Eparchy of Banja Luka

The Eparchy of Banja Luka is an eparchy of the Serbian Orthodox Church with its seat in Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina. It has jurisdiction over the north-western regions of Bosnia and Herzegovina.

History

Until 1900, territory of this eparchy belonged to the Eastern Orthodox Metropolitanate of Dabar and Bosnia, which in turn was under the ecclesiastical jurisdiction of the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople. Upon the request of the Eastern Orthodox Serbs of this region, new Eparchy of Banja Luka was created in that year, with seat in the city of Banja Luka. Bishop of Banja Luka was granted the honorary title of Metropolitan, as was the custom in Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople.
In 1918, all Orthodox bishops in Bosnia and Herzegovina reached a unanimous decision to join with other Serbian ecclesiastical provinces into united Serbian Orthodox Church. Arrangements with the Ecumenical Patriarchate were made, and the canonical process of unification was completed in 1920. Since then, Eparchy of Banja Luka has been part of the Serbian Orthodox Church.

Monasteries

Name	Foundation	Image	Notes
Gomionica Monastery Гомионица	before 1536		Located in Kmećani, near Banja Luka.
Krupa na Vrbasu Monastery Манастир Крупа на Врбасу	1987		Located in Krupa na Vrbasu.
Liplje Monastery Липље	Before 1499		Located near Teslić. According to folklore founded by Saint Sava in 1219.
Moštanica Monastery Моштаница	Before 1556		Located near Kozarska Dubica. According to folklore founded by the Nemanjić dynasty.
Osovica Monastery Осовица	13th or 14th century		Located near Srbac. Reconstructed in 2003.
Stuplje Monastery Ступље	15th century		Destroyed in 1690. Rebuilt and consecrated at the end of 2008.