Metropolitanate of Belgrade
Metropolitanate of Belgrade Београдска митрополија Beogradska mitropolija | |
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Location | |
Territory | Serbia |
Headquarters | Belgrade, Serbia |
Information | |
Denomination | Eastern Orthodox |
Sui iuris church | Self-governing Serbian Orthodox Metropolitanate |
Established | 1831 |
Dissolved | 1920 |
Language |
Church Slavonic Serbian |
The Metropolitanate of Belgrade (Serbian: Београдска митрополија or Beogradska mitropolija) was a metropolitanate of the Serbian Orthodox Church that existed between 1831 and 1920, with jurisdiction over the territory of Principality and Kingdom of Serbia. It was formed in 1831, when Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople granted church autonomy to the Principality of Serbia.[1] Territorial enlargement and full canonical autocephaly was gained in 1879.[2] The Metropolitanate of Belgrade existed until 1920, when it was merged with Patriarchate of Karlovci and other Serbian ecclesiastical provinces to form the united Serbian Orthodox Church. The seat of the Metropolitanate was in Belgrade, Serbia.
Eparchies
It included following eparchies:
Eparchy | Seat | Notes |
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Eparchy of Belgrade | Belgrade | Now Archbishopric of Belgrade and Karlovci |
Eparchy of Žiča | Čačak | Eparchy of Užice until 26 June 1884. Now seated in Kraljevo |
Eparchy of Šabac | Šabac | Part of the Eparchy of Belgrade from 1886 to 1898 |
Eparchy of Timok | Zaječar | Timok |
Eparchy of Niš | Niš | Added in 1879. Eparchy of Pirot abolished and merged with Eparchy of Niš on 1 November 1880 |
Eparchy of Raška and Prizren | Prizren | Administration from 1912 |
Eparchy of Skopje | Skopje | Administration from 1912 |
Eparchy of Veles and Debar | Kičevo | Administration from 1912 |
Metropolitans, 1831–1920
No. | Primate | Portrait | Personal name | Reign | Title | Notes |
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1 | Melentije Мелентије Melenthius |
Melentije Pavlović Мелентије Павловић |
1831–1833 | Archbishop of Belgrade and Metropolitan of Serbia | First Serb Metropolitan of Belgrade | |
2 | Petar Петар Peter |
Pavle Jovanović Павле Јовановић |
1833–1859 | Archbishop of Belgrade and Metropolitan of Serbia | ||
3 | Mihailo Михаило Michael |
Miloje Jovanović Милоје Јовановић |
1859–1881 | Archbishop of Belgrade and Metropolitan of Serbia | First tenure | |
4 | Teodosije Теодосије Theodosius |
Teodor Mraović Теодор Мраовић |
1883–1889 | Archbishop of Belgrade and Metropolitan of Serbia | ||
(3) | Mihailo Михаило Michael |
Miloje Jovanović Милоје Јовановић |
1889–1898 | Archbishop of Belgrade and Metropolitan of Serbia | Second tenure | |
5 | Inokentije Инокентије Innocentius |
Jakov Pavlović Јаков Павловић |
1898–1905 | Archbishop of Belgrade and Metropolitan of Serbia | ||
6 | Dimitrije Димитрије Dimitrius |
Dimitrije Pavlović Димитрије Павловић |
1905–1920 | Archbishop of Belgrade and Metropolitan of Serbia | Elevated to Patriarch |
See also
- List of heads of the Serbian Orthodox Church
- Serbian Orthodox Church
- Archbishopric of Belgrade and Karlovci
- Religion in Serbia
References
- ↑ Kiminas 2009, pp. 20.
- ↑ Kiminas 2009, pp. 21.
Bibliography
- Вуковић, Сава (1996). Српски јерарси од деветог до двадесетог века (Serbian Hierarchs from the 9th to the 20th Century). Евро, Унирекс, Каленић.
- Pavlowich, Stevan K. (2002). Serbia: History behind the name. C. Hurst & Co. Publishers.
- Ćirković, Sima (2008). The Serbs. John Wiley & Sons.
- Kiminas, Demetrius (2009). The Ecumenical Patriarchate: A History of Its Metropolitanates with Annotated Hierarch Catalogs. Wildside Press LLC.
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