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  Bačka
Banat and Srem it has formed, since 1946, the Autonomous Region of Vojvodina within the People's Republic of Serbia.
Ukrainians settled in Bačka in the mid-18th century.
Banat by the Passarowitz Treaty of 1718, the Austrian government settled the vacant area with Serbs seeking refuge from the Turks.
www.encyclopediaofukraine.com /pages/B/A/BaJ0ka.htm   (851 words)

  
  Serbian Orthodox Church - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The eparchy of Dalmatia also had its see temporarily moved to Knin after Republic of Serbian Krajina was established.
The eparchies of Bihać-Petrovac, Dabar-Bosnia and Zvornik-Tuzla were also dislocated due to the war in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Eparchies of the Serbian Orthodox Church in Serbia
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Serb_Orthodox   (2478 words)

  
 Exhibition   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-01)
The icons from the Banat eparchy, conserved and restored in the conservation and restoration workshop of the Gallery of the Matica Srpska, created at different periods and despite all the stylistic differences, provide us with the opportunity to appraise Serbian church painting of this region.
A smaller number of icons depict The Coronation of the Virgin Mary by the Holy Trinity, The Descent from the Cross, The Dormition of the Virgin, Christ's Passions, The Bearing of the Body of Christ and images of the Serbian Saints.
The collected icons from the Banat region, represent, to a certain extent, the stylistic trends of the Serbian painting throught the 18th and 19th centuries.
www.sanu.ac.yu /English/Gallery/BanatIcons.htm   (449 words)

  
 Eparchy of Lugoj
Eparchy of Lugoj is pastorated by PS Alexandru Mesian, Bishop of Lugoj.
Their number increased significantly between 1831-1851, thus the need of founding an Eparchy in that area was strongly motivated.
Under these circumstances, there was issued the Apostolicum Ministerium, on November 26, 1853, by which both the Eparchy of Lugoj and that of Gherla (which was to become lately the Eparchy of Cluj-Gherla) were founded.
www.christusrex.org /www2/greek-catholic/eparchys/lugoj_e.html   (100 words)

  
 Eparchy of Krizevci - Education - Information - Educational Resources - Encyclopedia - Music
The Eparchy of Križevci is the eparchy comprising the Croatian Byzantine Catholic Church, a Catholic Church sui iuris http://www.pope.hr/katolicka_crkva_u_hrvatskoj_metropolija_zagrebacka_kz.html of the Byzantine Eastern Rite.
The Križevci eparchy was finally erected in 1777 after a long bout with the Serbian Orthodox clergy.
The eparchy of Križevci is currently headed by Bishop Slavomir Miklovš, a Ruthene (born 1934, appointed 1983).
www.music.us /education/E/Eparchy-of-Krizevci.htm   (847 words)

  
 Diocese of Križevci, Croatia (Byzantine rite)
Bishop of Križevci of the Križevci Eparchy (Croatia) (1942.05.09 – 1946)
Auxiliary Bishop of Križevci of the Križevci Eparchy (Croatia) (1914.12.05 – 1920.05.01)
Bishop of Križevci of the Križevci Eparchy (Croatia) (1920.05.01 – 1940.04.14)
www.gcatholic.com /dioceses/diocese/kriz0.htm   (174 words)

  
 Opstina Vrsac
Banat riot of 1594 had as its aim overthrowing of Turkish slavery.
Serbs and Rumanians from Banat although they gave ferocious resistance were defeated from superior enemy - “the riot was choked in blood”.
A strong germanization of the Serbian population started, and the political administration was subordinated to the county government in Temisoara.
www.vrsac.org.yu /en_VrsacIstorijat.asp   (1468 words)

  
 Eparchy of Krizevci - Definition, explanation
The Eparchy of Križevci is the eparchy comprising the Croatian Byzantine Catholic Church, a Catholic Church sui iuris [1] of the Byzantine Eastern Rite.
The Križevci eparchy was finally erected in 1777 after a long bout with the Serb Orthodox clergy.
The Eparchy of Križevci was expanded after World War I to include all Byzantine Catholics in the former Yugoslavia.
www.calsky.com /lexikon/en/txt/e/ep/eparchy_of_krizevci.php   (711 words)

  
 Serbs outside Serbia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-01)
In Hungary, in the eparchy of Buda, the monastery of Grabovac ranges among famous and well-known monuments.
The monks from the monastery of Dragovici in Dalmatia built its original church and residence, in 1587.
There are also several Serbian monasteries in Romania, in the eparchy of Temisoara: Bezijas on the bank of the Danube, Bezdin on the Moris river, Zlatica and Kusic on the Nera and St.
www.imus.org.yu /eimus0038.htm   (1085 words)

  
 Eparchy of Krizevci   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-01)
[1] The arrival of Christian refugees from the Turkish invasions of the 16th and 17th centuries is related to the establishment of the Križevci eparchy, erected in 1777.
The Union of Uzhorod, as it is called, has its origins in the Council of Florence (1439) plan to encourage full communion with the Holy See, and eventually led to the foundation of the eparchies of Križevci (Pope Pius VI on June 17, 1777), Presov (1818), and Hajdudorog (1920).
With the arrival of the Communist regime, he was deported to a concentration camp with his Redemptorist colleagues." [1] Difficulties for Croatian Catholics occurred at different times in the 20th century and continued during the hostilities within Yugoslavia of the 1990s.
www.aseannewsnetwork.de /articles/content/e/ep/eparchy_of_krizevci.html   (799 words)

  
 The Metropolitan Cathedral of Timisoara
The Metropolitan Cathedral of Banat was built after the designs of the architect Ioan TRAIANESCU between 1936 and 1946.
The iconostasis is a splendid piece exquisitely sculpted in golden linden wood by master Stefan I. Goja of Timisoara, while the icons were painted by the local painter Anastase Demian in the traditional Byzantine style.
For the faithful, the Cathedral represents the altar of the spirituality of Banat, and a symbol of the sacrifice and martyrdom of those who have given their lives for the freedom, unity, and dignity of our nation.
www.timisoara.com /timisoara/cated.html   (1292 words)

  
 The Metropolitan Cathedral of Timisoara
The Metropolitan Cathedral of Banat was built after the designs of the architect Ioan TRAIANESCU between 1936 and 1946.
In the front of the middle dome is the bell tower, which is sustained by 10 forty metre-high pillars (131.2 feet) and surrounded by 11 spires covered by scale-shaped green and yellow enamelled tiles, whose geometrical shapes and varied motives provide a unique picturesque beauty to the entire construction.
For the faithful, the Cathedral represents the altar of the spirituality of Banat, and a symbol of the sacrifice and martyrdom of those who have given their lives for the freedom, unity, and dignity of our nation.
timisoara.com /timisoara/cated.html   (1292 words)

  
 Religion
Between the subordinated eparchies documents mention the eparchy of Divisiskos (Dibiskos), which is the Greek Byzantine transcription of Tibisco.
As the historian Pesty observes, in the Banat of Severin, most of the inhabitants were orthodox.
The first bishop of the re-established eparchy was the former archpriest of Brasov, Ioan Popasu, installed on the 15th of August 1865 in the old bishop chair.
www.caransebes.ro /religie/religia_en.htm   (742 words)

  
 Arhieparhia de Alba-Iulia si Fagaras
The attempts of the Romanians in Banat to join the Church of Rome go much before the Union of 1700.
As a consequence, by 1848, 22 Greek-Catholic parishes were existing in Banat and many others were ready to join them.
In 1912, Bishop Vasile Hossu was moved to Cluj and his place was occupied by the only local Bishop of the Greek-Catholics in Banat, Valeriu Traian Frenţiu (1912-1922), born in Reşiţa.
www.christusrex.org /www2/greek-catholic/eparchys/lugoj_history_e.html   (978 words)

  
 The Serbian Orthodox Church   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-01)
Following the arrival of the Ottomans and mass migrations of Orthodox believers to lands under the Catholic Habsburgs of Austria, a portion of the believers were uniatized, converted to Roman Catholicism while maintaining the Eastern Rite.
The descendants of some these Orthodox believers, living mostly in Žumberak are under a separate jurisdiction, the Eparchy of Krizevci.
The eparchies of Bihac-Petrovac, Dabar-Bosnia and Zvornik-Tuzla were also dislocated due to the war in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
koz.vianet.ca /boshis53.htm   (1185 words)

  
 Sestrinstvo manastira Svetog Jovana Krstiteqa
Together with the notice was a photocopy from Vladika's latest book, with which he presented himself to the diocese of Zicha, and where he also recommends the papist calendar, whilst making fun of the Holy Father's calendar.
We had sent our notice to other eparchies as well, and at the end of the day there came many phone calls from »soul-caring« priests and other religious people from the eparchy, trying to convince us to change our minds and repent.
Brother Stefan, who was with us all the time, frozen and sleepy, got in his YUGO and managed to get in between the car in which father David was and the pursuers.
www.romanitas.ru /Actual/Stjenik.htm   (4878 words)

  
 Zrenjanin - Go To Serbia - Online Travel Guide   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-01)
The town Zrenjanin is on 20°24' east longitude and 45°23' north latitude, in the middle of the Yugoslav part of Banat, on the banks of the River Begej.
After the Turks had taken Temišvar in 1952, Banat became the special province (ejalet, vilayet, pashadom) with a beglerbey on head, whose headquarters were in Temišvar.
By the imperial edict on September 12th 1718, Banat was divided into 13 districts, with the main administration in Temišvar at its head.
www.gotoserbia.co.uk /index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=96&Itemid=1   (7617 words)

  
 CENTRUL CULTURAL MEHEDINTI
The inhabitants of Orsova wanted to live near the river, consequently the new town was carved and built on an arid hillside, with elegant villas which can be admired from across the gulf, at the railway station, a breathtaking image when the lights are reflected by the waters of the Danube late at night.
In the medieval period it was a fort by the Danube, having an important military role, receving Austro- Hungarian influences latter, establishing liaisons between Banat and Oltenia.
Since 1864 this became the eparchy of the town, the oldest building in the town, which has celebrated three hundred years of existence in May 2003.
www.ccm.ro /ghid/orase_en.htm   (1560 words)

  
 Vrsac Things To Do - Travel Guides - VirtualTourist.com
It is three nave basilica in the form of latin cross with two high bell towers on the west.
The Palace of Eparchy or Bishops Court is seat of Serbian Ortodox Bishops of "serbian" Banat.
Well, biger part of Banat is part of Romania and there, in Timisoara, is another seat of Serbian Ortodox Bishops together with another Serbian Ortodox cathedral for that "romanian" part of Banat.
www.virtualtourist.com /travel/Europe/Republic_of_Serbia/Vrsac-718939/Things_To_Do-Vrsac-R-2.html   (769 words)

  
 The Kosovo Chronicles, by Dusan Batakovic (Part 1b)
Based on the tradition of the medieval Serbian state, the Pec Patriarchate revived old and established new cults of the holy rulers, archbishops, martyrs and warriors, lending life to the Nemanjic heritage.
The Turks' strong reaction to rebellions throughout the Serbian lands and to the revival of Orthodoxy, embodied in the cult of Saint Sava, the founder of the independent Serbian church, ended in setting fire to the Mileseva monastery the burial place of the first Serbian saint.
Under the Constitution, ethnic Albanians, as a national minority, were guaranteed the use of their mother tongue in elementary schools, but everything was reduced to education in religious schools.
www.snd-us.com /history/dusan/kc_part1b.htm   (15212 words)

  
 Croatian Studies   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-01)
Its ecclesiastical-hierarchical and autonomous organs were the Patriarch of the Croatian Orthodox Church and the Metropolitan of Zagreb, the Holy Archidiaconal Synod, the High Church Court, the episcopate, the parish church courts, the archidiaconal dignitaries, the priests and the church administrative councils.
In accordance with the constitution, the eparchies of Brod, Sarajevo and Bosanski Petrovac were established, in addition to the metropolitan see of Zagreb.
Spiridon Mifka, the former parish priest in Visoko, was appointed head of the eparchy of Sarajevo in August 1944.
www.croatianstudies.org /index.php?action=page&id=67   (12518 words)

  
 READING ROOM: Past and Present: Through revolts and restitution: - Features news
After Chiprovtsi, many from the area emigrated to the Banat area of the Austrian-Hungarian Empire, forming legal Catholic settlements, where they remained until after Bulgaria gained its liberation in 1878.
According to Bishop Hristo Proikov, current apostolic exarch of the Bulgarian Catholic Church, the year 2006 marks the 400th anniversary of the first eparchy of the Catholic Church in the northern part of this country.
In the 17th century, Catholic missionaries went to the central and southern parts of the country, and, in one way or another, converted many members of the gnostic Christian sect Pavlikyani (Paulicianism, in English; related to Bogomilism) to Catholicism.
www.sofiaecho.com /article/reading-room-past-and-present-through-revolts-and-restitution/id_16083/catid_29   (1053 words)

  
 Who Is Advising the Patriarch?
It is said that the Patriarch is under the great influence of the Bishop of Banat, Irinej, who is considered the power behind the throne within the SPC and a dignitary very close to Milosevic-Markovic couple.
Like Pontius Pilate, the Church has always washed its hands of the publicly stated fact that under Milosevic's rule "numerous internal problems and contradictions, and the isolation of our state" cannot be resolved.
He congratulated Filaret on becoming the Bishop of an ancient eparchy where St.Sava's grave was located.
www.freeserbia.net /Articles/1999/Patriarch.html   (1578 words)

  
 Budo Seminar Vrsac 2005   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-01)
Once more, with detailed analysis of combinations, all practitioners were given an example on how the basic elements of taijutsu are combined into Goshin Jutsu and Taiho Jutsu.
During the two-hours break guest from Pozarevac and Petrovac were taken into Dome of Eparchy of Banat, an amazingly beautiful historical monument in history of Serbian Orthodox Christianity.
Whole event took place in magnificent sport hall "Millennium", which will be the host of European Basketball Championship this year.
budoserbia.tripod.com /Vrsac2005.html   (432 words)

  
 World Watch - Catholic World Report - February 2002
Now the Romanian Catholic Eparchy of Cluj-Gherla (an eparchy is the Eastern equivalent of a diocese) has brought suit for the restoration of the monastery at Nicula.
When the lawsuit was first announced, Romanian Orthodox officials generally met the news with a studied silence.
of Banat virtually conceded the justice of the Catholic claim.
www.catholic.net /rcc/Periodicals/Igpress/2002-02/wromania.html   (690 words)

  
 Grad Nis   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-01)
Nine lorries and trailers were loaded with medical supplies and food for those who are most in need.
At the receiving in the City Hall, the city officials welcomed the delegation of the Association and a representative of the Municipality of Glyfada, expressing most sincere gratefulness on the part of the citizens of Nis.
Romanian radio reported today, basing its reports on Inspection for environmental protection of Timis County, that the "acid rains" fell around Moravica in Romanian Banat.
www.nis.org.yu /aggression-may/230599e.html   (1375 words)

  
 AIM News   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-01)
The relief aid was delivered by representatives of the Trikkala municipality and the town's Greek Orthodox Church eparchy.
One NATO missile Saturday hit the area of the Dolina agricultural company at the village of Padina in the Kovacica municipality of the Yugoslav republic of Serbia's northern province of Vojvodina, the southern Banat district civil defense crisis center said late Saturday.
The main power line and transformer station were badly damaged in the attack and this part of the village was out of electricity for an hour.
www.aim.ac.yu /cgi-bin/news.pl?id=821   (3747 words)

  
 Krasovani   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-01)
Крашовани, also Karaševci/Карашевци) are an ethnic subgroup living in the Romanian Banat around the town of Caraşova (Caraševo).
What distinguishes this group of 5,000 souls from their 30,000 strong Serb brethren is their faith.
Their dialect is an archaic speech preserved in the area of Eastern Serbia, the Timok valley around Zaječar.
en.mcfly.org /Krasovani   (101 words)

  
 The Migration of Serbs and Montenegrins from Kosovo and Metohija (I)
On an area that was bigger than the Nemanjic empire, high-ranking church dignitaries revived old and created new eparchies, trying to reinforce the Orthodox faith which had been undermined by influences alien to its authentic teachings.
Based on the traditions of the medieval Serbian state, the Pec Patriarchy revived old and established new cults of the holy rulers, archbishops, martyrs and warriors, lending life to the Nemanjic heritage.
The Turks' strong reaction to liberation movements across the Serbian lands and to the revival of Orthodoxy, embodied in the cult of Saint Sava, the founder of the independent Serbian church, ended in setting fire to the Mileseva monastery where the first Serbian saint was buried.
www.members.tripod.com /Balkania/resources/history/migrations/mk_1.html   (15631 words)

  
 International Studies no. 4
In October 1992, at the request of Metropolitan Vladimir and the Orthodox populace of Moldova, the Moscow Holy Synod decided to declare the Moldovan Eparchy an autonomous church.
This does not indicate the lack of cooperation, but the importance that is attributed today to the Romanian Orthodox Church by the former structures involved in the internal political fight.
However, the wall of silence was broken by an important personality in the Romanian Orthodox Church, His Grace the Metropolitan of Banat, Nicolae Corneanu,.
studint.ong.ro /no4_en.htm   (18498 words)

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