Serbian Orthodox Eparchy of New Gračanica and Midwestern America


The Serbian Orthodox Eparchy of New Gračanica and Midwestern America is a diocese of the Serbian Orthodox Church, covering the midwestern region of the United States.
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History

In 1998, the diocese opened the monastic women's Protection of Theotokos Serbian Orthodox Monastery in Ohio under then Bishop Job. In 2006, the monastery moved to Marshfield, Missouri. Later, it moved once again to Weatherby, Missouri on the same grounds as the Saint Xenia Sisterhood and the Holy Archangel Michael and All Angels Skete. Also, there is a fourth women's monastery in Greenfield, Missouri, Saint Pachomious Serbian Orthodox Monastery.

Structure

The Serbian Orthodox Eparchy of New Gračanica and Midwestern America comprises 40 parishes: 13 in Illinois; 6 in Wisconsin; 5 in Wisconsin; 4 each in Texas and Missouri; 5 in Michigan; three in New Jersey; two each in Kansas and Arkansas; and one each in Nebraska and Iowa. The episcopal see is located at Holy Resurrection Cathedral, Chicago, Illinois.
The diocese operates 69 churches and 12 monasteries, including: