Metropolitanate of Belgrade

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Metropolitanate of Belgrade

Београдска митрополија
Beogradska mitropolija

Location
Territory| Serbia
Headquarters| Belgrade, Serbia
Information
Denomination| Eastern Orthodox
Established| 1831
Dissolved| 1920
Language| Church Slavonic
Serbian
Governance| Self-governing Eastern Orthodox Metropolitanate
Territorial development of the Principality of Serbia and Kingdom of Serbia (1817–1913).

The Metropolitanate of Belgrade (Serbian: Београдска митрополија, romanized: Beogradska mitropolija) was an Eastern Orthodox ecclesiastical province (metropolitanate) which existed between 1831 and 1920, with jurisdiction over the territory of Principality and Kingdom of Serbia. It was formed in 1831, when the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople granted church autonomy to its eparchies in the Principality of Serbia.[1] Territorial enlargement and full canonical autocephaly were gained in 1879.[2] The Metropolitanate 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.

The Metropolitanate and all of its eparchies suffered significant loses during World War I (1914–1918), particularly after 1915, during the occupation of Serbia by the Central Powers.[3]

## Eparchies

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The Metropolitanate included the 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 | Formed after 1833. Part of the Eparchy of Niš from 1886 to 1891.
Eparchy of Niš | Niš | Added in 1879. Eparchy of Nišava (seated in 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 Debar and Kičevo | Kičevo | Administration from 1912.

## Metropolitans, 1831–1920

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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
| Mojsije
Мојсије
Moses |  | Maksim Veresić
Максим Вересић  | 1881–1883  | Administrator of the Metropolitanate of Belgrade  | Appointed by the Austrophile Serbian government
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

### Timeline

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## See also

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* Archbishopric of Belgrade and Karlovci
* Serbian Orthodox Church
* List of heads of the Serbian Orthodox Church
* Religion in Serbia

## References

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1. ^ Ćirković 2004, p. 192-193.
2. ^ Kiminas 2009, p. 20-21.
3. ^ Radić 2015, p. 263–285.

## Sources

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* Bataković, Dušan T., ed. (2005). Histoire du peuple serbe [History of the Serbian People] (in French). Lausanne: L’Age d’Homme.
* Ćirković, Sima (2004). The Serbs. Malden: Blackwell Publishing.
* Fotić, Aleksandar (2008). "Serbian Orthodox Church". Encyclopedia of the Ottoman Empire. New York: Infobase Publishing. pp. 519–520.
* Kiminas, Demetrius (2009). The Ecumenical Patriarchate: A History of Its Metropolitanates with Annotated Hierarch Catalogs. Wildside Press LLC.
* Pavlovich, Paul (1989). The History of the Serbian Orthodox Church. Serbian Heritage Books.
* Pavlowitch, Stevan K. (2002). Serbia: The History behind the Name. London: Hurst & Company.
* Popović, Radomir V. (2013). Serbian Orthodox Church in History. Belgrade: Academy of Serbian Orthodox Church for Fine Arts and Conservation.
* Radić, Radmila (2007). "Serbian Christianity". The Blackwell Companion to Eastern Christianity. Malden, MA: Blackwell Publishing. pp. 231–248.
* Radić, Radmila (2015). "The Serbian Orthodox Church in the First World War". The Serbs and the First World War 1914-1918. Belgrade: Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts. pp. 263–285.
* Radojević, Mira; Mićić, Srđan B. (2015). "Serbian Orthodox Church cooperation and frictions with Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople and Bulgarian Exarchate during interwar period". Studia Academica šumenesia. 2: 126‒143.

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Subdivisions of the Serbian Orthodox Church

Metropolitanates|

* Belgrade and Karlovci
* Dabar-Bosnia
* Montenegro and the Littoral
* Zagreb and Ljubljana
* Australia and New Zealand

Traditional dioceses|

* Bačka
* Banat
* Banja Luka
* Bihać and Petrovac
* Braničevo
* Buda
* Budimlja and Nikšić
* Dalmatia
* Gornji Karlovac
* Kruševac
* Mileševa
* Niš
* Osječko polje and Baranja
* Raška and Prizren
* Šabac
* Slavonia
* Srem
* Šumadija
* Temišvar
* Timok
* Valjevo
* Vranje
* Zahumlje and Herzegovina
* Žiča
* Zvornik and Tuzla

Diaspora dioceses|

* Austria and Switzerland
* Britain and Scandinavia
* Buenos Aires and South America
* Canada
* Düsseldorf and all of Germany
* Eastern America
* New Gračanica and Midwestern America
* Western America
* Western Europe

Historical|

* Belgrade Metropolitanate
* Karlovci Metropolitanate
* Karlovci Patriarchate
* Hvosno
* Lipljan
* Toplica
* Banjska
* Marča
* Samokov
* Kyustendil
* Arad (1695–1865)
* Kostajnica (1713–1771)
* Šabac and Valjevo (1831–2006)
* Kotor and Dubrovnik (1870–1931)
* Zahumlje and Raška (1878–1931)
* Ohrid (1920–1931)
* Bitola (1920–1931)
* Ohrid and Bitola (1931–1967)
* Zletovo and Strumica (1920–1967)
* Mukačevo and Prešov (1931–1945)
* (For others see: History of the Serbian Orthodox Church)

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Primates of the Serbian Orthodox Church

List of heads of the Serbian Orthodox Church
Archbishops

| 1219–1346|

* Sava (St.)
* Arsenije Sremac (St.)
* Sava II (St.)
* Danilo I (St.)
* Joanikije I (St.)
* Jevstatije I (St.)
* Jakov (St.)
* Jevstatije II (St.)
* Sava III (St.)
* Nikodim I (St.)
* Danilo II (St.)
* Joanikije II (St.)

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Patriarchs (1346–1766)

| 1346–1463|

* Joanikije II (St.)
* Sava IV
* Jefrem (St.)
* Spiridon (St.)
* Danilo III
* Sava V
* Danilo IV
* Kirilo I (St.)
* Nikon I (St.)
* Teofan I
* Nikodim II
* Arsenije II

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1557–1766|

* Makarije I (St.)
* Antonije I
* Gerasim I
* Savatije I
* Nikanor I
* Jerotej I
* Filip I
* Jovan II
* Pajsije I
* Gavrilo I (St.)
* Maksim I
* Arsenije III
* Kalinik I
* Atanasije I
* Mojsije I
* Arsenije IV
* Joanikije III
* Atanasije II
* Gavrilo II
* Gavrilo III
* Vikentije I
* Pajsije II
* Gavrilo IV
* Kirilo II
* Vasilije
* Kalinik II

Heads of the Serbian Orthodox Church in the Habsburg monarchy

| Metropolitans of Karlovci (1690–1848)|

* Arsenije III Čarnojević
* Isaija Đaković
* Sofronije Podgoričanin
* Vikentije Popović-Hadžilavić
* of Belgrade and Karlovci:
* Mojsije Petrović
* Vikentije Jovanović
* Arsenije IV Jovanović Šakabenta
* Isaija Antonović
* Pavle Nenadović
* Jovan Georgijević
* Vićentije Jovanović Vidak
* Mojsije Putnik
* Stefan Stratimirović
* Stefan Stanković
* Josif Rajačić

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Patriarchs of Karlovci (1848–1920)|

* Josif Rajačić
* Samuilo Maširević
* Prokopije Ivačković
* German Anđelić
* Georgije Branković
* Lukijan Bogdanović

Metropolitans of Belgrade

| 1831–1920|

* Melentije Pavlović
* Petar Jovanović
* Mihailo Jovanović
* Teodosije Mraović
* Inokentije Pavlović
* Dimitrije Pavlović

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Metropolitans of Montenegro

| 1766–1920|

* Sava Petrović
* Arsenije Plamenac
* Petar I
* Petar II
* Danilo II
* Nikanor Ivanović
* Ilarion Roganović
* Visarion Ljubiša
* Mitrofan Ban

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Patriarchs (since 1920)

| since 1920|

* Dimitrije
* Varnava
* Gavrilo V
* Vikentije II
* German
* Pavle
* Irinej
* Porfirije

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