Eparchy of upper Karlovac

Eparchy of upper Karlovac
Location
Territory	Lika, Kordun, Banija
Headquarters	Karlovac, Croatia
Statistics
Population - Total	100,000 est.
Information
Denomination	Eastern Orthodox
Sui iuris church	Serbian Orthodox Church Patriarchate of Peć (Serbia)
Established	1695
Language	Church Slavonic Serbian
Current leadership
Bishop	Gerasim
Website
www.eparhija-gornjokarlovacka.hr

The Eparchy of upper Karlovac (Croatian: Eparhija gornjokarlovačka, Serbian: Епархија горњокарловачка) is an eparchy of the Serbian Orthodox Church seated in the city of Karlovac, Croatia. It covers the area of Banovina, Kordun, Lika, Krbava, Gorski Kotar, as well as northern Croatia and Istria.

The important Orthodox Christian monasteries in the region are Gomirje near Ogulin and Komogovina between Glina and Kostajnica.

History

The Serbian Orthodox Ličko-Krbavska and Zrinopoljska Eparchy was established in 1695 by metropolitan Atanasije Ljubojević and certified by Emperor Joseph I in 1707. This eparchy (from the 19th century known as the Eparchy of Upper Karlovac) was the ecclesiastical centre of the Serbian Orthodox Church in this region.

This eparchy was under jurisdiction of the Metropolitan of Dabro-Bosna, directly under the restored Serbian Patriarch in Peć and after 1766 under the new Serbian Metropolitanate of Karlovci, comprising Lika, Banija and Kordun.

In 1993 the old Cathedral Church of Saint Nicholas and the eparchy's diocesan residence were destroyed by Croatians during the Croatian war of Independence.

See also

• List of the Eparchies of the Serbian Orthodox Church
• Serbs of Croatia

External links

• Official website
• The diocese of Upper Karlovac - history and destruction in war

Serbian Orthodox Church in Croatia Eparchies Metropolitanate of Zagreb and Ljubljana Eparchy of Dalmatia Eparchy of upper Karlovac Eparchy of Osječko polje and Baranja Eparchy of Slavonia Eparchy of Srem (partly in Croatia) Eparchy of Zahumlje and Herzegovina (partly in Croatia) Churches Eastern Croatia St. Petka's Church, Banovci Church of the Transfiguration of the Lord, Trpinja Church of St Nicholas, Vukovar Church of Pentecost, Vinkovci Church of St. George, Kneževo Church of Assumption of Blessed Virgin, Negoslavci Church of Pentecost, Markušica Church of St. George, Bobota Church of St. Stephen, Borovo Church of the Nativity of the Virgin, Srijemske Laze Church of St. Peter and Paul, Bolman Church of St. Stefan Štiljanović, Karanac Church of St. Nicholas, Mirkovci Church of the Nativity of the Virgin Mary, Gaboš Church of St. Nicholas, Jagodnjak Church of St. Demetrius, Dalj Central Croatia Serbian Orthodox Cathedral in Zagreb Church of St George, Grubišno Polje Holy Father Nikolai Church, Karlovac Church of Nativity of the Virgin, Drežnica Church of Saint Apostles Peter and Paul, Štikada Church of St. George, Varaždin Dalmatia North Adriatic Holy Annunciation Orthodox church, Dubrovnik Orthodox Church in Knin Church of St. Peter and Paul, Tepljuh San Spirodine Church, Peroj Saint Nicholas Church, Rijeka Saint Nicholas Church, Vrlika Orthodox church of Holy Salvation, Cetina Monasteries Dragović Gomirje Komogovina Krka Krupa Lepavina Sv. Lazarica Orahovica Sv. Nedjelje Sv. Petke Sv. Vasilija Ostroškog Education Serbian Orthodox Secondary School (Zagreb) Seminary of Three Holy Hierarchs (Krka monastery) Other Order of Kantakuzina Katarina Branković Varaždin Epistle