Archbishopric of Belgrade and Karlovci
Archbishopric of Belgrade and Karlovci Архиепископија београдско-карловачка | |
|---|---|
 St. Michael's Cathedral | |
| Location | |
| Country | Serbia |
| Territory | Belgrade |
| Residence | Building of the Patriarchate, Belgrade |
| Headquarters | Belgrade, Serbia |
| Information | |
| Denomination | Eastern Orthodox |
| Sui iuris church | Serbian Orthodox Church |
| Rite | Byzantine Rite |
| Established | 1931 |
| Cathedral | St. Michael's Cathedral, Belgrade |
| Language | Church Slavonic Serbian |
| Calendar | Julian calendar |
| Current leadership | |
| Archbishop | Porfirije |
| Map | |
-en.svg) Map of eparchies of the Serbian Orthodox Church in former Yugoslavia; the seat of the Archbishopric of Belgrade and Karlovci is marked in red | |
The Archbishopric of Belgrade and Karlovci (Serbian Cyrillic: Архиепископија београдско-карловачка) is the central or patriarchal eparchy of the Serbian Orthodox Church, with seat in Belgrade, Serbia.[1] The head of the eparchy is the Serbian patriarch.[citation needed]
History
History of the eparchy, since 1920
In 1920, after the unification of all Serbian ecclesiastical provinces into one united Serbian Orthodox Church, old Eparchy of Syrmia with its seat in Sremski Karlovci came under direct administration of the archbishop of Belgrade who was also the Serbian patriarch. Formal unification of two eparchies was completed in 1931 when Archbishopric of Belgrade was joined with the Eparchy of Syrmia into the Archbishopric of Belgrade and Karlovci.[citation needed] In that time, the city of Pančevo was transferred from Eparchy of Vršac to the Archeparchy of Belgrade and Karlovci. In 1947, Eparchy of Syrmia and Eparchy of Šumadija were excluded from the Archbishopric of Belgrade and Karlovci and were transformed into separate organizational units. The city of Pančevo was returned to the Eparchy of Banat. Although, the name of the Archbishopric of Belgrade and Karlovci includes the name of the town of Karlovci (Sremski Karlovci), this town is today part of the Eparchy of Syrmia and not of the Archbishopric of Belgrade and Karlovci.
Historical background, before 1920
Eparchy of Belgrade is one of the oldest ecclesiastical institutions in this part of Europe. Ancient Bishopric of Singidunum was an important ecclesiastical center of the late Roman Empire during 4th and 5th century. Its bishops Ursacius and Secundianus were actively involved in religious controversies over Arianism.[2] That ancient bishopric finally collapsed after 584 when ancient Singidunum was finally destroyed by Avars.
After the Christianization of Slavs, the eparchy was renewed as late as 9th century, with the oldest known bishop of Belgrade being Sergios (Serbian: Sergije) in 878.[3] Byzantine rule in Belgrade was reinstated in 1018, and in 1019 Belgrade is mentioned as one of 16 episcopal seats of the Archbishopric of Ohrid.[4] The Eparchy of Belgrade included also ecclesiastical centres in Gradac, Užice, Bela Crkva, Glavetina, and included 40 clergymen and 40 village priests, making it one of the richest and largest in the Ohrid Archbishopric.[5] In the early 13th century, Belgrade was a battleground between Hungarian and Bulgarian rulers, and after Hungarian takeover in the 1230s, the Pope Gregory IX organized the eparchies of Belgrade and Braničevo under the newly established bishopric of Syrmia.[6] Belgrade and other territory was ceded by the Hungarian king to Serbian king Stefan Dragutin some time after 1284, and the Catholic church organization in Syrmia was suppressed, with the Serbian Orthodox bishop of Mačva being seated at Belgrade.[7] The Serbian bishopric of Mačva most likely stretched throughout the "Syrmian Lands".[8] At the beginning of the 15th century, during the rule of Serbian despot Stefan Lazarević, metropolitans of Belgrade were among most influential hierarchs of the Serbian Patriarchate of Peć. Belgrade fell under Turkish rule in 1521, but Serbian Patriarchate was renewed in 1557 with its seat in the Patriarchal Monastery of Peć. During 16th and 17th centuries, Serbian bishops of Belgrade were styled as "Metropolitans of Belgrade and Srem".
At the end of the 17th century, regions of Belgrade and Srem were separated by the outcome of the Austro-Turkish War (1683–1699), with Belgrade and Lower Srem remaining under Ottoman rule, while Upper Srem came under Habsburg rule. In 1708, when the autonomous Serbian Metropolitanate in the Habsburg monarchy was created (Metropolitanate of Karlovci), the Eparchy of Srem became archdiocese of the Metropolitan, whose seat was in Sremski Karlovci. As a result of the Austro-Turkish War (1716–1718), Lower Srem and Belgrade came under Habsburg rule. Two seats (Belgrade and Karlovci) were reunited from 1726 to 1739, and then separated again, following the outcome of the Austro-Turkish War (1737–1739).[9][10]
After that, Eparchy of Srem remained part of the Metropolitanate of Karlovci (Patriarchate of Karlovci after 1848) until 1920, while the Eparchy of Belgrade was returned to jurisdiction of Serbian Patriarchs of Peć. After the abolition of the Serbian Patriarchate of Peć in 1766, Eparchy of Belgrade came under jurisdiction of the Patriarchate of Constantinople.[11]
In 1831, Eastern Orthodox Church in Principality of Serbia gained its autonomy from the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople, and Belgrade became the seat of the archbishop who was now metropolitan of Serbia.[12] In that time, territory of the archeparchy was very large and included regions of present-day eparchies of Šumadija and Braničevo. The Metropolitanate gained autocephaly in 1879.[13]
In 1920, the Metropolitanate of Belgrade merged with other Serbian ecclesiastical provinces to form united Serbian Orthodox Church. In the same year, region of Braničevo was separated from the archeparchy and old Eparchy of Braničevo was restored. In 1947, region of Šumadija was also separated from the archeparchy and new Eparchy of Šumadija was created. Since then, the archbishopric was reduced to the inner limits of the City of Belgrade.
Monasteries
There are 12 monasteries within the Archbishopric.[citation needed]
Heads
During the long history of the ecclesiastical seat of Belgrade, many bishops, metropolitans, archbishops and finally patriarchs were seated on the throne of this eparchy.
Bishops and metropolitans of Belgrade (until 1766)
| Name | Tenure | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Sergije [3] | (around 878) | Bishop of Belgrade |
| Jovan [14] | (around 1317) | Bishop of Mačva and Belgrade |
| Isidor [15] | (around 1415—1423) | during the reign of Serbian despot Stefan Lazarević |
| Grigorije [16] | (around 1438—1440) | during the reign of Serbian despot Đurađ Branković |
| Joanikije [17] | (around 1479) | received royal charter from king Matthias Corvinus of Hungary |
| Filotej [18] | (since 1481) | during the time of titular Serbian despot Vuk Grgurević |
| Teofan [19] | (around 1509) | he established ties with Russia |
| Maksim Branković [20] | (died 1516) | Metropolitan of Belgrade and Srem. Last male member of Branković dynasty. Canonized in 16th c. |
| Roman [21] | (around 1532) | under Archbishopric of Ohrid |
| Longin [22] | (around 1545—1548) | under Archbishopric of Ohrid |
| Makarije [23] | (around 1589) | Metropolitan of Belgrade and Srem |
| Joakim [24] | (around 1607—1611) | Metropolitan of Belgrade and Srem |
| Avesalom [25] | (around 1631—1632) | Metropolitan of Belgrade and Srem |
| Ilarion [26] | (around 1644—1662) | Metropolitan of Belgrade and Srem |
| Jefrem [27] | (around 1662—1672) | Metropolitan of Belgrade and Srem |
| Elevterije [28] | (around 1673—1678) | Metropolitan of Belgrade and Srem |
| Pajsije [29] | (around 1680—1681) | Metropolitan of Belgrade and Srem |
| Simeon Ljubibratić [30] | (1682—1690) | migrated to Hungary in 1690, with Serbian patriarch Arsenije III Crnojević |
| Mihailo [31] | (around 1699—1705) | installed by new Serbian patriarch Kalinik I |
| Mojsije Petrović [32] | (1713—1730) | since 1718 under Habsburg rule, and since 1726 also Metropolitan of Karlovci |
| Vikentije Jovanović [33] | (1731—1737) | Metropolitan of Belgrade and Karlovci |
| Sophronius [34] | (around 1740—1745) | ethnic Greek, Metropolitan of Belgrade |
| Vikentije Stefanović [35] | (around 1753) | ethnic Serb, Metropolitan of Belgrade, later became Serbian Patriarch |
| Callinicus [36] | (around 1759—1761) | ethnic Greek, Metropolitan of Belgrade |
Under direct jurisdiction of Constantinople (1766–1831)
| Primate | Portrait | Personal name | Tenure | Title | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jeremiah Јеремија Jeremiah |
|
1766–1784 | Metropolitan of Belgrade | Ethnic Greek | |
| Dionysius I Дионисије I |
|
Dionysios Papagiannousis "Popović" | 1785–1791 | Metropolitan of Belgrade | Ethnic Greek |
| Methodius Методије |
|
1791–1801 | Metropolitan of Belgrade | Ethnic Greek | |
| Leontius Леонтије |
|
Leontios Lambros (Леонтије Ламбровић/Leontije Lambrović) |
1801–1813 | Metropolitan of Belgrade | Ethnic Greek |
| Dionysius II Дионисије II |
|
Dimitrije Popović (Димитрије) | 7 November 1813–October 1815 | Metropolitan of Belgrade | Ethnic Serb, from Niš. Appointed following the first Serbian uprising. |
| Agathangelus Агатангел |
|
1815–1825 | Metropolitan of Belgrade | Ethnic Greek, later Ecumenical Patriarch | |
| Kiril Кирил |
|
1825–26 February 1827 | Metropolitan of Belgrade | Ethnic Greek | |
| Anthimus Антим |
|
1827–1831 | Metropolitan of Belgrade | Ethnic Greek. Anointed Prince Miloš Obrenović in 1830. Last Greek metropolitan of Belgrade. |
Autonomous (1831–1879) and autocephalous (1879–1920)
| No. | Primate | Portrait | Personal name | Reigned from | Reigned until | Title | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Melentije Pavlović Мелентије Melenthius |
|
Melentije Pavlović Мелентије Павловић |
1831 | 1833 | Archbishop of Belgrade and Metropolitan of Serbia | Serb |
| 2 | Petar Jovanović Петар Peter |
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Pavle Jovanović Павле Јовановић |
1833 | 1859 | Archbishop of Belgrade and Metropolitan of Serbia | |
| 3 | Mihailo Jovanović Михаило Michael |
|
Miloje Jovanović Милоје Јовановић |
1859 | 1881 | Archbishop of Belgrade and Metropolitan of Serbia | First tenure |
| Mojsije Мојсије Moses |
|
Maksim Veresić Максим Вересић |
1881 | 1883 | Administrator of the Metropolitanate of Belgrade | Appointed by the Austrophile Serbian government | |
| 4 | Teodosije Mraović Теодосије Theodosius |
|
Teodor Mraović Теодор Мраовић |
1883 | 1889 | Archbishop of Belgrade and Metropolitan of Serbia | |
| (3) | Mihailo Jovanović Михаило Michael |
|
Miloje Jovanović Милоје Јовановић |
1889 | 1898 | Archbishop of Belgrade and Metropolitan of Serbia | Second tenure |
| 5 | Inokentije Pavlović Инокентије Innocentius |
|
Jakov Pavlović Јаков Павловић |
1898 | 1905 | Archbishop of Belgrade and Metropolitan of Serbia | |
| 6 | Dimitrije Димитрије Demetrius |
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Dimitrije Pavlović Димитрије Павловић |
1905 | 1920 | Archbishop of Belgrade and Metropolitan of Serbia | Archbishop of Peć, Metropolitan of Belgrade and Karlovci, and Serbian Patriarch (1920–1930) |
Metropolitans of Belgrade and Karlovci (1920–present)
| Serbian Patriarchs, Heads of the Holy Patriarchal See of Belgrade (1920–present) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Regnal title: Archbishop of Peć, Metropolitan of Belgrade and Karlovci, and Serbian Patriarch[B] | |||||||
| No. | Primate | Portrait | Personal name | Reigned from | Reigned until | Place of birth | Notes |
| 1 | Dimitrije [I] Димитрије (I) Demetrius (I) |
|
Dimitrije Pavlović Димитрије Павловић |
12 September 1920 | 6 April 1930 | Požarevac, Principality of Serbia | First Patriarch of the reunified Serbian church |
| 2 | Varnava [I] Варнава (I) Barnabas (I) |
|
Petar Rosić Петар Росић |
12 May 1930 | 23 July 1937 | Pljevlja, Ottoman Empire | Some believe he may have been poisoned |
| 3 | Gavrilo [V] Гaврилo (V) Gabriel (V) |
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Gavrilo Dožić Гaврилo Дoжић |
21 February 1938 | 7 May 1950 | Vrujci, Principality of Montenegro | Known unofficially as Gavrilo V Dožić-Medenica |
| 4 | Vikentije [II] Викентије (II) Vicentius (II) |
|
Vitomir Prodanov Витомир Проданов |
1 July 1950 | 5 July 1958 | Bačko Petrovo Selo, Austria-Hungary | Not known as Vikentije II but entered just as Vikentije. Some believe he may have been second poisoned Patriarch |
| 5 | German [I] Герман (I) Herman (I) |
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Hranislav Đorić Хранислав Ђорић |
14 September 1958 | 30 November 1990 | Jošanička Banja, Kingdom of Serbia | Longest reigning Patriarch and only retired Patriarch during his life |
| 6 | Pavle [II] Павле (II) Paul (II) |
|
Gojko Stojčević Гојко Стојчевић |
1 December 1990 | 15 November 2009 | Kućanci, Austria-Hungary | Not known as Pavle II but entered just as Pavle |
| 7 | Irinej [I] Иринеј (I) Irenaeus (I) |
|
Miroslav Gavrilović Мирослав Гавриловић |
23 January 2010 | 20 November 2020 | Vidova, Kingdom of Yugoslavia | |
| 8 | Porfirije [I] Порфирије (I) Porphyrius (I) |
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Prvoslav Perić Првослав Перић |
19 February 2021 | Incumbent | Bečej, SFR Yugoslavia | |
See also
- Serbian Orthodox Church
- List of eparchies of the Serbian Orthodox Church
- Religion in Serbia
- Eastern Orthodoxy in Serbia
References
- ^ History of the Archbishopric (in Serbian) Archived February 18, 2012, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Kalić 1967, pp. 18–20.
- ^ a b Kalić 1967, pp. 27, 30.
- ^ Mitrović & Koprivica 2016, p. 3.
- ^ Mitrović & Koprivica 2016, p. 4.
- ^ Mitrović & Koprivica 2016, p. 5.
- ^ Mitrović & Koprivica 2016, pp. 7–8.
- ^ Mitrović & Koprivica 2016, p. 10.
- ^ Schwicker 1881, p. 305-450.
- ^ Točanac-Radović 2018, p. 155-167.
- ^ Radosavljević 2018, p. 300.
- ^ Radosavljević 2018, p. 310.
- ^ Kiminas 2009, p. 21.
- ^ Вуковић 1996, p. 239.
- ^ Вуковић 1996, p. 208-209.
- ^ Вуковић 1996, p. 139.
- ^ Вуковић 1996, p. 232.
- ^ Вуковић 1996, p. 497.
- ^ Вуковић 1996, p. 490.
- ^ Вуковић 1996, p. 299-300.
- ^ Вуковић 1996, p. 417.
- ^ Вуковић 1996, p. 286.
- ^ Вуковић 1996, p. 297.
- ^ Вуковић 1996, p. 228.
- ^ Вуковић 1996, p. 7.
- ^ Вуковић 1996, p. 194.
- ^ Вуковић 1996, p. 222.
- ^ Вуковић 1996, p. 184.
- ^ Вуковић 1996, p. 391.
- ^ Вуковић 1996, p. 451.
- ^ Вуковић 1996, p. 327.
- ^ Вуковић 1996, p. 333-337.
- ^ Вуковић 1996, p. 70-73.
- ^ Вуковић 1996, p. 462.
- ^ Вуковић 1996, p. 73.
- ^ Вуковић 1996, p. 273.
Literature
- Dabić, Vojin S. (2011). "The Habsburg-Ottoman War of 1716-1718 and Demographic Changes in the War-Afflicted Territories". The Peace of Passarowitz, 1718. West Lafayette: Purdue University Press. pp. 191–208.
- Đorđević, Miloš Z. (2010). "A Background to Serbian Culture and Education in the First Half of the 18th Century according to Serbian Historiographical Sources". Empires and Peninsulas: Southeastern Europe between Karlowitz and the Peace of Adrianople, 1699–1829. Berlin: LIT Verlag. pp. 125–131.
- Kalić, Jovanka (1967). Београд у средњем веку. Српска књижевна задруга.
- Kalić, Jovanka (2014). "A Millennium of Belgrade (Sixth-Sixteenth Centuries): A Short Overview". Balcanica. 45: 71–96.
- Kiminas, Demetrius (2009). The Ecumenical Patriarchate: A History of Its Metropolitanates with Annotated Hierarch Catalogs. Wildside Press LLC.
- Mitrović, Katarina; Koprivica, Marija (2016). "Београдско-мачванска епископија између православља и католичанства (XI-XIV век)". Прилози за књижевност, језик, историју и фолклор. 82: 3–18.
- Ninković, Nenad (2020). "The Rise of a new center on the periphery of the Empire through the influence of the Archbishops of Karlovci 1690-1790". The Habsburg State-wide and the regions in the Southern Danube basin (16th-20th centuries). Wien: New Academic Press. pp. 25–44.
- Radosavljević, Nedeljko V. (2017). "Antimus, Bishop of Vratsa and Lovech and Metropolitan of Belgrade" (PDF). Bulgarian Historical Review. 45 (1–2): 147–171.
- Radosavljević, Nedeljko V. (2018). "Belgrade Metropolitanate 1825–1831". Belgrade 1521-1867. Belgrade: The Institute of History. pp. 297–313.
- Radosavljević, Nedeljko V. (2020). "Kyrillos, the Metropolitan of Belgrade (1825–1827)" (PDF). Bulgarian Historical Review. 48 (1–2): 73–93.
- Schwicker, Johann Heinrich (1881). "Die Vereinigung der serbischen Metropolien von Belgrad und Carlowitz im Jahre 1731". Archiv für österreichische Geschichte. 62: 305–450.
- Točanac-Radović, Isidora (2018). "Belgrade - Seat of the Archbishopric and Metropolitanate (1718-1739)". Belgrade 1521-1867. Belgrade: The Institute of History. pp. 155–167.
- Točanac-Radović, Isidora (2019). "Belgrade Under Habsburg Rule 1717-1739". Baroque Belgrade: Transformation 1717-1739. Belgrade: Institute of Archaeology. pp. 12–37.
- Вуковић, Сава (1996). Српски јерарси од деветог до двадесетог века (Serbian Hierarchs from the 9th to the 20th Century). Евро, Унирекс, Каленић.
Further reading
- Milošević, Ana (2019). "Belgrade Metropolitans on the Baroque Stage". Baroque Belgrade: Transformation 1717-1739. Belgrade: Institute of Archaeology. pp. 74–95.