Serbian Orthodox Eparchy of Canada


The Serbian Orthodox Diocese of Canada is a Serbian Orthodox Church diocese located in Canada.
Its headquarters and bishop's residence are in Campbellville, Milton, Ontario with the All Serbian Saints Serbian Orthodox Church in Mississauga, Ontario serving as the cathedral church. Its current primate is Bishop Mitrofan.

Organization

The Serbian Orthodox Diocese of Canada, part of the Serbian Orthodox Church in North and South America, is an integral part of the Serbian Orthodox Patriarchate with its See in Belgrade, and accordingly answers to its national church, the Serbian Orthodox Church, one of the autocephalous and canonical Orthodox Christian churches. The SOC not only serves communities in Serbia, but it also has exarchates and patriarchal representation churches around the world. The Serbian Orthodox Church in North and South America is a member of the Assembly of Canonical Orthodox Bishops of the United States of America.
The monastic tradition has always been emphasized in the Serbian Orthodox Church. There are 20 Serbian Orthodox monasteries in the United States and Canada, including an unaffiliated one in Columbus, Michigan under the jurisdiction of Bishop Artemije Radosavljević of the Eparchy of Raška and Prizren and Kosovo-Metohija in exile and one coming soon in Monteagle, Tennessee, under the jurisdiction of Bishop Longin. Today, the Holy Transfiguration Serbian Orthodox Monastery in Campbellville, Ontario, is not only an important Episcopal Headquarters but a religious center and a spiritual retreat welcoming numerous visitors. At the time of Georgije Đokić's election as Bishop of Canada, there were six Serbian churches in the country. Under Bishop Georgije's tenure and that of Bishop Mitrofan, the number has grown to 42 parishes and almost 150,000 Serbian Orthodox Christians. In Windsor, Ontario alone there are three Serbian church-parishes and three Serbian-initiated Homes for Senior Citizens, General Mihailovich Place, Homeland, and Pillette Green. With more than 180 churches, chapels and sketes in the United States and Canada, the Serbian Orthodox Church has the largest number of monasteries per capita among all other Eastern Orthodox national churches, one for every nine parishes. The Serbian Orthodox Church in North and South America comprises more than 220 church parishes.

Atlantic Canada

Eastern Ontario

The four dioceses of the Church in North America are the Dioceses of Eastern, Midwestern, and Western United States and the Diocese of Canada.
The Holy Assembly of Bishops of the Serbian Orthodox Church, during its regular session on 21 May 2009, based on a recommendation of the Episcopal Council of the Serbian Orthodox Church in North and South America, relative to the restructuring of the existing Dioceses in North and South America, rendered the following decision confirming the Constitution of the Serbian Orthodox Church in North and South America, according to which the Dioceses of the Church on that territory will be restructured:
1. THE METROPOLITANATE OF LIBERTYVILLE-CHICAGO, led by Serbian Patriarch Irinej, with its see at the Monastery of St. Sava in Libertyville, whose Metropolitan shall be the President of the Episcopal and Central Church Councils and the Clergy-Laity Assembly, and therefore the ex officio representative of the Serbian Orthodox Church on that territory.
2. THE DIOCESE OF NEW GRACANICA-MIDWESTERN AMERICA, led by Bishop Longin, with its see at the Monastery of New Gračanica.
3. THE DIOCESE OF EASTERN AMERICA, led by Bishop Irinej Dobrijević, with its see in New York City.
4. THE DIOCESE OF WESTERN AMERICA, led by Bishop Maksim Vasiljević, with its see in Los Angeles/Alhambra.
5. THE DIOCESE OF CANADA, led by Bishop Mitrophan, with its see in Toronto/Milton.