Serbian Orthodox Eparchy of Buenos Aires and South America explained

Jurisdiction:Serbian Orthodox Eparchy
Buenos Aires and South America
Sui Iuris Church:Serbian Orthodox Church
Denomination:Eastern Orthodox
Established:2011
Bishop:Kirilo Bojović
Headquarters:Buenos Aires, Argentina
Cathedral:Cathedral of the Nativity of the Virgin, Buenos Aires
Territory:South America
Language:Church Slavonic, Serbian
Map:Map of Eparchies of Serbian Orthodox Church in Latin America-fr.svg
Website:Serbian Orthodox Eparchy of Buenos Aires and South America

The Serbian Orthodox Eparchy of Buenos Aires, South and Central America (Serbian: Српска православна епархија буеносајреска и јужноцентралноамеричка, Spanish; Castilian: Diócesis de Buenos Aires Patriarcado Ortodoxo Serbio) is a Serbian Orthodox Church eparchy (diocese) with the main headquarters located in the city of Buenos Aires, Argentina. The diocese has 20 churches in Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Dominican Republic, Venezuela, Ecuador, El Salvador, Colombia and Peru. On October 13, 2012, was realized the first session of diocese under the rule of the actual administration of Metropolitan bishop Amfilohije Radović.[1] [2] [3] [4] The decision of the Holy Assembly of Bishops of the Serbian Orthodox Church brought in May 2018 elected Kirilo Bojović the first Serbian Bishop of Buenos Aires and South-Central America. He was enthroned in the Cathedral church of Nativity of Virgin in Buenos Aires, Argentina, on 4 September 2018.[5]

For members of Serbian and Montenegrin diaspora in Argentina, Orthodox Christian religion acts as a very significant ethnic symbol. Therefore, as the most important element of social and cultural life the emigrants emphasized existence of Serbian Orthodox Church, since the need for group "survival" (according to the research[6]), throughout history and today, manifested itself through organizing and gathering mostly in the Serbian Orthodox Church and then in homeland's clubs.[7]

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  1. http://www.spc.rs/sr/saopstenje_za_javnost_svetog_arhijerejskog_sabora_srpske_pravoslavne_crkve Saopštenje za javnost Svetog Arhijerejskog Sabora Srpske Pravoslavne Crkve
  2. http://www.spc.rs/sr/mitropolit_crnogorskoprimorski_amfilohije_u_argentini Mitropolit crnogorsko-primorski Amfilohije u Argentini
  3. http://www.spc.rs/sr/mitropolit_amfilohije_uchestvovao_na_drugom_saboru_pravoslavnih_kanonskih_episkopa_u_juzhnoj_americi Mitropolit Amfilohije učestvovao na Drugom saboru pravoslavnih kanonskih episkopa u Južnoj Americi
  4. http://www.spc.rs/sr/prva_sjednica_eparhijskog_odbora_eparhije_buenosaireske_juzhnocentralnoamerichke Prva sjednica Eparhijskog odbora Eparhije buenosaireske južno-centralnoameričke
  5. Web site: The First Serbian Bishop of Buenos Aires and South-Central America Kiril (Bojovic) enthroned | Serbian Orthodox Church [Official web site].
  6. Бранислав Пантовић, Милеса Стефановић-Бановић - Српска православна црква као део културно-историјског наслеђа "наших" исељеника у Аргентини. Зборник радова са научне конференције са међународним учешћем: Очување и заштита културно-историјског наслеђа Србије у иностранству (IV), Институт за међународну политику и привреду, Београд, Србија 2013;
  7. Pantović Branislav. Stefanović Banović Milesa . IN BETWEEN EVERYDAY LIFE AND NOSTALGIA (Emigrants from Serbia and Montenegro in Argentina) . Slovak Ethnology . 2015 . 63 . 2 . 146–160 .