Eparchy of Gornji Karlovac

Eparchy of Gornji Karlovac
Location
Territory	Lika, Kordun, Banija
Headquarters	Karlovac, Croatia
Statistics
Population - Total	100,000 est.
Information
Denomination	Eastern Orthodox
Sui iuris church	Serbian Orthodox Church Patriarchate of Peć (Serbia)
Established	1695
Language	Church Slavonic Serbian
Current leadership
Bishop	Gerasim
Map
Website
www.eparhija-gornjokarlovacka.hr

The Eparchy of Gornji Karlovac (Croatian: Eparhija gornjokarlovačka, Serbian: Епархија горњокарловачка; "Eparchy of Upper Karlovac") is an eparchy of the Serbian Orthodox Church seated in the city of Karlovac, Croatia. It covers the area of Banovina, Kordun, Lika, Krbava, Gorski Kotar, as well as northern Croatia and Istria.

The important Orthodox Christian monasteries in the region are Gomirje near Ogulin and Komogovina between Glina and Kostajnica.

History

The Serbian Orthodox Ličko-Krbavska and Zrinopoljska Eparchy was established in 1695 by metropolitan Atanasije Ljubojević and certified by Emperor Joseph I in 1707. This eparchy (from the 19th century known as the Eparchy of Upper Karlovac) was the ecclesiastical centre of the Serbian Orthodox Church in this region, populated by Serbs, the community known at the time as "Rascians".

This eparchy was under jurisdiction of the Metropolitan of Dabro-Bosna, directly under the restored Serbian Patriarch in Peć and after 1766 under the new Serbian Metropolitanate of Karlovci, comprising Lika, Banija and Kordun.

In 1993 the old Cathedral Church of Saint Nicholas and the eparchy's diocesan residence were destroyed by Croatians during the Croatian war of Independence.

Monasteries

• Gomirje Monastery
• Komogovina Monastery
• Medak Monastery
• Gorica Monastery
• Donji Budački Monastery

Metropolitans

• Atanasije Ljubojević (1688—1712)
• Danilo Ljubotina (1713—1739)
• Pavle Nenadović (1744—1749)
• Danilo Jakšić (1751—1771)
• Josif Stojanović (1771—1774)
• Petar Petrović (1774—1784)
• Jovan Jovanović (1783—1786)
• Genadije Dimović (1786—1796)
• Stefan Avakumović (1798—1801)
• Petar Jovanović Vidak (1801—1806)
• Mojsije Mioković (1807—1823)
• Lukijan Mušicki (1828—1837)
• Evgenije Jovanović (1839—1854)
• Sergije Kaćanski (1858—1859)
• Petar Jovanović (1859—1864)
• Lukijan Nikolajević (1865—1872)
• Teofan Živković (1874—1890)
• Mihailo Grujić (1891—1914)
• Ilarion Zeremski (1920—1931)
• Maksimilijan Hajdin (1931—1936)
• Sava Trlajić (1938—1941)
• Nikanor Iličić (1947—1951)
• Simeon Zloković (1951—1990)
• Nikanor Bogunović (1991—1999)
• Fotije Sladojević (2000—2004)
• Gerasim Popović (2004—).

See also

• List of the Eparchies of the Serbian Orthodox Church
• Eastern Orthodoxy in Croatia
• Serbs of Croatia

Bibliography

• Вуковић, Сава (1996). Српски јерарси од деветог до двадесетог века (Serbian Hierarchs from the 9th to the 20th Century). Евро, Унирекс, Каленић. 
• 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. 

External links

• Official website
• The diocese of Upper Karlovac - history and destruction in war
• The Serbs in the Former SR of Croatia

Serbs of Croatia
Cultural identity	Serbian language in Croatia Flag of Serbs of Croatia
National coordination	Serb National Council
Sui generis body	Joint Council of Municipalities
NGOs	Association for Serbian language and literature in Croatia Privrednik Prosvjeta Serb Democratic Forum
Media	Bijela pčela Identitet Novosti magazine Radio Borovo Radio Television of Serbia
Education	Primary education 17 primary schools Vukovar-Srijem County Ilača-Banovci Vinkovački Banovci Bobota Borovo Bršadin Dragutin Tadijanović Klisa Ludvinci Markušica Gaboš Ostrovo Nikola Tesla Negoslavci Nikola Antić Pačetin Siniša Glavašević Srijemske Laze Stari Jankovci Trpinja Vera Osijek-Baranja County Bijelo Brdo Bolman Dalj Dr. Franjo Tuđman Jagodnjak Tenja Uglješ Secondary education 7 schools Dalj High School Kantakuzina Katarina Branković Serbian Orthodox Secondary School Second High School Beli Manastir Technical School-Nikola Tesla, Borovo Naselje Vukovar Gymnasium Vukovar Vocational School Other Seminary of Three Holy Hierarchs (Krka monastery) Cultural and Scientific Center "Milutin Milanković" (Dalj) Prosvjeta Summer School Peroj (since 1996) Prosvjeta Winter School Drežnica (since 1996)
Religion	Metropolitanate of Zagreb and Ljubljana Eparchy of Osječko polje and Baranja Eparchy of Gornji Karlovac Eparchy of Slavonia Eparchy of Dalmatia Eparchy of Srem Eparchy of Zahumlje and Herzegovina List of Serbian Orthodox Churches and Monasteries in Croatia
Political parties	Democratic Party of Serbs Independent Democratic Serb Party New Serbian Party Our Party Party of Danube Serbs Serb People's Party
Symbols	Order of Kantakuzina Katarina Branković
History	Historical organizations and institutions Croat-Serb Coalition Museum of Serbs of Croatia Serbian Chancellery in Dubrovnik Serb Independent Party Serb People's Radical Party Historical events 1991 riot in Zadar Anti-Cyrillic protests in Croatia Historical documents Varaždin Apostol (1454) Statuta Valachorum (1608–30) Vukovar resolution (1939) Open Letter on the Position and Status of Serbs in Croatia (2008) World War II General Persecution of Serbs Yugoslav Partisans Croatian Orthodox Church Catholic clergy involvement with the Ustaše Srb uprising Concentration camps Slana concentration camp Jadovno concentration camp Jasenovac concentration camp Jastrebarsko concentration camp Sisak children's concentration camp Stara Gradiška concentration camp Massacres Glina massacres Gudovac massacre Prebilovci massacre Veljun massacre War in Croatia Origins Log Revolution (1990) Military offensives Operation Flash (May 1995) Operation Storm (August 1995) Serbian regions Republic of Serbian Krajina SAO Krajina SAO Western Slavonia SAO Eastern Slavonia, Baranja and Western Syrmia Krajina dinar Flag Eastern Slavonia, Baranja and Western Syrmia (1995–98) UNTAES Serbian forces Army of the Republic of Serb Krajina Scorpions Serb Volunteer Guard White Eagles Atrocities by Serbian forces Siege of Kijevo (1991) Bučje camp Baćin massacre Vukovar massacre Bruška massacre Dalj massacre Erdut killings Joševica massacre Knin camp Lovas killings Saborsko massacre Široka Kula massacre Škabrnja massacre Velepromet camp Voćin massacre Zagreb rocket attacks Atrocities against Serbs Paulin Dvor massacre Murder of the Zec family Gospić massacre Lora prison camp Varivode massacre Diplomacy Vance plan (1991) Daruvar Agreement (1993) Z-4 Plan (1995) Erdut Agreement (1995)

Serbian Orthodox Church in Croatia
Eparchies	Metropolitanate of Zagreb and Ljubljana Eparchy of Dalmatia Eparchy of Gornji Karlovac Eparchy of Osječko polje and Baranja Eparchy of Slavonia Eparchy of Srem (partly in Croatia) Eparchy of Zahumlje and Herzegovina (partly in Croatia)
Churches	Eastern Croatia Church of the Holy Venerable Mother Parascheva Church of the Transfiguration of the Lord, Trpinja Church of St. Nicholas, Vukovar Church of Pentecost, Vinkovci Church of St. George, Kneževo Church of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin, Negoslavci Church of Pentecost, Markušica Church of St. George, Bobota Church of St. Stephen, Borovo Church of the Nativity of the Virgin, Srijemske Laze Church of St. Peter and Paul, Bolman Church of St. Stefan Štiljanović, Karanac Church of St. Nicholas, Mirkovci Church of the Nativity of the Virgin Mary, Gaboš Church of St. Nicholas, Jagodnjak Church of St. Demetrius, Dalj Central Croatia Serbian Orthodox Cathedral, Zagreb Church of St. George, Grubišno Polje Church of St. Nicholas, Karlovac Church of the Nativity of the Virgin, Drežnica Church of the Holy Apostles Peter and Paul, Štikada Church of St. George, Varaždin Dalmatia North Adriatic Church of the Holy Annunciation, Dubrovnik Orthodox Church in Knin Church of St. Peter and Paul, Tepljuh St. Spyridon Church, Peroj Church of St. Nicholas, Rijeka Church of St. Nicholas, Vrlika Orthodox church of Holy Salvation, Cetina
Monasteries	Dragović Gomirje Komogovina Krka Krupa Lepavina Sv. Lazarica Orahovica Sv. Nedjelje Sv. Petke St. Basil of Ostrog
Education	Kantakuzina Katarina Branković Serbian Orthodox Secondary School (Zagreb) Seminary of Three Holy Hierarchs (Krka monastery)
Other	Order of Kantakuzina Katarina Branković Varaždin Apostol