Eparchy of Srem
Seat: Sremski Karlovci
- Seat
- Sremski Karlovci
- Cathedral
- Cathedral of St Nicholas
- Official website
- eparhija-sremska.rs
The Eparchy of Srem covers the Serbian part of Srem. Its seat is in Sremski Karlovci, the town that from the beginning of the eighteenth century was the centre of the Metropolitanate of Karlovci — the spiritual and cultural capital of the Serbs in the Habsburg Monarchy.
In Karlovci are the Cathedral Church of Saint Nicholas, the Patriarchal Palace, the seminary and the Karlovci Gymnasium — the oldest Serbian grammar school — and on the slopes of Fruška Gora a series of monasteries for which the mountain is called the “Serbian Holy Mountain”.
Blazon
Divided horizontally, with the upper field divided vertically: in the first, blue, a gold cathedral with two towers; in the second, striped horizontally silver, blue and green, a gold stag lying before a green tree; in the lower, red field a gold cross between four gold firesteels.
The shield is supported by two angels in blue vestments; above the shield a mitre, behind it a crossed double cross and bishop's staff, and beneath the shield a black prayer rope with a cross.
Symbolism and meaning
The church with two towers recalls the Cathedral Church of Saint Nicholas in Sremski Karlovci, the seat of the eparchy, and the stag before a tree the wooded Fruška Gora with its monasteries. The cross with firesteels in the lower field expresses belonging to the Serbian Orthodox Church.
