Serbian Orthodox Eparchy of New Gračanica and Midwestern America
Serbian Orthodox Eparchy of New Gračanica and Midwestern America | |
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| Location | |
| Territory | Midwestern United States |
| Headquarters | New Gračanica Monastery, Third Lake, Illinois |
| Information | |
| Denomination | Eastern Orthodox |
| Sui iuris church | Serbian Orthodox Church |
| Established | 1963 |
| Cathedral | Cathedral of the Holy Resurrection, Chicago, Illinois |
| Language | Church Slavonic, Serbian, English |
| Current leadership | |
| Bishop | Longin Krčo |
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| Serbian Orthodox Eparchy of New Gračanica and Midwestern America | |
The Serbian Orthodox Eparchy of New Gračanica and Midwestern America (Serbian: Српска православна епархија новограчаничко-средњезападноамеричка, romanized: Srpska pravoslavna eparhija novogračanička-srednjezapadnoamerička) is a diocese (eparchy) of the Serbian Orthodox Church, covering the midwestern region of the United States.[1]
History
In 1998, the diocese opened the monastic women's Protection of Theotokos Serbian Orthodox Monastery in Ohio under then Bishop Job. In 2006, the monastery moved to Marshfield, Missouri.[2] Later, it moved once again to Weatherby, Missouri on the same grounds as the Saint Xenia Sisterhood and the Holy Archangel Michael and All Angels Skete. Also, there is a fourth women's monastery in Greenfield, Missouri, Saint Pachomious Serbian Orthodox Monastery.
Structure
The Serbian Orthodox Eparchy of New Gračanica and Midwestern America comprises 40 parishes: 13 in Illinois; 6 in Wisconsin; 5 in Wisconsin; 4 each in Texas and Missouri; 5 in Michigan; three in New Jersey; two each in Kansas and Arkansas; and one each in Nebraska and Iowa.[3]: 86, 87 The episcopal see is located at Cathedral of the Holy Resurrection, Chicago, Illinois.
The diocese operates 69 churches and 12 monasteries, including:
- New Gračanica Serbian Orthodox Monastery (Third Lake, Illinois)
- Saint Sava Serbian Orthodox Monastery (Libertyville, Illinois)
- Saint Pachomious Serbian Orthodox Monastery (Greenfield, Missouri)
- Protection of Theotokos Serbian Orthodox Monastery (Weatherby, Missouri)
- Holy Archangel Michael and All Angels Skete (Weatherby, Missouri)
Gallery
Saint Sava Church (Milwaukee, Wisconsin)
Saints Constantine and Helen Church (Galveston, Texas)
New Gračanica Monastery (Third Lake, Illinois).jpg)
Saint Sava Monastery (Libertyville, Illinois)
See also
References
- ↑ Home. Diocese of New Gracanica - Midwestern America. Retrieved on February 26, 2011. "35240 W Grant Ave. Third Lake IL 60046"
- ↑ "History and Pictures". Presentation of the Virgin Mary Orthodox Monastery. Archived from the original on 2009-08-07. Retrieved 10 June 2021.
- ↑ 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.