Serbian Orthodox Eparchy of Eastern America

Serbian Orthodox Eparchy of Eastern America
Serbian Orthodox Eparchy of Eastern America
Location
Territory	Eastern United States
Headquarters	New Rochelle, New York
Information
Denomination	Eastern Orthodox
Sui iuris church	Serbian Orthodox Church
Established	1983
Cathedral	Holy Trinity Cathedral, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Language	Church Slavonic, Serbian, English
Current leadership
Bishop	Irinej Dobrijević
Map
Website
	Serbian Orthodox Eparchy of Eastern America

The Serbian Orthodox Eparchy of Eastern America (Serbian: Српска православна епархија источноамеричка, romanized: Srpska pravoslavna eparhija istočnoamerička) is a diocese (eparchy) of the Serbian Orthodox Church, covering the eastern region of the United States.

History

The Serbian Orthodox Eparchy of Eastern America was first created in 1983 by dividing the Serbian Orthodox Eparchy of Eastern America and Canada in two separate eparchies: Serbian Orthodox Eparchy of Eastern America and Serbian Orthodox Eparchy of Canada.

In 1991, by the decision of the Council of Bishops of the Serbian Orthodox Church jurisdiction on South America was ceded to this diocese. In South America and the Caribbean the Diocese of Eastern America had churches in Argentina, Brazil, Venezuela, Chile, Ecuador, Peru, and Dominican Republic.^[1]

In 2011, by the decision of the Council of Bishops of the Serbian Orthodox Church, parishes in South and Central America were allocated to the new Serbian Orthodox Eparchy of Buenos Aires and South America.

Structure

The Serbian Orthodox Eparchy of Eastern America comprises 61 parishes: 15 in Ohio; 13 in Pennsylvania; 8 in Indiana; 6 in Florida; 5 in Michigan; three in New Jersey; two each in New York and North Carolina; and one each in Georgia, Massachusetts, Tennessee, Maryland (serving District of Columbia as well), Alabama, West Virginia, and Maine.^[2]^: 86, 87 The episcopal see is located at Holy Trinity Cathedral, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

The diocese operates 53 churches and 7 monasteries, including:

Holy Ascension Serbian Orthodox Monastery (Youngwood, Pennsylvania)
Saint Mark Serbian Orthodox Monastery (Sheffield, Ohio)
Saint Nikolaj Velimirović of Žiča Serbian Orthodox Monastery (China Township, Michigan)
Saint Archangel Gabriel - New Marcha Serbian Orthodox Monastery (Richfield, Ohio)
Most Holy Mother of God Serbian Orthodox Monastery (Springboro, Pennsylvania)
Saint Xenia Metochion Serbian Orthodox Monastery (Indianapolis, Indiana)
The Nativity of the Mother of God Serbian Orthodox Monastery (New Carlisle, Indiana)

Gallery

Saint Sava Church (Manhattan, New York)
Saint Sava Church (Merrillville, Indiana)
Saint Mark Monastery (Sheffield, Ohio)

References

^ "Parishes Archived 2013-05-29 at the Wayback Machine." Diocese of Eastern America. Retrieved on February 26, 2011.
^ Krindatch, Alexei, ed. (2011). "American Carpatho-Russian Orthodox Diocese". Atlas of American Orthodox Christian churches (PDF). Orthodox Press. pp. 40–43. ISBN 978-1-935317-23-4.

Sources

Vuković, Sava (1998). History of the Serbian Orthodox Church in America and Canada 1891–1941. Kragujevac: Kalenić.

External links

Diocese of Eastern America

[1] "Parishes Archived 2013-05-29 at the Wayback Machine." Diocese of Eastern America. Retrieved on February 26, 2011.

[Krn2011-2] Krindatch, Alexei, ed. (2011). "American Carpatho-Russian Orthodox Diocese". Atlas of American Orthodox Christian churches (PDF). Orthodox Press. pp. 40–43. ISBN 978-1-935317-23-4.

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Subdivisions of the Serbian Orthodox Church
Metropolitanates	Belgrade and Karlovci Dabar-Bosnia Montenegro and the Littoral Zagreb and Ljubljana Australia and New Zealand
Traditional eparchies	Bačka Banat Banja Luka Bihać and Petrovac Braničevo Buda Budimlja and Nikšić Dalmatia Gornji Karlovac Kruševac Mileševa Niš Osječko polje and Baranja Raška and Prizren Šabac Slavonia Srem Šumadija Temišvar Timok Valjevo Vranje Zahumlje and Herzegovina Žiča Zvornik and Tuzla
Diaspora eparchies	Austria Britain and Ireland Buenos Aires and South America Canada Düsseldorf and Germany Eastern America New Gračanica and Midwestern America Scandinavia Switzerland Western America Western Europe
Historical	Belgrade Metropolitanate Karlovci Metropolitanate Karlovci Patriarchate Hvosno Lipljan Toplica Banjska Marča Samokov Kyustendil Arad (1695–1865) Kostajnica (1713–1771) Šabac and Valjevo (1831–2006) Kotor and Dubrovnik (1870–1931) Zahumlje and Raška (1878–1931) Ohrid (1920–1931) Bitola (1920–1931) Ohrid and Bitola (1931–1967) Zletovo and Strumica (1920–1967) Mukachevo and Prešov (1931–1945) (For others see: History of the Serbian Orthodox Church)