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 | Third Lake, Illinois |
| Information | |
| Denomination | Eastern Orthodox |
| Sui iuris church | Serbian Orthodox Church |
| Established | 1963 |
| Cathedral | Holy Resurrection Cathedral, Chicago, Illinois |
| Language | Church Slavonic, Serbian, English |
| Current leadership | |
| Bishop | Longin Krčo |
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| Website | |
| newgracanica | |
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
[edit]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
[edit]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 Holy Resurrection Cathedral, 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
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Saint Sava Church (Milwaukee, Wisconsin) -
Saints Constantine and Helen Church (Galveston, Texas) -
New Gračanica Monastery (Third Lake, Illinois) -
Saint Sava Monastery (Libertyville, Illinois)
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See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ 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
[edit]- Vuković, Sava (1998). History of the Serbian Orthodox Church in America and Canada 1891–1941. Kragujevac: Kalenić.