Territory of modern-day
Croatia
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is divided between 7 eparchies of the
Serbian Orthodox Church
The Serbian Orthodox Church ( sr-Cyrl, Српска православна црква, Srpska pravoslavna crkva) is one of the autocephalous (ecclesiastically independent) Eastern Orthodox Christian denomination, Christian churches.
The majori ...
. 5 of them have their seat in
Croatia
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, one in
Serbia
Serbia (, ; Serbian language, Serbian: , , ), officially the Republic of Serbia (Serbian language, Serbian: , , ), is a landlocked country in Southeast Europe, Southeastern and Central Europe, situated at the crossroads of the Pannonian Bas ...
and one in
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Bosnia and Herzegovina ( sh, / , ), abbreviated BiH () or B&H, sometimes called Bosnia–Herzegovina and often known informally as Bosnia, is a country at the crossroads of south and southeast Europe, located in the Balkans. Bosnia and H ...
. As of March 2021 the central public ''Records of Religious Communities in the Republic of Croatia'' listed 431 "''organizational units''" of the Serbian Orthodox Church in Croatia, many of which are local parishes with their own churches.
Protection of the properties of cultural importance is among other general provisions defined by the Agreement between the Republic of Croatia and the Serbian Orthodox Church in the Republic of Croatia.
This is a list of churches categorized according to eparchy;
List per Eparchy
Metropolitanate of Zagreb and Ljubljana
Metropolitanate of Zagreb and Ljubljana
Metropolitanate of Zagreb and Ljubljana ( sr, Митрополија загребачко-љубљанска, Mitropolija zagrebačko-ljubljanska) is an Eastern Orthodox eparchy (diocese) and one of the five honorary Metropolitanates of the Ser ...
is one of the three Metropolitanates of the Serbian Orthodox Church. Its seat is located in Zagreb.
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Serbian Orthodox Cathedral, Zagreb
The Cathedral of the Transfiguration of the Lord ( sh-Cyrl-Latn, Храм преображења Господњег, Hram preobraženja Gospodnjeg) is a Serbian Orthodox cathedral located on the Petar Preradović Square in Zagreb, Croatia. It was ...
(Metropolitanate's cathedral)
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Church of St. George,
Grubišno Polje
Grubišno Polje (Czech: ''Hrubečné Pole'') is a town in Bjelovar-Bilogora County, Croatia.
Demographics
In the 1991 census, the settlement had equal numbers of Serbs and Croatians, but during the Croatian War of Independence the Croatian Serbs ...
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Church of St. George,
Varaždin
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Church of St. George,
Veliki Poganac
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Church of the Nativity of the Theotokos,
Mali Zdenci
Mali Zdenci is a village in Croatia. It is connected by the D5 highway. It is
located in the Bjelovar-Bilogora County. The village's sister village is Veliki Zdenci. It is a part of Grubišno Polje municipality.
Religion
Serbian Orthodox church ...
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Church of Lazarus of the Four Days,
Plavšinac
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Church of St. George,
Kutinica,
Krajiška Kutinica
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Church of St. Nicolas,
Velika Bršljanica
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Church of St. Demetrius,
Stupovača
Eparchy of Dalmatia
Eparchy of Dalmatia
The Eparchy of Dalmatia ( sr, Далматинска епархија or ) is a diocese or eparchy of the Serbian Orthodox Church, having jurisdiction over the region of Dalmatia, in Croatia. Since 2017, Serbian Orthodox Bishop of Dalmatia is N ...
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Cathedral of the Dormition of the Theotokos,
Šibenik
Šibenik () is a historic city in Croatia, located in central Dalmatia, where the river Krka flows into the Adriatic Sea. Šibenik is a political, educational, transport, industrial and tourist center of Šibenik-Knin County, and is also the ...
(Eparchy's cathedral)
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Church of St. Nicholas,
Vrlika
Vrlika is a small town in inland Split-Dalmatia County, Croatia. The closest large towns are Sinj, Knin, and Drniš. Vrlika was given the status of town in 1997. Vrlika is an underdeveloped municipality which is statistically classified as the ...
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Orthodox church of Holy Salvation,
Cetina
Cetina () is a river in southern Croatia. It has a length of and its basin covers an area of . From its source, Cetina descends from an elevation of above sea level to the Adriatic Sea. It is the most water-rich river in Dalmatia.Naklada Naprijed ...
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Church of the Intercession of the Theotokos,
Knin
Knin (, sr, link=no, Книн, it, link=no, Tenin) is a city in the Šibenik-Knin County of Croatia, located in the Dalmatian hinterland near the source of the river Krka, an important traffic junction on the rail and road routes between Zagr ...
Eparchy of Gornji Karlovac
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Church of St. Nicholas,
Karlovac
Karlovac () is a city in central Croatia. According to the 2011 census, its population was 55,705.
Karlovac is the administrative centre of Karlovac County. The city is located on the Zagreb- Rijeka highway and railway line, south-west of Zagre ...
(Eparchy's cathedral)
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St. Spyridon Church,
Peroj
Peroj ( cnr, Перој) is a village in the Town of Vodnjan on the south-western coast of Istria, Croatia. Peroj originally dates back to the Copper Age of prehistory, as testified by a necropolis within the old walls of the town. The town has be ...
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Church of St. Nicholas,
Rijeka
Rijeka ( , , ; also known as Fiume hu, Fiume, it, Fiume ; local Chakavian: ''Reka''; german: Sankt Veit am Flaum; sl, Reka) is the principal seaport and the third-largest city in Croatia (after Zagreb and Split). It is located in Primor ...
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Church of St. Peter and Paul,
Tepljuh
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Church of the Nativity of the Virgin,
Drežnica
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Church of the Holy Apostles Peter and Paul,
Štikada
Štikada is a village in the Lika-Senj County, Croatia. The settlement is administered as a part of Lovinac municipality.
Location
It is located in Lika, 5 kilometers from Gračac
Gračac (; ) is a town and municipality in the southern part of Li ...
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Church of Saint Parascheva,
Slabinja
Slabinja (; hu, Szlabina; sr-cyr, Слабиња) is a village in the Sisak-Moslavina County in the central part of Croatia. It is in the Una Valley near the border with Bosnia and Herzegovina, southeast of the town of Hrvatska Kostajnica, ...
*Orthodox Church in Obljaj,
Veliki Obljaj
Image:Orthodox Church in Karlovac.JPG, Church of St. Nicholas, Karlovac
Image:San Spirodine Church.jpg, St. Spyridon Church, Peroj
Image:Serbian Ortodox Church of Saint Nicholas in Rijeka, Croatia.jpg, Church of St. Nicholas, Rijeka
Eparchy of Osječko polje and Baranja
Alphabetical list (per settlement) of churches within the
Eparchy of Osječko polje and Baranja
Eparchy of Osječko polje and Baranja (Serbian Cyrillic: Епархија осјечкопољска и барањска or Епархија осечкопољска и барањска; hr, Osječkopoljska i baranjska eparhija) is an eparchy (d ...
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Church of the Saint Archangel Michael,
Beli Manastir
Beli Manastir is a town in eastern Croatia. It is the principal town of the Croatian part of Baranja, located in the Osijek-Baranja County.
Name
The name means "white monastery" in Serbo-Croatian. Originally called Monoštor, the current name w ...
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Church of the Transfer of the relics of the Holy Father Nicholas,
Bijelo Brdo
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Church of the Dormition of the Theotokos,
Bijelo Brdo
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Church of St. George,
Bobota
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Church of St. Peter and Paul,
Bolman
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Church of St. Stephen,
Borovo
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Church of St. Stefan Dečanski,
Borovo Naselje
Borovo Naselje ( sr-Cyrl, Борово Насеље) is a Vukovar borough located on the right bank of the Danube river in the Croatian region of Slavonia, 4 kilometers northwest of Vukovar town centre; elevation 90 m. The economy is based on ...
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Church of the Transfer of the relics of the Holy Father Nicholas,
Branjina
Branjina ( hu, Baranyakisfalud, sr-Cyrl, Брањина) is a settlement in the region of Baranja, Croatia. Administratively, it is located in the Popovac municipality within the Osijek-Baranja County. Population is 322 people.
Until the end of ...
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Church of the Saint Archangel Gabriel,
Bršadin
Bršadin ( sr-Cyrl, Бршадин, hu, Borsod) is a village in the Trpinja Municipality in Croatian easternmost Vukovar-Syrmia County. Bršadin is located north of the Vuka river and west of the town of Vukovar on the main road to Vinkovci.
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Church of the Transfiguration of the Lord,
Budimci
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Church of the Presentation of Mary,
Čakovci
Čakovci ( hu, Csákovác, sr, Чаковци, italics=off) is a village in the Tompojevci municipality in eastern Croatia.
Name
The name of the village in Croatian is plural.
History
The continuous human presence in village comes from the ...
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Church of the Saint Archangel Michael,
Čepin
Čepin ( hu, Csepin; german: Tschepin) is a village and a municipality in Osijek-Baranja County, Croatia. It is located in northeast Slavonia, 10 kilometers southwest from Osijek.
Čepin, with its 11,599 inhabitants at the 2011 census, is now inc ...
''(destroyed in 1992)''
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Church of St. Demetrius,
Dalj
Dalj ( sr-Cyrl, Даљ, hu, Dálya, german: Dallia, la, Teutoburgium) is a village on the Danube in eastern Croatia, near the confluence of the Drava and Danube, on the border with Serbia. It is located on the D519 road, south of its intersecti ...
''(Eparchy's cathedral)''
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Church of the Saint Archangel Michael,
Darda
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Church of the Saint Archangel Gabriel,
Erdut
Erdut ( sr-Cyrl, Ердут, ) is a village and a municipality in eastern Croatia some 37 km east of the major city of Osijek. Lying on the border with neighbouring Serbia, it was the site of the signing of the Erdut Agreement, which initiate ...
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Church of the Nativity of the Theotokos,
Gaboš
Gaboš ( sr-Cyrl, Габош) is a village in Vukovar-Syrmia County, Croatia, population 516. The settlement was originally established as a pustara, a Pannonian type of hamlet.
Education
Branch school of Elementary school Markušica is locat ...
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Church of St. Nicholas,
Jagodnjak
Jagodnjak ((Croatian and Serbian pronunciation: ) sr-cyrl, Јагодњак, hu, Kácsfalu, german: Katschfeld) is a village and a municipality in the Osijek-Baranja County, Croatia. Landscape of the Jagodnjak Municipality is marked by the Drav ...
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Church of St. Stefan Štiljanović,
Karanac
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Church of the Presentation of Mary,
Kneževi Vinogradi
Kneževi Vinogradi ( hu, Hercegszöllős; sr-cyr, Кнежеви Виногради) is a village and municipality in Croatia. It is situated in the Osijek-Baranja County, on the southern slopes of Bansko Brdo, 11 km southeast of Beli Manas ...
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Church of St. George,
Kneževo
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Church of St. George,
Marinci
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Church of Pentecost
The Church of Pentecost is a Pentecostal denomination that originates from Ghana. The Church currently has a presence in more than 135 countries globally. Its current Chairman, who happens to be its highest officer worldwide, is Apostle Eric Nya ...
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Markušica
Markušica ( sr-Cyrl, Маркушица, hu, Márkusfalva, german: Sankt Markus) is a village and a municipality in Vukovar-Syrmia County in eastern Croatia. Markušica is located south of the river Vuka and northwest of the town of Vinkovci. ...
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Church of St. Nicholas,
Mikluševci
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Church of St. Nicholas,
Mirkovci
Mirkovci ( sr-Cyrl, Мирковци, hu, Szegfalu, german: Sankt Emrich) is a village and suburb of the town of Vinkovci in eastern Croatia. It is geographically within the Syrmia and Podunavlje region. The village is located immediately southe ...
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Church of St. Panteleimon,
Mirkovci
Mirkovci ( sr-Cyrl, Мирковци, hu, Szegfalu, german: Sankt Emrich) is a village and suburb of the town of Vinkovci in eastern Croatia. It is geographically within the Syrmia and Podunavlje region. The village is located immediately southe ...
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Church of the Transfiguration of the Lord,
Mohovo
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Church of the Dormition of the Theotokos,
Negoslavci
Negoslavci ( sr-Cyrl, Негославци, hu, Negoszlovce) is a village and a municipality in Vukovar-Syrmia County in eastern Croatia. It is located south of the town of Vukovar, seat of the county. Landscape of the Negoslavci Municipality is ...
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Church of St. Elijah,
Novi Jankovci
Novi Jankovci ( sr-Cyrl, Нови Јанковци, hu, Újjankovce) is a village in the Stari Jankovci Municipality in eastern Croatia.
Name
The name of the village in Croatian is plural.
History
Novi Jankovci was most likely created in 17 ...
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Church of St. George,
Opatovac
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Church of St. Peter and Paul,
Orolik
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Church of the Dormition of the Mother of God,
Osijek
Osijek () is the fourth-largest city in Croatia, with a population of 96,848 in 2021. It is the largest city and the economic and cultural centre of the eastern Croatian region of Slavonia, as well as the administrative centre of Osijek-Baranja ...
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Church of the Nativity of Saint John the Baptist,
Ostrovo
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Church of the Nativity of the Theotokos,
Petrova Slatina
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Church of the Transfiguration of the Lord,
Petrovci
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Church of the Presentation of Mary,
Popovac
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Church of Saint Procopius,
Rajevo Selo
Rajevo Selo is a village in eastern Croatia located west of Drenovci, near the border with Bosnia and Herzegovina. The population is 987 (census 2011). The village lies next to the Sava river and the state border with Bosnia and Herzegovina with t ...
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Church of St. Elijah,
Silaš
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Church of St. Nicholas,
Sotin
Sotin is a village in eastern Croatia, located a few kilometers southeast of Vukovar by the Danube. It is administratively part of the city of Vukovar, and its population is 782 (census 2011). The post code for Sotin is 32232 Sotin.
History
One ...
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Church of the Nativity of the Theotokos,
Srijemske Laze
Srijemske Laze ( sr-Cyrl, Сремске Лазе) is a village in Stari Jankovci municipality of Vukovar-Syrmia County in eastern Croatia. The village is physically connected with the village of Slakovci. According to 2011 census there is 566 ...
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Church of the Transfiguration of the Lord,
Šarengrad
Šarengrad ( sr-cyr, Шаренград, hu, Atya, german: Wetterwardein) is a village in eastern Croatia. It is located along the Danube river and is administratively part of Croatian easternmost town of Ilok. Šarengrad is known for its landsca ...
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Church of St. Nicholas,
Tenja
Tenja ( sr-cyr, Тења, hu, Tenye, german: Tenne) is a city in eastern Slavonia, Croatia, located just southeast of Osijek. It is home for many popular movie stars. It is also place for rich and wealthy such as Andrej Plenković and Veliki Tat ...
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Church of the Transfiguration of the Lord,
Trpinja
Trpinja ( sr-Cyrl, Трпиња, hu, Terpenye) is a village and an eponymous municipality in the Vukovar-Syrmia County in eastern Croatia. The village is located on the D55 road between Osijek and Vukovar. Landscape of the Trpinja Municipality ...
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Church of the Nativity of the Theotokos,
Vera
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Church of Pentecost
The Church of Pentecost is a Pentecostal denomination that originates from Ghana. The Church currently has a presence in more than 135 countries globally. Its current Chairman, who happens to be its highest officer worldwide, is Apostle Eric Nya ...
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Vinkovci
Vinkovci () is a city in Slavonia, in the Vukovar-Syrmia County in eastern Croatia. The city's registered population was 28,247 in the 2021 census, the total population of the city was 31,057, making it the largest town of the county. Surrounde ...
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Church of St. Peter and Paul,
Vladislavci
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Church of St Nicholas,
Vukovar
Vukovar () ( sr-Cyrl, Вуковар, hu, Vukovár, german: Wukowar) is a city in Croatia, in the eastern region of Slavonia. It contains Croatia's largest river port, located at the confluence of the Vuka and the Danube. Vukovar is the seat of ...
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Church of the Holy Venerable Mother Parascheva
Church of the Holy Venerable Mother Parascheva ( sh, Hram svete prepodobne majke Paraskeve, sr-cyr, Храм свете пеподобне мајке Параскеве) is a Serbian Orthodox church located in Banovci, Vukovar-Syrmia County in e ...
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Vukovar
Vukovar () ( sr-Cyrl, Вуковар, hu, Vukovár, german: Wukowar) is a city in Croatia, in the eastern region of Slavonia. It contains Croatia's largest river port, located at the confluence of the Vuka and the Danube. Vukovar is the seat of ...
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Church of St. Elijah,
Uglješ ''(in construction)''
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Crkva uspenja Bogorodice, Osijek 04.jpg, Church of the Dormition of the Mother of God, Osijek
Православна црква у Вуковару 02.jpg, Church of St. Nicholas, Vukovar
Church of St. Nicholas ( sr-Cyrl, Храм светог Николе; Serbian Latin: ''Hram svetog Nikole''; hr, Hram svetog Nikole) in Vukovar is a Serbian Orthodox church in eastern Croatia. The church is one of the oldest baroque buildings of ...
Serbian Orthodox Church Čakovci-Српска православна црква у Чаковцима-SPC u Crkva u Čakovcima.JPG, Church of the Presentation of Mary, Čakovci
The Church of the Presentation of Mary ( hr, Hram prikazanja blažene djevice Marije, sr-Cyrl, Храм ваведења пресвете Богородице) in Čakovci is a Serbian Orthodox church in eastern Croatia. The first wooden church ...
Markušica, Crkva silaska duha svetoga na apostole, kod Z-1155, DSC 0016.jpg, Church of Pentecost, Markušica
Saint Nicolas Serbian Orthodox Church in Mirkovci.jpg, Church of St. Nicholas, Mirkovci
Eparchy of Slavonia
Eparchy of Slavonia
Serbian Orthodox Eparchy of Slavonia ( sr-Cyrl, Српска православна епархија славонска, hr, Srpska pravoslavna eparhija slavonska) is an eparchy (diocese) of the Serbian Orthodox Church encompassing areas of west ...
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Jasenovac Monastery,
Jasenovac (de jure Eparchy's cathedral)
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Church of the Holy Trinity, Pakrac,
Pakrac
Pakrac is a town in western Slavonia, Croatia, population 4,842, total municipality population 8,460 (census 2011). Pakrac is located on the road and railroad connecting the regions of Posavina and Podravina.
Name
In Croatian the town is known a ...
(de facto Eparchy's cathedral)
Eparchy of Srem
Only a smaller part of the
Eparchy of Srem
The Eparchy of Srem ( sr, Сремска епархија or ) is an eparchy (diocese) of the Serbian Orthodox Church in the Syrmia (Srem) region, Serbia. Most of the eparchy is in the autonomous province of Vojvodina, and it also includes a sma ...
is located within the boundaries of modern-day Croatia.
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Church of the Holy Venerable Mother Parascheva
Church of the Holy Venerable Mother Parascheva ( sh, Hram svete prepodobne majke Paraskeve, sr-cyr, Храм свете пеподобне мајке Параскеве) is a Serbian Orthodox church located in Banovci, Vukovar-Syrmia County in e ...
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Banovci
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Church of St. George,
Tovarnik
Tovarnik (, sr-Cyrl, Товарник, hu, Felsőtárnok, german: Sankt Georg, la, Ulmo) is a municipality in the Vukovar-Syrmia County in Croatia next to the border with Serbia with the town of Šid and the village of Ilinci on the other sid ...
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Church of the Saint Archangel Michael,
Ilok
Ilok () is the easternmost town in Croatia forming a geographic salient surrounded by Vojvodina. Located in the Syrmia region, it lies on a hill overlooking the Danube river, which forms the border with the Bačka region of Serbia. The populati ...
Vojvodina manastiri.png, Eparchy's map
Српска православна црква у Товарнику 01.JPG, Church of St. George, Tovarnik
St. Petka's Church, Šidski Banovci1.jpg, Church of the Holy Venerable Mother Parascheva
Iločka pravoslavna crkva.jpg, Church in Ilok
Ilok () is the easternmost town in Croatia forming a geographic salient surrounded by Vojvodina. Located in the Syrmia region, it lies on a hill overlooking the Danube river, which forms the border with the Bačka region of Serbia. The populati ...
Eparchy of Zahumlje and Herzegovina
Only a smaller part of the
Eparchy of Zahumlje and Herzegovina
The Eparchy of Zahumlje, Herzegovina and the Littoral ( sr, Епархија захумско-херцеговачка и приморска, Eparhija zahumsko-hercegovačka i primorska) is an eparchy (diocese) of the Serbian Orthodox Church with ...
is located within the boundaries of modern-day Croatia.
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Church of the Holy Annunciation,
Dubrovnik
Dubrovnik (), historically known as Ragusa (; see notes on naming), is a city on the Adriatic Sea in the region of Dalmatia, in the southeastern semi-exclave of Croatia. It is one of the most prominent tourist destinations in the Mediterran ...
References
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