Mostar again seat of SPC eparchy

Mostar has once again, after 18 years, been declared the seat of the Eparchy of Zahumlje and Herzegovina of the Serbian Orthodox Church (SPC).

Izvor: Tanjug

Sunday, 02.01.2011.

15:01

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Mostar has once again, after 18 years, been declared the seat of the Eparchy of Zahumlje and Herzegovina of the Serbian Orthodox Church (SPC). Bishop Grigorije will be seated in this town in the western part of Bosnia-Herzegovina. Mostar again seat of SPC eparchy The transfer of this SPC eparchy from Trebinje, eastern Herzegovina, to the ancient seat of the Orthodox bishops will be the act of support and encouragement for all Serb returnees and a renewed bondage of all parts of the eparchy. The SPC officials underscored that this event has an immense importance both for Mostar and the entire region, adding that it is a result of years of preparations that started after the end of the war in the former Yugoslavia, and were aimed at reestablishment of religious life of all Orthodox people in western Herzegovina. The return of the eparchy's seat to Mostar, where it was located from the 18th century to 1992 when it was transferred to Trebinje, is an act of support and encouragement to all Serb returnees and people of other confession who have been living together for ages in spite of their differences. The reestablishment of the old seat is the start of a new chapter in the history of the eparchy and an important step in the normalization of life not only in the Mostar area, but also in the Serb republic (RS) and entire Bosnia-Herzegovina, said reports.

Mostar again seat of SPC eparchy

The transfer of this SPC eparchy from Trebinje, eastern Herzegovina, to the ancient seat of the Orthodox bishops will be the act of support and encouragement for all Serb returnees and a renewed bondage of all parts of the eparchy.

The SPC officials underscored that this event has an immense importance both for Mostar and the entire region, adding that it is a result of years of preparations that started after the end of the war in the former Yugoslavia, and were aimed at reestablishment of religious life of all Orthodox people in western Herzegovina.

The return of the eparchy's seat to Mostar, where it was located from the 18th century to 1992 when it was transferred to Trebinje, is an act of support and encouragement to all Serb returnees and people of other confession who have been living together for ages in spite of their differences.

The reestablishment of the old seat is the start of a new chapter in the history of the eparchy and an important step in the normalization of life not only in the Mostar area, but also in the Serb republic (RS) and entire Bosnia-Herzegovina, said reports.

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