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Eparchy of Žiča

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Eparchy of Žiča
Holy Trinity Cathedral, Kraljevo
Location
Territorysouthwestern Serbia
HeadquartersŽiča Monastery, Kraljevo, Serbia
Information
DenominationEastern Orthodox
Sui iuris churchSerbian Orthodox Church
Established1219
CathedralHoly Trinity Cathedral, Kraljevo
LanguageChurch Slavonic, Serbian
Current leadership
BishopJustin Stefanović
Map
Website
Eparchy of Žiča

Eparchy of Žiča (Serbian: Епархија жичка, romanized: Eparhija žička) is a diocese (eparchy) of the Serbian Orthodox Church, covering central and southwestern Serbia (Moravica District, and parts of Zlatibor and Raška districts).

The episcopal see is located at the Holy Trinity Cathedral, Kraljevo. Its headquarters and bishop's residence are located in the Žiča Monastery.

History

The Eparchy of Žiča is named after the Žiča Monastery that was built around 1208 by Grand Prince Stefan Nemanjić of Serbia, who brought in Greek builders to construct the monastery. In 1219, first Serbian Archbishop Saint Sava chose Žiča to be the Serbian Archiepiscopal seat (Archbishopric of Žiča). Since then, diocese of Žiča was the central eparchy of Serbian Orthodox Church and the monastery church of Žiča was serving for coronations of Serbian kings of the Nemanjić dynasty.[1]

The seat of the Serbian Orthodox Church was moved in 1253 to the Peć Monastery. The collection of church law known as Zakonopravilo was copied at the Žiča Monastery and was for several centuries influential in southeastern Europe and Russia.[2] In the middle of the 15th century, a return of the archiepiscopal seat to Žiča was contemplated due to the Turkish invasion, but the move was not made. In the 16th century, after the Serbian Patriarchate of Peć was renewed, several Metropolitans of Žiča were appointed.

By the beginning of 18th century the territory of this eparchy was incorporated into the Eparchy of Užice and Valjevo. In 1766,Serbian Patriarchate of Peć was abolished, and all of its dioceses that were under Ottoman rule fell under jurisdiction of the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople. In 1831, autonomous Metropolitanate of Belgrade was recreated, with Eparchy of Užice as one of its dioceses.[3] In 1884, the name of that diocese was officially changed to Eparchy of Žiča.

List of bishops

  • Nikifor Maksimović (1831–1853)
  • Joanikije Nešković (1854–1873)
  • Vikentije Krasojević (1873–1882)
  • Kornilije Stanković (1883–1885)
  • Nikanor Ružičić (1886–1889)
  • Sava Barać (1889–1913)
  • Nikolaj Velimirović (1919–1920)
  • Jefrem Bojović (1920–1933)
  • Nikolaj Velimirović (1936–1941)
  • Vikentije Prodanov (administrator) (1941–1947)
  • Valerijan Stefanović (administrator) (1947–1949)
  • Josif Cvijović (administrator) (1949–1956)
  • German Đorić (1956–1958)
  • Vasilije Kostić (1961–1978)
  • Stefan Boca (1978–2003)
  • Hrizostom Stolić (2003–2012)
  • Jovan Mladenović (administrator) (2012–2014)
  • Justin Stefanović (2014–present)

Notable monasteries

See also

References

  1. Ćirković 2004, p. 28, 39.
  2. Ćirković 2004, p. 43.
  3. Ćirković 2004, p. 192.

Bibliography