The Eparchy of Šabac ( sr, Шабачка епархија or ) is an ecclesiastical territory or

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of the

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. It is situated in the north-western part of

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and in the small south-western part of the autonomous province of

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. It includes the geographical region of

Mačva Mačva ( sr-Cyrl, Мачва, ; hu, Macsó) is a geographical and historical region in the northwest of Central Serbia, on a fertile plain between the Sava and Drina rivers. The chief town is Šabac. The modern Mačva District of Serbia is nam ...

, part of Podrinje, and part of

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. Seat of the eparchy is in Šabac.

History

In the 18th century, the area was part of the Eparchy of Valjevo. In the end of that century, the seat of the eparchy was moved from Valjevo to Šabac. In 1831, the large Eparchy of Valjevo was divided into 3 separate eparchies: the Eparchy of Valjevo (which was renamed to the Eparchy of Šabac), the Eparchy of

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, and the Eparchy of

Zvornik Zvornik ( sr-cyrl, Зворник, ) is a city in Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is located in Republika Srpska, on the left bank of the Drina river. In 2013, it had a population of 58,856 inhabitants. The town of Mali Zvornik ("Little Zvornik") lies ...

. For a short time (from 1886 to 1898), the Eparchy of Šabac was abolished and was included into the Metropolitanate of

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. In 1947, the eparchy was renamed to Eparchy of Šabac and Valjevo and its seat was in Valjevo. In 2006, the Eparchy of Šabac and Valjevo was divided into two separate eparchies: the Eparchy of Šabac and the Eparchy of Valjevo. After this division, the last bishop of the Eparchy of Šabac and Valjevo, Lavrentije, became the bishop of the new Eparchy of Šabac.

Monasteries

There are 8 monasteries that belonging to the eparchy: Ilinje, Kaona, Petkovica, Radovašnica, Čitluk, Čokešina,

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, and Tronoša.

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Map of the Eparchy
{{DEFAULTSORT:Eparchy Of Sabac Šabac Šabac Šabac Mačva Culture in Šabac

History

Monasteries

See also

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