Eparchy of Osječko Polje and Baranja
Seat: Dalj
- Seat
- Dalj
- Cathedral
- Cathedral of St Demetrius
- State
- Croatia
- Official website
- eparhija-osjeckopoljskabaranjska.hr
The Eparchy of Osječko Polje and Baranja covers the far east of Croatia — Baranja, eastern Slavonia and western Srem. The seat is in Dalj, where the Cathedral Church of Saint Demetrius stands.
Blazon
On a red field a blue bar, in it a silver lamb with a banner and a gold chalice; in the upper part two gold crosses with trefoil arms, in the lower one such cross.
Above the shield a mitre with a double-headed eagle; behind the shield a crossed double cross and bishop's staff with serpents' heads; at the sides two kneeling angels, in blue and red vestments.
Symbolism and meaning
The lamb with a banner — the Lamb of God — is a sign of Christ's sacrifice and resurrection, and the chalice of the Eucharist; the crosses in the field express faith, and the blue bar the rivers that bound the territory of the eparchy.
