Eparchy of Banja Luka explained

Jurisdiction:Eparchy
Banja Luka
Denomination:Eastern Orthodox
Sui Iuris Church:Serbian Orthodox Church
Established:1900
Bishop:Jefrem Milutinović
Headquarters:Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Territory:North-western parts of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Language:Church Slavonic
Serbian

The Eparchy of Banja Luka (Serbian: Епархија бањалучка) is an eparchy (diocese) of the Serbian Orthodox Church with its seat in Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina. It has jurisdiction over the north-western regions of Bosnia and Herzegovina.

History

Until 1900, territory of this eparchy belonged to the Eastern Orthodox Metropolitanate of Dabar and Bosnia, which in turn was under the ecclesiastical jurisdiction of the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople. Upon the request of the Eastern Orthodox Serbs of this region, new Eparchy of Banja Luka was created in that year, with seat in the city of Banja Luka. Bishop of Banja Luka was granted the honorary title of Metropolitan, as was the custom in Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople.

In 1918, all Orthodox bishops in Bosnia and Herzegovina reached a unanimous decision to join with other Serbian ecclesiastical provinces into united Serbian Orthodox Church. Arrangements with the Ecumenical Patriarchate were made, and the canonical process of unification was completed in 1920. Since then, Eparchy of Banja Luka has been part of the Serbian Orthodox Church.

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Serbian Orthodox Eparchy of Banja Luka
Evgenije Letica1901-1907
Vasilije Popović1908–1938
Platon Jovanović1940–1941
Vasilije Kostić1947—1961
1961—1980
1980—present

Monasteries

See also

Bibliography

. Sima Ćirković. 2004. The Serbs. Malden. Blackwell Publishing. 9781405142915.

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