Serbian Orthodox Eparchy of New Gračanica and Midwestern America

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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]

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Serbian Orthodox Eparchy of New Gračanica and Midwestern America
Location
TerritoryMidwestern United States
HeadquartersNew Gračanica Monastery, Third Lake, Illinois
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DenominationEastern Orthodox
Sui iuris churchSerbian Orthodox Church
Established1963
CathedralCathedral of the Holy Resurrection, Chicago, Illinois
LanguageChurch Slavonic, Serbian, English
Current leadership
BishopLongin Krčo
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History

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

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 Cathedral of the Holy Resurrection, Chicago, Illinois.

The diocese operates 69 churches and 12 monasteries, including:

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