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{{Short description|Eparchy of the Serbian Orthodox Church}}
{{Infobox diocese
| jurisdiction   = Eparchy
| name           = Srem
| local          = Епархија сремска
| image          = Patriarchate Court in Sremski Karlovci 04.jpg
| image_size     =
| caption        = [[The Patriarchate Court, Sremski Karlovci|The Patriarchate Court Palace]]
| denomination   = [[Eastern Orthodox]]
| sui_iuris_church = [[Serbian Orthodox Church]]
| established    = 
| bishop         = [[Vasilije Vadić]]
| headquarters   = [[Sremski Karlovci]], [[Sremski Karlovci]]
| cathedral      = St. Demetrius Cathedral, Sremski Karlovci
| territory      = [[Syrmia]] in [[Serbia]] <br />{{small|plus three parishes in [[Croatia]]}}
| language       = [[Church Slavonic]]<br>[[Serbian language|Serbian]]
| population     =
| map            = [[File:Map of Eparchies of Serbian Orthodox Church (including Orthodox Ohrid Archbishopric)-en.svg|270px]]
| website        = [https://eparhijasremska.rs/ eparhijasremska.rs]
}}

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The '''Eparchy of Srem''' ({{langx|sr|Сремска епархија|Sremska eparhija}}) 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 small south-eastern part of Syrmia within the city limits of [[Belgrade]], as well as some West Syrmian parishes in the border region of [[Croatia]]. The seat of the eparchy is at [[Sremski Karlovci]]. Since 1986, the diocesan bishop is [[Vasilije Vadić]].<ref>[http://www.spc.rs/eng/35th_anniversary_episcopal_service_bishop_vasilije_srem 35th anniversary of the episcopal service of Bishop Vasilije of Srem]</ref>

==History==
{{see also|Metropolitanate of Karlovci|Patriarchate of Karlovci}}

The Eparchy of Srem is one of the oldest ecclesiastical institutions in this part of [[Southeastern Europe]]. The Bishopric of [[Sirmium]] was an important ecclesiastical center of the [[late Roman Empire]] in the 4th and 5th centuries. The bishopric collapsed after 582 when ancient Sirmium was finally destroyed by [[Pannonian Avars|Avars]].{{sfn|Mirković|2017|p=}}

After the Christianization of the [[Slavs]], the eparchy was revived, and from 1018 it belonged to the Eastern Orthodox [[Archbishopric of Ohrid]].{{sfn|Ćirković|2004|p=30}} 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 Srem]] was established. During the late [[Middle Ages]], remaining Eastern orthodox Christians in the region of Srem came under the jurisdiction of the Serbian Metropolitans of [[Belgrade]]. The most notable of these was St [[Maksim Branković]], metropolitan of Belgrade and Srem (died 1516) who built the [[Monastery of Krušedol]].{{sfn|Božanić|2015|p=191-203}} During the 16th and 17th centuries they styled themselves as Metropolitans of Belgrade and Srem, and the eparchy was under jurisdiction of the [[Serbian Patriarchate of Peć]].{{sfn|Sotirović|2011|p=143–169}} 

In 1708, when the autonomous [[Metropolitanate of Karlovci|Serbian Orthodox Metropolitanate]] was created within the [[Habsburg monarchy]], the Eparchy of Srem became the archdiocese of the Metropolitan, whose seat was first in the [[Monastery of Krušedol]], and then in [[Sremski Karlovci]].{{sfn|Točanac-Radović|2018|p=155–167}} The Eparchy remained part of the [[Metropolitanate of Karlovci]] until the end of the [[First World War]]. 

In 1920, when all the Serbian ecclesiastical provinces united into one [[Serbian Orthodox Church]], the Eparchy of Srem, with its seat at Sremski Karlovci, came under the administration of Archbishop of Belgrade, who was also the Serbian Patriarch. Final unification of two eparchies was completed in 1931 when the Eparchy of Srem and the Archbishopric of Belgrade were united as the [[Archbishopric of Belgrade and Karlovci]]. During that period, the diocesan administration was delegated to titular bishops as archdiocesan vicars.{{fact|date=August 2014}} 

In 1947, the region of Srem was excluded from the Archbishopric of Belgrade and Karlovci, and re-established as the separate Eparchy of Srem. Although the name of the Archbishopric of Belgrade and Karlovci still includes the name of the town of Sremski Karlovci, that town is today part of the Eparchy of Srem and not of the Archbishopric of Belgrade and Karlovci.

==Seminary==
{{main|Seminary of Sremski Karlovci}}

The eparchy also possesses an Orthodox seminary at [[Sremski Karlovci]]. The seminary was founded in 1794. It is the second-oldest Orthodox seminary in the world (after the Spiritual Academy in [[Kyiv]]), and it operates to this day.

==Monasteries belonging to the eparchy==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!Name
!First<br>historical<br>record
!width="200pt"|Traditional founder
!width="200pt"|Traditional date<br>of foundation
|-
|[[Beočin Monastery|Beočin]]
|1566/7
|
|Unknown
|-
|[[Bešenovo Monastery|Bešenovo]]
|1545
|Serbian king [[Stefan Dragutin|Dragutin]]
|End of the 13th century
|-
|[[Velika Remeta Monastery|Velika Remeta]]
|1562
|King Dragutin
|
|-
|[[Vrdnik-Ravanica Monastery|Vrdnik-Ravanica]]
|  
|
|The exact time of its founding is unknown. The records indicate that the church was built during the time of [[Metropolitan Serafim]], in the second half of the 16th century.
|-
|[[Grgeteg Monastery|Grgeteg]]
|1545/6
|Zmaj Ognjeni Vuk (despot [[Vuk Grgurević]])
|1471
|-
|[[Divša Monastery|Divša]]
|Late 16th century
|[[Despot (court title)|Despot]] [[Jovan Branković]]
|Late 15th century
|-
|[[Jazak Monastery|Jazak]]
|   
|
|1736
|-
|[[Krušedol Monastery|Krušedol]]
|  
|St [[Maksim Branković]], Metropolitan of Belgrade and Srem, and his mother [[Saint Angelina of Serbia]].
|Between 1509 and 1516
|-
|[[Kuveždin Monastery|Kuveždin]]
|1566-9
|[[Stefan Štiljanović]]
|
|-
|[[Mala Remeta Monastery|Mala Remeta]]
|Mid 16th century
|Serbian king Dragutin
|
|-
|[[Novo Hopovo Monastery|Novo Hopovo]]
|1641
|The Despots of the [[Branković]] family.
|
|-
|[[Privina Glava Monastery|Privina Glava]]
|1566/7
|A man named [[Priva]]
|12th century
|-
|[[Petkovica Monastery|Petkovica]]
|1566/7
|The widow of Stefan Štiljanović, [[Despot (court title)|Despotess]] Jelena.
|
|-
|[[Rakovac Monastery|Rakovac]]
|1545/6
|According to a legend recorded in 1704, Rakovac is the heritage of a certain man, Raka, courtier of despot Jovan Branković.
|1498
|-
|[[Staro Hopovo Monastery|Staro Hopovo]]
|1545/6
|Metropolitan [[Maksim Branković]].
|-
|[[Šišatovac Monastery|Šišatovac]]
|Mid 16th century
|Refugee monks from the Serbian [[Monastery of Žiča]].
|
|-
|[[Fenek Monastery|Fenek]]
|1563
|Stefan and Angelina Branković
|Second half of the 15th century
|}

== Bishops ==
Titular bishops - diocesan vicars:
* [[Maksimilijan Hajdin]] (1920—1928), 
* [[Irinej Đorđević]] (1928—1931), 
* [[Tihon Radovanović]] (1921—1934),
* [[Sava Trlajić]] (1934—1938),
* [[Valerijan Pribićević]] (1940—1941),
Bishops of Srem
* [[Vikentije Prodanov]] (1947—1951) (administrator)
* [[Nikanor Iličić]] (1951—1955)
* [[Makarije Đorđević]] (1955—1978)
* [[Andrej Frušić]] (1980—1986)
* [[Vasilije Vadić]] (since 1986)

==Gallery==
===Monasteries of Fruška Gora===
<gallery>
File:Manastir Staro Hopovo 020.jpg|[[Staro Hopovo monastery]]
File:Krusedol-2.jpg|[[Krušedol monastery]]
File:Manastir Privina Glava 4.JPG|[[Privina Glava monastery]]
File:Manastir Bešenovo 044.jpg|[[Bešenovo monastery]]
File:Monastère de Mala Remata.jpg|[[Mala Remeta monastery]]
File:Jazak.jpg|[[Jazak monastery]]
File:Fruska gora - Novo Hopovo monastery.jpg|[[Novo Hopovo monastery]]
File:Velika Remeta monastery, general look.jpg|[[Velika Remeta monastery]]
File:Fenek 2010-01-31 09-54-07.jpg|[[Fenek Monastery]]
File:Manastir Grgeteg, april 2018 089.jpg|[[Grgeteg Monastery]]
</gallery>

===Churches===
<gallery>
File:Sremski Karlovci Cathedral.jpg|[[Sremski Karlovci Orthodox Cathedral]]
File:Sremska Mitrovica - Historic part of town with New orthodox church.JPG|Church in [[Sremska Mitrovica]]
File:St. Petka's Church, Šidski Banovci1.jpg|[[St. Petka's Church, Banovci]]
File:Nova Pazova, temporary Orthodox church.jpg|The temporary Orthodox church in [[Nova Pazova]]
File:Wiki Expedition Serbia 01 150, Ruma.jpg|Church in [[Ruma]]
File:Pravoslavna-crkva-indjija.jpg|Church in [[Inđija]]
File:Српска православна црква Св. Николе у Шиду.jpg|[[Church of St. Nicholas, Šid]]
File:Православна црква Вогањ.JPG|Church in [[Voganj]]
</gallery>

==See also==
{{col div}}
*[[Serbian Orthodox Church]]
*[[List of the Eparchies of the Serbian Orthodox Church]]
*[[Religion in Serbia]]
*[[Religion in Vojvodina]]
{{col div end}}

==References==
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==Sources==
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{{Refend}}

==External links==
{{commons category}}
*[http://www.sremska.spc.rs/ Official website]{{Dead link|date=August 2010}}
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20060507094159/http://www.uputstva.net/manastiri/eparhije/sremska/sremska.htm Eparchy of Srem]
*[http://www.spc.rs/sr/half_millennia_monastery_krushedol Half a millennia of Monastery of Krushedol]

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