St. Sava Home v. Christopher

Opinion by

Judge Colins,

We here address a dispute between a. local church congregation and its parent denomination concerning the right to possession of certain church property in Shadeland, Pennsylvania. The local congregation, incorporated as St. Sava Home (appellant), consists of adherents of Dionisije Milivojevich (Dionisije), former Bishop of the Eastern American-Canadian Diocese of the Serbian Orthodox Church whp was removed from that position by direction of the Church Hierarchy in 1963. Appellees are parish members of the. parent Diocese and their Bishop, the Rt. Rev. Christopher,…