Eparchy of Syrmia
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Eparchy of Srem Епархија сремска |
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| Location | |
| Territory |
Syrmia in Serbia plus three parishes in Croatia |
| Headquarters | Sremski Karlovci, Sremski Karlovci |
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| Denomination | Eastern Orthodox |
| Sui iuris church | Serbian Orthodox Church |
| Language |
Church Slavonic Serbian |
| Current leadership | |
| Bishop | Episcop Vasilije |
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The Eparchy of Srem (Serbian: Сремска епархија or Sremska eparhija) is an ecclesiastical territory or eparchy of the Serbian Orthodox Church in the Syrmia (Srem) region, Serbia. It is mostly situated in the autonomous province of Vojvodina, while the eparchy also include a small south-eastern part of Syrmia that belong to Belgrade as well as some Syrmian settlements that are part of Croatia. The seat of the eparchy is in Sremski Karlovci.
Eparchy of Srem is one of the oldest ecclesiastical institutions in this part of Europe. Ancient Bishopric of Sirmium was an important ecclesiastical center of the late Roman Empire during 4th and 5th century. Bishopric collapsed after 582 when ancient Sirmium was finally destroyed by Avars.
After the Christianization of Slavs, eparchy was renewed and since 1018 it belonged to the Eastern Orthodox Archbishopric of Ohrid. During the late Middle Ages, the region of Srem came under jurisdiction of Serbian Metropolitans of Belgrade. The most notable was Saint Maksim Branković, metropolitan of Belgrade and Srem (died 1516). During 16th and 17th centuries they styled themselves as Metropolitans of Belgrade and Srem. In 1708, when autonomous Serbian Metropolitanate in Habsburg Monarchy was created, Eparchy of Srem became archdiocese of the Metropolitan, whose seat was in Sremski Karlovci. Eparchy remained part of Metropolitanate of Karlovci until the end of the First World War.
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