The Serbian Orthodox Eparchy of Buenos Aires, South America, and Central America (Serbian: Српска православна епархија буеносајреска и јужноцентралноамеричка, romanized: Srpska pravoslavna eparhija buenosajreska i južnocentralnoamerička; Spanish: Diócesis ortodoxo serbia de Buenos Aires, Sudamérica y Centroamérica) is a diocese (eparchy) of the Serbian Orthodox Church. The diocese encompasses 20 places of worship in Argentina (with episcopal seat located in Buenos Aires); 16 in Brazil; 5 in Colombia; four each in Peru and Nicaragua; three each in Venezuela, Ecuador, and Costa Rica; two each in Chile, Bolivia, Guatemala, and El Salvador; and one each in Dominican Republic and Panama.
Serbian Orthodox Eparchy of Buenos Aires, South America, and Central America | |
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| Location | |
| Territory | South America and Middle America |
| Headquarters | Buenos Aires, Argentina |
| Information | |
| Denomination | Eastern Orthodox |
| Sui iuris church | Serbian Orthodox Church |
| Established | 2011 |
| Cathedral | Cathedral of the Nativity of the Theotokos, Buenos Aires |
| Language | Church Slavonic, Serbian, Spanish |
| Current leadership | |
| Bishop | Kirilo Bojović[1] |
| Website | |
| Serbian Orthodox Eparchy of Buenos Aires, South America, and Central America | |
Among Serb and Montenegrin diaspora communities in Argentina, Orthodox Christianity functions as a key ethnic marker. Emigrants have therefore underscored the central role of the Serbian Orthodox Church in their social and cultural existence. Driven by the imperative of group ‘survival’ this need has historically, and continues to, express itself chiefly through communal organization and gatherings in the church, with homeland clubs playing a secondary role.[2][3]
See also
editReferences
edit- ↑ "The First Serbian Bishop of Buenos Aires and South-Central America Kiril (Bojovic) enthroned | Serbian Orthodox Church [Official web site]". Archived from the original on 2021-11-28. Retrieved 2019-12-27.
- ↑ Бранислав Пантовић, Милеса Стефановић-Бановић - Српска православна црква као део културно-историјског наслеђа "наших" исељеника у Аргентини. Зборник радова са научне конференције са међународним учешћем: Очување и заштита културно-историјског наслеђа Србије у иностранству (IV), Институт за међународну политику и привреду, Београд, Србија 2013;
- ↑ Pantović Branislav, Stefanović Banović Milesa (2015). "IN BETWEEN EVERYDAY LIFE AND NOSTALGIA (Emigrants from Serbia and Montenegro in Argentina)" (PDF). Slovak Ethnology. 63 (2): 146–160.
Sources
edit- Vuković, Sava (1998). History of the Serbian Orthodox Church in America and Canada 1891–1941. Kragujevac: Kalenić.
External links
edit- Official website (in Spanish)
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