Serbian Orthodox Eparchy of Switzerland

Serbian Orthodox Eparchy of Switzerland
Location
TerritorySwitzerland, Italy, Malta
HeadquartersZurich
Information
DenominationEastern Orthodox
Sui iuris churchSerbian Orthodox Church
Established2024
CathedralHoly Trinity Cathedral, Zurich
LanguageChurch Slavonic, Serbian, Swiss German, Italian, French
Current leadership
BishopAndrej Ćilerdžić
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Website
Serbian Orthodox Eparchy of Switzerland

The Serbian Orthodox Eparchy of Switzerland (Serbian: Српска православна епархија швајцарска, romanized: Srpska pravoslavna eparhija švajcarska; German: Serbische Orthodoxe Diözese der Schweiz; Italian: Diocesi ortodossa serba della Svizzera; French: Diocèse orthodoxe serbe de Suisse) is a diocese (eparchy) of the Serbian Orthodox Church, covering Switzerland, Italy, and Malta.[1]

History

At the initiative of Serbian Patriarch German and with the blessing of Bishop Lavrentije of then-Western Europe, the Holy Trinity Parish in Bern was founded in 1969. The first priest in Switzerland was officially appointed as the then-graduate theologian, Father Draško Todorović. After a short time, in 1972, the headquarters of the original parish was moved from Bern to Zurich. A regular place of worship was maintained in Bern.

The single parish for Switzerland was divided in 1993 in three new parishes - Zurich, Bern, and St. Gallen. In 1994, a parish in Basel was also established, and by the end of the 1990s, parishes in Lausanne, Geneva, Lugano, and Lucerne.[1]

Structure

The Serbian Orthodox Eparchy of Switzerland comprises 8 eparchies. The episcopal see is located at the Holy Trinity Cathedral in Zurich.

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "Serbian Orthodox Church in Switzerland". www.crkva.ch. Archived from the original on 24 January 2026.


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