Diocese of Canada

Eparchies of the Serbian Orthodox Church in North America

The Serbian Orthodox Diocese of Canada (Serbian: Српска православна епархија канадска, Srpska pravoslavna eparhija kanadska) is a Serbian Orthodox Church diocese located in Canada. Its headquarters are in Campbellville, Milton, Ontario.[1] The Serbian Orthodox Diocese of Canada, part of the Serbian Orthodox Church in North and South America, is an integral part of the Serbian Orthodox Patriarchate with its See in Belgrade, and accordingly answers to its national church, the Serbian Orthodox Church (SOC), one of the autocephalous and canonical Orthodox Christian churches. The SOC not only serves communities in Serbia, it also has exarchates and patriarchal representation churches around the world. The Serbian Orthodox Church in North and South America is a member of the Assembly of Canonical Orthodox Bishops of North and Central America.

The monastic tradition has always been emphasized in the Serbian Orthodox Church. There are 18 Serbian Orthodox monasteries in the United States and Canada, including an unaffiliated one in Columbus, Michigan under the jurisdiction of Bishop Artemije (Radosavljević) of the Eparchy of Raška and Prizren and Kosovo-Metohija in exile. Today, the Holy Transfiguration Serbian Orthodox Monastery in Campbellville, Ontario, is not only an important Episcopal Headquarters but a religious center and a spiritual retreat welcoming numerous visitors (Orthodox and non-Orthodox alike). At the time of Georgije Đokić's election as Bishop of Canada, there were six Serbian churches in the country. Under his tenure, that number has grown to 42 parishes (33 affiliated and nine unaffiliated) and almost 150,000 Serbian Orthodox Christians. In Windsor, Ontario alone there are three Serbian church-parishes and three Serbian-initiated Homes for Senior Citizens, General Mihailovich Place, Homeland, and Pillette Green. With more than 190 churches, chapels and sketes in the United States and Canada, the Serbian Orthodox Church has the largest number of monasteries per capita among all other Eastern Orthodox national churches, one for every 11 parishes.

Structure

The four dioceses of the Church in North America are: the Dioceses of Eastern (Bishop Mitrophan), Midwestern (Bishop Longin), and Western (Bishop Maxim) United States and the Diocese of Canada (Patriarch Irinej of Serbia). Bishop Georgije, formerly Bishop of Canada, has now retired in Milton, Ontario.

The Holy Assembly of Bishops of the Serbian Orthodox Church, during its regular session on 21 May 2009, based on a recommendation of the Episcopal Council of the Serbian Orthodox Church in North and South America, relative to the restructuring of the existing Dioceses in North and South America, rendered the following decision confirming the Constitution of the Serbian Orthodox Church in North and South America, according to which the Dioceses of our Church on that territory will be restructured:

1. THE METROPOLITANATE OF LIBERTYVILLE-CHICAGO, led by Patriarch Irinej of Serbia, with its see at the Monastery of St. Sava in Libertyville (encompassing the Monastery of St. Sava in Libertyville and the Cathedral Church of the Holy Resurrection with its three parishes), whose Metropolitan shall be the President of the Episcopal and Central Church Councils and the Clergy-Laity Assembly, and therefore the ex officio representative of the Serbian Orthodox Church on that territory.

2. THE DIOCESE OF NEW GRACANICA-MIDWESTERN AMERICA, led by Bishop Longin (Krčo), with its see at the Monastery of New Gračanica (encompassing all the Church-School Congregations, Parishes and Monasteries in Chicago - save the Holy Resurrection Cathedral - and the other Midwestern American States of the previous Metropolitanate of Midwestern American, as well as all of the Church-School Congregations, Parishes and Monasteries of the previous Diocese for America and Canada of the New Gračanica Metropolitanate on the territory of the previous Metropolitanate of Midwestern America).

3. THE DIOCESE OF EASTERN AMERICA, led by Bishop Mitrophan (Kodić), with its see in Pittsburgh/Mars (encompassing all of the Church-School Congregations, Parishes and Monasteries of the current Eastern American Diocese and the Church-School Congregations, Parishes and Monasteries of the previous Diocese for America and Canada of the New Gračanica Metropolitanate on the territory of Eastern America).

4. THE DIOCESE OF WESTERN AMERICA, led by Bishop Maxim (Vasilijević), with its see in Los Angeles/Alhambra (encompassing all of the Church-School Congregations, Parishes and Monasteries of the current Western American Diocese and the Church-School Congregations, and Parishes of the previous Diocese for America and Canada of the New Gračanica Metropolitanate on the territory of Western America).

5. THE DIOCESE OF CANADA, under the administration of Patriarch Irinej of Serbia, with its see in Toronto/Milton (encompassing all of the Church-School Congregations, Parishes and Monasteries of the current Canadian Diocese and the Church-School Congregations and Parishes of the previous Diocese for America and Canada of the New Gračanica Metropolitanate on the territory of Canada).

Atlantic Canada

Quebec

Ontario

Southern Ontario

Greater Toronto Area

Central Ontario

Niagara Peninsula

(Unaffiliated) https://chimp.net/charities/the-serbian-orthodox-centre-holy-trinity

Southwestern Ontario

Northern Ontario

Manitoba

Saskatchewan

Alberta

http://svetisimeon.org/en/

British Columbia

References

References

  1. ↑ "Diocese of Canada at SerbOrth.org." Serbian Orthodox Church in North and South America. Retrieved on February 27, 2011. "Episcopal Residence: Holy Transfiguration Serbian Orthodox Monastery, 7470 McNiven Rd., RR #3, Campbellville, Ontario L0P 1B0"
  2. ↑ "St. Basil of Ostrog, Serbian Orthodox Parish in Halifax, Canada."

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