Serbian Orthodox Eparchy of Western America

Entrance to St. Steven's Cathedral, Alhambra

Location
Territory| western region of the United States
Headquarters| Alhambra, California
Information
Denomination| Eastern Orthodox
Sui iuris church| Serbian Orthodox Church
Established| 1963
Cathedral| St. Steven's Cathedral, Alhambra
Language| Church Slavonic
Serbian
English
Current leadership
Bishop| Maksim Vasiljević
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Serbian Orthodox Eparchy of Western America

The Serbian Orthodox Eparchy of Western America or Serbian Orthodox Diocese of Western America (Serbian: Српска православна епархија западноамеричка) is a Serbian Orthodox Church diocese located in the western region of the United States. Its headquarters are in Alhambra, California.[1] The primary mission of the Diocese of Western America is to preserve and foster the faith, heritage, traditions, and culture, and religious and national values of the Serbian Orthodox Church, and to provide spiritual guidance to more than 600,000 Serbian-Americans in almost 50 churches, parishes, monasteries and children's summer camps in Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, Oregon, Utah, and Washington. It also covers the territory of Mexico.[2]

## Bishop

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Bishop Maksim Vasiljević was elected Bishop of the Western American Diocese of the Serbian Orthodox Church in North and South American at the regular assembly of the Hierarchs of the Serbian Orthodox Church in Belgrade, Serbia in 2006. Bishop Maksim is a professor of Patristics at the Theological Faculty of the University of Belgrade and was teaching Christian Anthropology and Sociology at the University of East Sarajevo and Patrology at the St. Sava School of Theology in Libertyville, Illinois. Bishop Maksim graduated from the Faculty of Orthodox Theology, University of Belgrade, in 1993. He completed his master's of theology at the University of Athens in 1996, and then three years later, in 1999, at the same university, he defended his doctorate in the field of Dogmatics and Patristics. He worked for one year on his post-doctorate in Paris and the Sorbonne in 2003–04, in the field of Byzantine History and Hagiography. During this time, he also delved into the theory and practical application of painting at the French Academy of Fine Arts in Paris. Bishop Maksim speaks Serbian, Greek, French, Russian, and English. He was the editor of Theology – Journal of the Faculty of Orthodox Theology, University of Belgrade. He also leads the Diocesan iconographical school inspired by Byzantine and Serbian medieval fresco painting and by Fr. Stamatis Skliris. Bishop Maksim's scholarly books, studies, and articles include essays on Holy Fathers and Saints; he has also written on hagiographical and iconographical themes.

## See also

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* Episcopal headquarters of the Serbian Orthodox Eparchy of Western America, located at Saint Steven's Serbian Orthodox Cathedral, Alhambra, California, the monastic residence of His Grace Bishop Maksim Vasiljević. Monasteries include:
* St. Nilus Island Skete
* St. Archangel Michael Skete
* Saint Herman of Alaska Monastery
* St. Xenia Serbian Orthodox Skete
* Monastery of the Meeting of the Lord (Escondido, California)
* Holy Resurrection (Fallbrook, California)
* Monastery of St. Paisius, Safford
* Assembly of Canonical Orthodox Bishops of Latin America
* St. Sava Church (Douglas, Alaska)

## References

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1. ^ "Contact Information Archived 2010-12-31 at the Wayback Machine." Diocese of Western America. Retrieved on February 26, 2011. "1621 West Garvey Avenue Alhambra, CA 91803"
2. ^ "Serbian Orthodox Eparchy of Western America: Parishes and monasteries

## Sources

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* Vuković, Sava (1998). History of the Serbian Orthodox Church in America and Canada 1891–1941. Kragujevac: Kalenić.

## External links

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* Diocese of Western America

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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)
* Mukačevo and Prešov (1931–1945)
* (For others see: History of the Serbian Orthodox Church)

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