The Eparchy of Srem (, ) is a diocese (eparchy) of the Serbian Orthodox Church covering Syrmia region in northwestern Serbia and eastern Croatia.
The episcopal see is located at the Saint Nicholas Cathedral, Sremski Karlovci. Its headquarters and bishop's residence, are also in Sremski Karlovci, both located at the Palace of the Patriarchate.
History Historical background The bishopric of Syrmia is one of the oldest ecclesiastical institutions in this part of Southeastern Europe. The Diocese of Pannonia centered in Sirmium was an important ecclesiastical center of the late Roman Empire in the 4th and 5th centuries. The bishopric collapsed after 582 when Sirmium was finally destroyed by the Avars.
After the Christianization of the Slavs, the eparchy was revived, and from 1018 it belonged to the Eastern Orthodox Archbishopric of Ohrid. The region was later conquered by the Kingdom of Hungary, and the eparchy was suppressed at the beginning of the 13th century, while on the same territory the Roman Catholic Diocese of Srijem was established. During the late Middle Ages, remaining Eastern Orthodox Christians in the region of Syrmia came under the jurisdiction of the Serbian Metropolitans of Belgrade. The most notable of these were Maksim Branković (d. 1516), metropolitan of Belgrade and Syrmia, who built the Monastery of Krušedol. During the 16th and 17th centuries they styled themselves as Metropolitans of Belgrade and Syrmia, and the eparchy was under jurisdiction of the Serbian Patriarchate of Peć.
Early modern period
In 1708, when the autonomous Metropolitanate of Karlovci was created within the Habsburg monarchy, the Eparchy of Srem became the archbishopric of the Metropolitan, whose seat was first in the Krušedol Monastery, and then in Sremski Karlovci. The eparchy remained part of the Patriarchate of Karlovci until the end of World War I.
After the war and the creation of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia, its territory was united with other Serbian Orthodox ecclesiastical provinces to form the unified Serbian Orthodox Church, a process completed in 1920. It came under the administration of Archbishop of Belgrade, who was also the Serbian Patriarch. The final unification of the Eparchy of Srem and the Archdiocese of Belgrade was completed in 1931 as the Archbishopric of Belgrade and Karlovci. During that period, the episcopal administration was delegated to titular bishops as metropolitan vicars.
In 1947, the region of Syrmia was excluded from the Archdiocese of Belgrade and Karlovci, and re-established as the separate Eparchy of Srem. Although the name of the Archdiocese of Belgrade and Karlovci still includes the name of the town of Sremski Karlovci, town is today part of the Eparchy of Srem and not of the Archdiocese of Belgrade and Karlovci.
List of bishops Metropolitans Primate Tenure Title Isidor (around 1415–1423) Metropolitan of Belgrade and Syrmia Grigorije (around 1438–1440) Metropolitan of Belgrade and Syrmia Joanikije (around 1479) Metropolitan of Belgrade and Syrmia Filotej (since 1481) Metropolitan of Belgrade and Syrmia Teofan (around 1509) Metropolitan of Belgrade and Syrmia Maksim Branković (d. 1516) Metropolitan of Belgrade and Syrmia Roman (around 1532) under Archbishopric of Ohrid Longin (around 1545–1548) under Archbishopric of Ohrid Jakov 1560–61 Archbishop of Belgrade and Syrmia Serafim prior to 1588 Metropolitan of Belgrade and Syrmia Makarije ( 1589) Metropolitan of Belgrade and Syrmia Luka ( 1596) Metropolitan of Belgrade and Syrmia Joakim (around 1607–1611) Metropolitan of Belgrade and Syrmia Visarion 1612 Metropolitan of Belgrade and Syrmia (around 1631–1632) Metropolitan of Belgrade and Syrmia Ilarion (around 1644–1662) Metropolitan of Belgrade and Syrmia Jefrem (around 1662–1672) Metropolitan of Belgrade and Syrmia Elevterije (around 1673–1678) Metropolitan of Belgrade and Syrmia Pajsije (around 1680–1681) Metropolitan of Belgrade and Syrmia Simeon Ljubibratić (1682–1690) Metropolitan of Belgrade and Syrmia Mihailo (around 1699–1705) Metropolitan of Belgrade and Syrmia
Titular bishops (1920–1928) (1928–1931) (1931–1934) Sava Trlajić (1934–1938) Valerijan Pribićević (1940–1947)
Bishops of Srem Vikentije Prodanov (administrator) (1947–1951) Nikanor Iličić (1951–1955) Makarije Đorđević (1955–1978) Andrej Frušić (1980–1986) Vasilije Vadić (1986–present)
Notable monasteries Krušedol Staro Hopovo Novo Hopovo Šišatovac Vrdnik-Ravanica Grgeteg Velika Remeta Jazak Fenek Beočin Bešenovo Divša Kuveždin Mala Remeta Privina Glava Petkovica Rakovac
Gallery
See also Eparchies and metropolitanates of the Serbian Orthodox Church Saint Arsenije Serbian Orthodox Seminary
References
Sources
External links
Official website Eparchy of Srem Half a millennia of Monastery of Krushedol