Church of the Holy Venerable Mother Parascheva

Church of the Holy Venerable Mother Parascheva
Hram Svete prepodobne majke Paraskeve Храм свете пеподобне мајке Параскеве
St. Petka orthodox church
45°11′04″N 19°03′56″E / 45.18444°N 19.06556°E / 45.18444; 19.06556
Location	Banovci, Croatia
Country	Croatia
Denomination	Serbian Orthodox
History
Dedication	Parascheva of the Balkans
Architecture
Style	Neoclassicism
Years built	1819
Administration
Archdiocese	Eparchy of Srem

Church of the Holy Venerable Mother Parascheva (Serbo-Croatian: Hram svete prepodobne majke Paraskeve, Serbian Cyrillic: Храм свете пеподобне мајке Параскеве) is a Serbian Orthodox church located in Banovci, Vukovar-Syrmia County in eastern Croatia. The neoclassical church was built in 1819. The church and its parish are under jurisdiction of the Eparchy of Srem which is based in Sremski Karlovci in neighbouring Serbia.^[1] Within the Eparchy the church in Banovci is organized within the Šid region with the seat at the Church of St. Nicholas, Šid with majority of local Banovci priests residing in Šid due to the absence of the local priestly residences in the village. Most of the other Serbian Orthodox churches in Eastern Slavonia are under the ecclesiastical jurisdiction of Eparchy of Osječko polje and Baranja. The church is dedicated to Saint Parascheva of the Balkans.