Serbian Orthodox Eparchy of New Gračanica and Midwestern America
Diocese of the Serbian Orthodox Church
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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]
Serbian Orthodox Eparchy of New Gračanica and Midwestern America | |
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| Location | |
| Territory | Midwestern United States |
| Headquarters | New Gračanica Monastery, Third Lake, Illinois |
| Information | |
| Denomination | Eastern Orthodox |
| Sui iuris church | Serbian Orthodox Church |
| Established | 1963 |
| Cathedral | Cathedral of the Holy Resurrection, Chicago, Illinois |
| Language | Church Slavonic, Serbian, English |
| Current leadership | |
| Bishop | Longin Krčo |
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| Website | |
| Serbian Orthodox Eparchy of New Gračanica and Midwestern America | |
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:
- 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)
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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)