Serbian Orthodox Church

The Serbian Orthodox Church (Serbian Cyrillic: Српска православна црква; SPC, SOC) is a body of some 11 million Orthodox Christians united under the Serb Patriarch who includes Archbishop of Peć and Metropolitan of Belgrade and Karlovci in his title. In this way Serbian Orthodox believers are in communion with all other Eastern Orthodox believers.

Structure

Serbian Orthodox Church is divided into 40 Eparchies (dioceses) each headed by its own Metropolitan, Archiepiscope (Archbishop) or Episcope (Bishop):

Related Topics:
Diocese - Archbishop - Bishop

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In Serbia and Montenegro:

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• Архиепископија београдско-карловачка - the Archiepiscopy of Belgrade and Sremski Karlovci, with see in Belgrade
• Епархија банатска - the Eparchy of Banat, with see in Vršac
• Епархија бачка - the Eparchy of Bačka, with see in Novi Sad
• Епархија браничевска - the Eparchy of Braničevo, with see in Požarevac
• Епархија будимљанско-никшићка - the Eparchy of Budimlje and Nik?i?, with see in ?ur?evi Stupovi monastery near Berane
• Епархија врањска - the Eparchy of Vranje, with see in Vranje
• Епархија жичка - the Eparchy of Žiča, with see in monastery Žiča near Kraljevo
• Епархија милешевска - the Eparchy of Mileševa, with see in Mileševa monastery
• Епархија нишка - the Eparchy of Niš, with see in Niš
• Епархија рашко-призренска - the Eparchy of Ras and Prizren, with see in Prizren
• Епархија сремска - the Eparchy of Srem, with see in Sremski Karlovci
• Епархија тимочка - the Eparchy of Timok, with see in Zaječar
• Епархија црногорско-приморска - the Eparchy of Montenegro and the littoral, with see in Cetinje
• Епархија шабачко-ваљевска - the Eparchy of ?abac and Valjevo, with see in ?abac
• Епархија шумадијска - the Eparchy of ?umadija, with see in Kragujevac

In Bosnia and Herzegovina:

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• Епархија бањалучка - the Eparchy of Banja Luka, with see in Banja Luka
• Епархија бихаћко-петровачка - the Eparchy of Biha? and Petrovac, with see in Bosanski Petrovac
• Митрополија дабробосанска - the Metropolitanate of Dabar Bosnia, with see in Sarajevo
• Епархија захумско-херцеговачка - the Eparchy of Zahumlje and Herzegovina, with see in monastery Tvrdoš near Trebinje
• Епархија зворничко-тузланска - the Eparchy of Zvornik and Tuzla, with see in Tuzla Web : www.spc-brcko.org

In Croatia:

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• Епархија горњокарловачка - the Eparchy of upper Karlovac, with see in Karlovac
• Епархија далматинска - the Eparchy of Dalmatia, with see in Šibenik
• ??????????? загребачко-љубљанска - the Metropolitanate of Zagreb and Ljubljana, with see in Zagreb
  Also encompasses Italy and all of Slovenia. Web: mitropolija-zagrebacka.org
• Епархија осјечкопољска и барањска - the Eparchy of Osje?ko polje and Baranja, with see in Dalj
• Епархија славонска - the Eparchy of Slavonia, with see in Daruvar

In Romania:

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• Епархија темишварска - the Eparchy of Timisoara, with see in Timisoara

In Republic of Macedonia:

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• Аутономна охридска архиепископија - the Autonomous Archdiocese of Ohrid, with see in Ohrid

In Europe:

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• Епархија британско-скандинавска - the Eparchy of Britain and Scandinavia, with see in Stockholm
  Encompasses parishes in Great Britain, Norway, Sweden and Denmark.
• Епархија будимска - the Eparchy of Buda (Budim), with see in Sentandreja
  Encompasses Orthodox Serbs in Hungary, Czech Republic and Slovakia.
• Епархија западноевропска - the Eparchy of West Europe, with see in Paris. Gathers Orthodox Serbs in France, Belgium, Netherlands and Spain
• Епархија средњоевропска - the Eparchy of Central Europe, with see in Himmelstühr monastery. Encompasses Serb Orthodox faithful in Germany, Austria and Switzerland

In the Americas:

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• Епархија западноамеричка - the Eparchy of West America, with see in Los Angeles
• Епархија источноамеричка - the Eparchy of East America, with see in Edgeworth
• Епархија канадска - the Eparchy of Canada, with see in Milton monastery
• Епархија новограчаничка за Америку и Канаду - the Eparchy of New Gračanica, the former schismatic Free Serbian Orthodox Church Diocese for US and Canada, in schism with the Mother Church from 1963 to 1992.
• Епархија средњезападно-америчка - the Eparchy of Midwest America, with see in monastery of Saint Sava in Libertyville, Illinois

In Australia and Oceania:

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• Епархија аустралијско-новозеландска - the Eparchy of Australia and New Zealand, with see in the New Kalenic Monastery, Hall (near Canberra).

Dioceses are further divided into Episcopal Deaneries, each consisting of several Church Congregations and Parishes. Church Congregations consist of one or more Parishes. Parish is the smallest Church unit - a communion of Orthodox faithful congregating at the Holy Eucharist with the parish priest at their head.

Related Topics:
Episcopal Deaneries - Church Congregation - Parish - Holy Eucharist

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