Some churches have given an eparchy or group of eparchies varying degrees of autonomy (self-government). Many monasteries and churches in the Zahumlje eparchy were also destroyed. Since 1999 it has been the seat of the Maronite eparchy. He spent a lot of time in traveling and meeting with people of his eparchy. The Serbian parish is part of the Serbian Orthodox Eparchy of Austria and Switzerland. There are 16 clergy serving in the Eparchy and 17 parishes and missions. St. John Cathedral seating the Ukrainian Orthodox Eparchy of Western Canada. The Metropolitan Eparchy of Thiruvananthapuram was established in 1933. Its St. George Cathedral is the episcopal see of the Coptic Catholic Eparchy of Giza. The Eparchy of Tiruvalla was established in 1933. The Serbian Orthodox Eparchy of Western America has its headquarters in Alhambra. The Russian Orthodox Churches are grouped in the Eparchy of Baku and the Caspian region. Seat of the Eparchy of Montenegro and the Littoral is situated in Cetinje Monastery. The Eparchy of Bathery was officially inaugurated in 1978. The Serbian Orthodox Eparchy of Western Europe has its headquarters in the arrondissement.