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Serbian Orthodox Eparchy of Slavonia (
Serbian Cyrillic : Српска православна епархија славонска ,
Croatian : Srpska pravoslavna eparhija slavonska ) is an
eparchy (diocese) of the
Serbian Orthodox Church encompassing areas of western and central
Slavonia ,
Croatia . Since 2014, the Eparchy is headed by bishop
Jovan Ćulibrk .
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History
During the Middle Ages, the
Banate of Slavonia was under the rule of
Hungarian kings. By the 15th century, some eastern regions of Slavonia were inhabited by
Serbs , who settled there after fleeing
Bosnia , even before the
Ottoman conquest in 1463. Since Serbs were
Eastern Orthodox Christians , some tensions occurred with local Catholic Church. In 1438, pope
Eugene IV (1431–1447) sent the inquisitor
Giacomo della Marca to
Slavonia as a missionary, with instruction to convert "schismatic" Serbs to "
Roman religion ", and if that should fail, to banish them. During that period, Serbian nobility was also present in the region. In 1454, Serbian Orthodox liturgical book, the
Varaždin Apostol was written in Upper-Slavonian city of
Varaždin , for princess
Katarina Branković of
Serbia , wife of
Ulrich II, Count of Celje .
In the first half of the 16th century, entire
Slavonia was devastated by frequent wars. Serbian despot
Pavle Bakić fell at the
Battle of Gorjani in Slavonia (1537), defending the region from the Ottoman Turks. By that time, eastern part known as Lower Slavonia was conquered by the
Ottomans , while the western part (known as Upper Slavonia ) came under the
Habsburg rule. Since the renewal of the
Serbian Patriarchate of Peć in 1557, the Orthodox Serbs of Lower Slavonia were placed under jurisdiction of the
Eparchy of Požega , centered at the
Orahovica Monastery . In 1595, Serbian Orthodox metropolitan Vasilije of Požega moved to Upper Slavonia, under Habsburg rule, in order to avoid the Turkish oppression.
Historically, the Eparchy was known as
Eparchy of Požega (Пожешка епархија) in 16th and 17th century, and later as
Eparchy of Pakrac (Пакрачка епархија). During 18th and 19th century, it was under jurisdiction of the Serbian Orthodox
Metropolitanate of Karlovci . Since 1920, it belongs to the united
Serbian Orthodox Church .
Heads
Serbian Patriarchate of Peć in 16th and 17th century
Diocesan Residence in
Pakrac , devastated during the war 1991-1995
Metropolitans of Požega (Lower Slavonia)
Bishops of Pakrac (Lower Slavonia)
Sofronije Podgoričanin (1705–1710),
Vasilije Rajić (1710–1714),
Gavrilo Popović (1715–1716),
Atanasije Radošević (1717–1720),
Nikifor Stefanović (1721–1743),
Sofronije Jovanović (1743–1757),
Vićentije Jovanović Vidak (1757–1759), administration
Arsenije Radivojević (1759–1769),
Atanasije Živković (1770–1781),
Josif Jovanović Šakabenta (1781–1783),
Pavle Avakumović (178?-1786),
Kiril Živković (1786–1807),
Josif Putnik (1808–1828),
Georgije Hranislav (1829–1839),
Stefan Popović (1839–1843),
Stefan Kragujević (1843–1864),
Nikanor Grujić (1864–1887),
Miron Nikolić (1890–1941),
Damaskin Grdanički (1945–1951), administration
Bishops of Slavonia
See also
References
Bibliography
Ćirković, Sima (2004).
The Serbs . Malden: Blackwell Publishing.
Krestić, Vasilije (1997).
History of the Serbs in Croatia and Slavonia 1848-1914 . Belgrade: BIGZ.
Lajić, Ivan; Bara, Mario (2010). "Effects of the War in Croatia 1991-1995 on Changes in the Share of Ethnic Serbs in the Ethnic Composition of Slavonia". Stanovništvo . 48 (1): 49–73.
Mileusnić, Slobodan (1997).
Spiritual Genocide: A survey of destroyed, damaged and desecrated churches, monasteries and other church buildings during the war 1991-1995 (1997) . Belgrade: Museum of the Serbian Orthodox Church.
Miller, Nicholas J. (1997).
Between Nation and State: Serbian Politics in Croatia Before the First World War . Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press.
Вуковић, Сава (1996).
Српски јерарси од деветог до двадесетог века (Serbian Hierarchs from the 9th to the 20th Century) . Евро, Унирекс, Каленић.
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