Serbian Orthodox Church

The church was founded in 1219 by St. Sava (c. 1175 - c. 1235 ), son of Stephen Nemanja , Duke of Serbia.

Organization

In Serbia :

• Belgrade and the Archeparchy Sremski Karlovci, with headquarters in Belgrade
• the Eparchy of Banat , with headquarters in Vrsac
• Eparchy of Backa, with headquarters in Novi Sad
• the Eparchy of Branicevo , with headquarters in Pozarevac
• the Eparchy of Vranje , with headquarters in Vranje
• the Eparchy of Zica , with headquarters in Zica monastery near Kraljevo
• the Eparchy of Mileseva , with headquarters at the monastery of Mileseva
• the Eparchy of Ni , with headquarters in Nis
• the Ras-Prizren Eparchy , based in Prizren
• the Eparchy of Srem , with headquarters in Sremski Karlovci
• the Eparchy of Timok , with headquarters in Zajear
• the Eparchy of Sabac , with headquarters in Sabac
• the Eparchy of Valjevo , based in Valjevo
• the Eparchy of umadija , based in Kragujevac

In Montenegro :

• the metropolis of Montenegro and the coastline , with headquarters in Cetinje
• the Eparchy of Budimlje-Niksic , with headquarters at the monastery Djurdjevi Stupovi near Berane

In Bosnia-Herzegovina :

• the Eparchy of Banja Luka , with headquarters in Banja Luka
• the Eparchy of Bihac-Petrovac , with headquarters in Bosanski Petrovac
• Metropolitan Dabro-Bosna , with headquarters in Sarajevo
• the Eparchy of Zahumlje and Herzegovina , with headquarters in Tvrdo monastery near Trebinje
• the Eparchy of Zvornik and Tuzla , with headquarters in Tuzla

In Croatia :

• the Eparchy of Upper Karlovac, based in Karlovac
• the Eparchy of Dalmatia , with headquarters in Sibenik
• the city of Zagreb and Ljubljana , with headquarters in Zagreb (also covers the Italy and Slovenia )
• Eparchy of Osjecko polje and Baranja , with headquarters in Dalj
• the Eparchy of Slavonia , with headquarters in Daruvar

In Romania :

• Eparchy of Timisoara, based in Timisoara

In Macedonia :

• the autonomous Ohrid Archbishopric , with headquarters in Ohrid

In Europe :

• the Eparchy of Britain and Scandinavia , headquartered in Stockholm (covers Great Britain, Norway , the Sweden and Denmark )
• the Eparchy of Buda (Budimir), headquartered in Szentendre (covers Hungary , the Czech Republic and Slovakia )
• Eparchy of Western Europe , with headquarters in Paris (covers France , the Belgium , the Netherlands and Spain )
• Eparchy of Central Europe , with headquarters at the monastery of Himmelsthr (covers of Germany , the Austria and Switzerland )

In America ( Serbian Orthodox Church in the USA and Canada ):

• the Eparchy of the Western Region of the United States , with headquarters in Los Angeles
• Eparchy of the region is the United States, with headquarters in Pittsburgh near Edgeworth
• Eparchy of Canada , with headquarters at the monastery of Milton
• the Eparchy of Novograanica (former diocese for the United States and Canada of the former "Free Serbian Orthodox Church, after a schism between the Serbian Church in 1963 and 1992 )
• Eparchy of west-central United States, with headquarters at St. Sava Monastery in Libertyville in the Illinois

In Australia and Oceania :

• Eparchy of Australia and New Zealand , with headquarters at the monastery at New Kalenic Hall near Canberra

Relations with other Churches

The Serbian Orthodox Church is in full communion with other Orthodox Churches.

The Church also maintains good relations with the Russian Orthodox Church outside borders.

She knows now two territorial disputes between it and the self-proclaimed Orthodox Churches, which are there in each of these two courts opposing territories:

• in Macedonia
  • the Macedonian Orthodox Church , Autocephalous but not recognized by other churches
  • the autonomous Orthodox Ohrid Church , Archdiocese autonomous Serbian church
• in Montenegro
  • the Montenegrin Orthodox Church , Autocephalous but not recognized by other churches
  • the mtropolinat of Montenegro and the coastline of the Serbian Church

See also

Notes and References

Related articles

• List of primates of the Serbian Orthodox Church
• Monastery Hilandar
• Uchon Centre (monastic)

External Links

• (En) Website
• (In) OrthodoxWiki - Church of Serbia
• (In) Orthodox Research Institute
• (En) Diocese de France
• (En) Frairesa ortodox St Joan of Cassian Occitania - Orthodox Fellowship St John Cassian Occitan

• (En) Article Religioscope - Orthodoxy: the face of Serbian church schisms Macedonian and Montenegrin

• Christians of the East Portal
• Portal of Serbia and the Serbian people