Ottoman Empire was set on the MureàRiver, and thus the region of Pomorià ¡je around Arad was organized as a Military Frontier, inhabited by Serbs who served in frontier units.
As a consequence, a church was built in the biggest city of the area, Arad. The building was financed by Serbian officer and nobleman Jovan Tekelija. Artist Stefan Tenecki painted the icons of the iconostasis in the second half of the 18th century. Throughout the 18th century, the church was center of religious life for all Eastern Orthodox Christians in Arad, both Serbs and Romanians, and also Greeks and Aromanians. Until the ecclesiastical division in 1865, the church belonged to the Eparchy of Arad, under the jurisdiction of the Serbian Orthodox Metropolitanate of Karlovci, and since then it belongs to the Eparchy of Temià ¡var.