Eparchy of Srem explained

Jurisdiction:Eparchy
Srem
Local:Епархија сремска
Denomination:Eastern Orthodox
Sui Iuris Church:Serbian Orthodox Church
Bishop:Vasilije Vadić
Headquarters:Sremski Karlovci, Sremski Karlovci
Cathedral:St. Demetrius Cathedral, Sremski Karlovci
Territory:Syrmia in Serbia
Language:Church Slavonic
Serbian
Website:eparhijasremska.rs

The Eparchy of Srem (Serbian: Сремска епархија or Serbian: Sremska eparhija) is an eparchy (diocese) of the Serbian Orthodox Church in the Syrmia (Srem) region, Serbia. Most of the eparchy is in the autonomous province of Vojvodina, and it also includes a small south-eastern part of Syrmia within the city limits of Belgrade, as well as some West Syrmian parishes in the border region of Croatia. The seat of the eparchy is at Sremski Karlovci. Since 1986, the diocesan bishop is Vasilije Vadić.[1]

History

See also: Metropolitanate of Karlovci and Patriarchate of Karlovci.

The Eparchy of Srem is one of the oldest ecclesiastical institutions in this part of Southeastern Europe. The Bishopric of Sirmium was an important ecclesiastical center of the late Roman Empire in the 4th and 5th centuries. The bishopric collapsed after 582 when ancient Sirmium was finally destroyed by Avars.

After the Christianization of the Slavs, the eparchy was revived, and from 1018 it belonged to the Eastern Orthodox Archbishopric of Ohrid. During the late Middle Ages, the region of Srem came under the jurisdiction of the Serbian Metropolitans of Belgrade. The most notable of these was St Maksim Branković, metropolitan of Belgrade and Srem (died 1516) who built the Monastery of Krušedol.[2] During the 16th and 17th centuries they styled themselves as Metropolitans of Belgrade and Srem. In 1708, when the autonomous Serbian Metropolitanate was created within the Habsburg monarchy, the Eparchy of Srem became the archdiocese of the Metropolitan, whose seat was in Sremski Karlovci. The Eparchy remained part of the Metropolitanate of Karlovci until the end of the First World War.

In 1920, when all the Serbian ecclesiastical provinces united into one Serbian Orthodox Church, the Eparchy of Srem, with its seat at Sremski Karlovci, came under the administration of Archbishop of Belgrade, who was also the Serbian Patriarch. Final unification of two eparchies was completed in 1931 when the Eparchy of Srem and the Archbishopric of Belgrade were united as the Archbishopric of Belgrade and Karlovci. During that period, the diocesan administration was delegated to titular bishops as archdiocesan vicars.

In 1947, the region of Srem was excluded from the Archbishopric of Belgrade and Karlovci, and re-established as the separate Eparchy of Srem. Although the name of the Archbishopric of Belgrade and Karlovci still includes the name of the town of Sremski Karlovci, that town is today part of the Eparchy of Srem and not of the Archbishopric of Belgrade and Karlovci.

Seminary

See main article: Seminary of Sremski Karlovci.

The eparchy also possesses an Orthodox seminary at Sremski Karlovci. The seminary was founded in 1794. It is the second-oldest Orthodox seminary in the world (after the Spiritual Academy in Kyiv), and it operates to this day.

Monasteries belonging to the eparchy

NameFirst
historical
record
Traditional founderTraditional date
of foundation
Beočin1566/7Unknown
Bešenovo1545Serbian king DragutinEnd of the 13th century
Velika Remeta1562King Dragutin
Vrdnik-RavanicaThe exact time of its founding is unknown. The records indicate that the church was built during the time of Metropolitan Serafim, in the second half of the 16th century.
Grgeteg1545/6Zmaj Ognjeni Vuk (despot Vuk Grgurević)1471
DivšaLate 16th centuryDespot Jovan BrankovićLate 15th century
Jazak1736
KrušedolSt Maksim Branković, Metropolitan of Belgrade and Srem, and his mother Saint Angelina of Serbia.Between 1509 and 1516
Kuveždin1566-9Stefan Štiljanović
Mala RemetaMid 16th centurySerbian king Dragutin
Novo Hopovo1641The Despots of the Branković family.
Privina Glava1566/7A man named Priva12th century
Petkovica1566/7The widow of Stefan Štiljanović, Despotess Jelena.
Rakovac1545/6According to a legend recorded in 1704, Rakovac is the heritage of a certain man, Raka, courtier of despot Jovan Branković.1498
Staro Hopovo1545/6Metropolitan Maksim Branković.
ŠišatovacMid 16th centuryRefugee monks from the Serbian Monastery of Žiča.
Fenek1563Stefan and Angelina BrankovićSecond half of the 15th century

Bishops

Titular bishops - diocesan vicars:

Bishops of Srem

See also

Gallery

Churches

Sources

External links

Notes and References

  1. http://www.spc.rs/eng/35th_anniversary_episcopal_service_bishop_vasilije_srem 35th anniversary of the episcopal service of Bishop Vasilije of Srem
  2. http://www.spc.rs/sr/half_millennia_monastery_krushedol Half a millennia of Monastery of Krushedol