Eparchy of Valjevo
Seat: Valjevo
- Seat
- Valjevo
- Cathedral
- Church of the Resurrection of Christ
- Official website
- eparhijavaljevska.rs
The Eparchy of Valjevo was founded in 2006, by the division of the former Eparchy of Šabac and Valjevo. Its seat is in Valjevo, and its cathedral is the Church of the Resurrection of Christ.
The territory of the eparchy covers the Kolubara area, with the monasteries of Ćelije, Pustinja and Lelić, where the relics of the Holy Bishop Nikolaj rest.
Blazon
A round medallion edged with a wreath of vine with bunches of grapes, in which the Holy Bishop Nikolaj and Saint Justin of Ćelije are shown embracing; above the medallion Christ Pantocrator beneath a mitre, between a cross and a bishop's staff; at the sides smaller medallions with angels and angels in flight; at the foot a gold cross with firesteels and a ribbon with the inscription ЕПАРХИЈА ВАЉЕВСКА, accompanied by the year 2006.
Symbolism and meaning
Saint Nikolaj of Ohrid and Žiča and Saint Justin of Ćelije, whose relics rest in the monasteries of Lelić and Ćelije in the territory of the eparchy, are shown embracing as the spiritual fathers of the Valjevo area. The vine is a sign of Christ and the Church, and the year 2006 of the founding of the eparchy.
