Eparchy of Gornji Karlovac

Eparchy of the Serbian Orthodox Church

Eparchy of Gornji Karlovac

Cathedral of Saint Nicholas, 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
Cathedral| Cathedral of Saint Nicholas, Karlovac
Language| Church Slavonic
Serbian
Current leadership
Bishop| Gerasim
Map
Website
www.eparhija-gornjokarlovacka.hr

The Eparchy of Gornji Karlovac (Serbian Cyrillic: Епархија горњокарловачка, Croatian: Eparhija gornjokarlovačka; "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 Monastery between Glina and Kostajnica.

## History

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The Serbian Orthodox Ličko-Krbavska and Zrinopoljska Eparchy was established in 1695 by the 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 Dabar-Bosnia, 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

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* Gomirje Monastery
* Komogovina Monastery
* Medak Monastery
* Gorica Monastery
* Donji Budački Monastery

## Metropolitans

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* 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

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

## Sources

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* Ćirković, Sima (2004). The Serbs. Malden: Blackwell Publishing. ISBN 9781405142915.
* 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. ISBN 9780822939894.
* Вуковић, Сава (1996). Српски јерарси од деветог до двадесетог века (Serbian Hierarchs from the 9th to the 20th Century). Евро, Унирекс, Каленић.

## External links

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* Official website
* The diocese of Upper Karlovac - history and destruction in war[permanent dead link]
* The Serbs in the Former SR of Croatia

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Subdivisions of the Serbian Orthodox Church

Metropolitanates|

* Belgrade and Karlovci
* Dabar-Bosnia
* Montenegro and the Littoral
* Zagreb and Ljubljana
* Australia and New Zealand

Traditional dioceses|

* Bačka
* Banat
* Banja Luka
* Bihać and Petrovac
* Braničevo
* Buda
* Budimlja and Nikšić
* Dalmatia
* Gornji Karlovac
* Kruševac
* Mileševa
* Niš
* Osječko polje and Baranja
* Raška and Prizren
* Šabac
* Slavonia
* Srem
* Šumadija
* Temišvar
* Timok
* Valjevo
* Vranje
* Zahumlje and Herzegovina
* Žiča
* Zvornik and Tuzla

Diaspora dioceses|

* Austria and Switzerland
* Britain and Scandinavia
* Buenos Aires and South America
* Canada
* Düsseldorf and all of Germany
* Eastern America
* New Gračanica and Midwestern America
* Western America
* Western Europe

Historical|

* Belgrade Metropolitanate
* Karlovci Metropolitanate
* Karlovci Patriarchate
* Hvosno
* Lipljan
* Toplica
* Banjska
* Marča
* Samokov
* Kyustendil
* Arad (1695–1865)
* Kostajnica (1713–1771)
* Šabac and Valjevo (1831–2006)
* Kotor and Dubrovnik (1870–1931)
* Zahumlje and Raška (1878–1931)
* Ohrid (1920–1931)
* Bitola (1920–1931)
* Ohrid and Bitola (1931–1967)
* Zletovo and Strumica (1920–1967)
* Mukachevo and Prešov (1931–1945)
* (For others see: History of the Serbian Orthodox Church)

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Serbs of Croatia

Cultural identity|

* List of Serbs of Croatia
* Serbian language in Croatia
* Flag of Serbs of Croatia
* Serbs of Zagreb
* Serbs of Vukovar

National
coordination|

* Serb National Council

Regional
coordination|

* Joint Council of Municipalities

Organizations|

* Association for Serbian language and literature in Croatia
* Archive of Serbs in Croatia
* Library of the Eparchy of Slavonia
* Privrednik
* SKD Prosvjeta
* Serb Democratic Forum

Media|

* Novosti magazine
* Radio Borovo
* Radio Television of Serbia
* Tragovi: Journal for Serbian and Croatian Topics

Education|

| Primary education
17 primary schools|

| Vukovar-Syrmia 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

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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
* Vukovar Gymnasium

Other|

* 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
* Churches and Monasteries in Croatia (list of churches)

Political parties|

* Democratic Alliance of Serbs
* Independent Democratic Serb Party

Symbols|

* Order of Kantakuzina Katarina Branković

History|

| Historical organizations
and institutions|

* Serbian Chancellery in Dubrovnik
* Croat-Serb Coalition
* Serb Independent Party
* Serb People's Radical Party
* Serb People's Party
* Dinara Division
* Museum of Serbs of Croatia
* Serbian Radical Party in the Republic of Serbian Krajina
* Serb Party of Socialists
* Party of Danube Serbs
* Serb People's Party
* Serb Democratic Party

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Historical events|

* 1991 riot in Zadar
* 1997 Eastern Slavonia integrity referendum
* 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|

* Genocide of Serbs
* Yugoslav Partisans
* Croatian Orthodox Church
* Catholic clergy involvement with the Ustaše
* Srb uprising

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Concentration
camps|

* Gospić concentration camp
* Slana concentration camp
* Jadovno concentration camp
* Jasenovac concentration camp
* Jastrebarsko concentration camp
* Sisak children's concentration camp
* Stara Gradiška concentration camp
* Kruščica concentration camp
* Lobor concentration camp

Massacres|

* Glina massacres
* Gudovac massacre
* Ivanci massacre
* Prebilovci massacre
* Veljun massacre
* Voćin massacre

Croatian War of Independence|

| Origins|

* Log Revolution (1990)

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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
* 1993–94 general election
* Eastern Slavonia, Baranja and Western Syrmia (1995–98)
* UNTAES

Serbian forces|

* Serbian Army of Krajina
* Main Staff
* Scorpions
* Serb Volunteer Guard
* White Eagles

Atrocities
against Serbs|

* Paulin Dvor massacre
* Murder of the Zec family
* Požega villages killings
* Marino Selo camp
* Sisak killings
* Pakračka Poljana camp
* Banija villages killings
* Korana bridge killings
* Gospić massacre
* Lora prison camp
* Varivode massacre
* Dvor massacre
* Medari massacre
* Grubori massacre
* Golubić killings
* Komić killings
* Gošić killings
* Kijani killings

Atrocities by
Serbian forces|

* Siege of Kijevo
* 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

Diplomacy|

* Vance plan (1991)
* Daruvar Agreement (1993)
* Z-4 Plan (1995)
* Erdut Agreement (1995)

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Serbian Orthodox Church in Croatia

History|

* Varaždin Apostol (1454)
* Statuta Valachorum (1630)
* Declaratory Rescript of the Illyrian Nation (1779)
* Vukovar resolution (1939)
* Genocide of Serbs in the Independent State of Croatia (1941–1945)
* Religious persecution
* Catholic clergy involvement with the Ustaše
* Croatian Orthodox Church

Eparchies|

* Metropolitanate of Zagreb and Ljubljana
* Dalmatia
* Gordnji Karlovac
* Osječko polje and Baranja
* Slavonia
* Srem (partly in Croatia)
* Zahumlje and Herzegovina (partly in Croatia)

Monasteries|

* Dragović
* Gomirje
* Komogovina (Komogovina School)
* Krka
* Krupa
* Lepavina
* Sv. Lazarica
* Orahovica
* Sv. Nedjelje
* Sv. Petke
* St. Basil of Ostrog

Churches|

| Cathedrals|

* Dalj Cathedral (Dalj)
* Jasenovac Monastery de jure (Jasenovac)
* Holy Trinity de facto (Pakrac)
* St. Nicholas (Karlovac)
* Dormition of the Theotokos (Šibenik)
* Zagreb Orthodox Cathedral (Zagreb)

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Eastern Croatia|

* Holy Venerable Mother Parascheva (Banovci)
* Transfer of the relics of the Holy Father Nicholas (Bijelo Brdo)
* St. George (Bobota)
* St. Peter and Paul (Bolman)
* St. Stephen (Borovo)
* Presentation of Mary (Čakovci)
* Saint Archangel Michael (Darda)
* Nativity of the Theotokos (Gaboš)
* St. Michael the Archangel (Ilok)
* St. Nicholas (Jagodnjak)
* St. Stefan Štiljanović (Karanac)
* St. George (Kneževo)
* Pentecost (Markušica)
* St. Nicholas (Mikluševci)
* St. Nicholas (Mirkovci)
* St. Panteleimon (Mirkovci)
* Transfiguration of the Lord (Mohovo)
* Dormition of the Theotokos (Negoslavci)
* St. Elijah (Novi Jankovci)
* St. George (Opatovac)
* St. Peter and Paul (Orolik)
* Dormition of the Mother of God (Osijek)
* Nativity of Saint John the Baptist (Ostrovo)
* St. Nicholas (Pačetin)
* Presentation of Mary (Popovac)
* Nativity of the Theotokos (Srijemske Laze)
* Transfiguration of the Lord (Šarengrad)
* St. George (Tovarnik)
* Transfiguration of the Lord (Trpinja)
* Pentecost (Vinkovci)
* St. Nicholas (Vukovar)

Central Croatia|

* St. George (Grubišno Polje)
* Saint Parascheva (Slabinja)
* St. George (Varaždin)

Dalmatia
North Adriatic|

* Ascension of the Lord (Cetina)
* Nativity of the Theotokos (Drežnica)
* Holy Annunciation (Dubrovnik)
* Intercession of the Theotokos (Knin)
* St. Spyridon (Peroj)
* St. Nicholas (Rijeka)
* Holy Apostles Peter and Paul (Štikada)
* St. Peter and Paul (Tepljuh)
* St. Nicholas (Vrlika)

Education|

* Kantakuzina Katarina Branković Serbian Orthodox Secondary School (Zagreb)
* Seminary of Three Holy Hierarchs (Krka monastery)

Other|

* Library of the Eparchy of Slavonia
* Order of Kantakuzina Katarina Branković

Orthodox Clergy|

* Atanasije Ljubojević (c. 1635–1712)
* Nikodim Busović (1657–1707)
* Savatije Ljubibratić (1660—1716)
* Stevan Ljubibratić (1661–1737)
* Sofronije Podgoričanin (1668–1711)
* Simeon Končarević (1690–1769)
* Pavle Nenadović (1703–1768)
* Vićentije Jovanović Vidak (1730–1780)
* Kiril Živković (1730–1807)
* Josif Putnik (1777–1830)
* Lukijan Mušicki (1777—1837)
* Petar Jovanović (1800—1864)
* Nikanor Grujić (1810–1887)
* Teofan Živković (1825—1890)
* Nikodim Milaš (1845–1915)
* Miron Nikolić (1846–1941)
* Dositej Vasić (1878–1945)
* Sava Trlajić (1884–1941)
* Pavle, Serbian Patriarch (1914–2009)
* Jovan Pavlović (1936–2014)
* Longin Krčo (born 1955)
* Porfirije, Serbian Patriarch (born 1961)
* Jovan Ćulibrk (born 1965)
* Kirilo Bojović (born 1969)

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* Serbs of Croatia
* Catholic–Eastern Orthodox relations
* Vlachs in the history of Croatia
* Eastern Orthodoxy in Hungary
* Eastern Orthodoxy in Bosnia and Herzegovina
* Religion in Vojvodina

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