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Eparchy Of Žiča
Eparchy of Žiča is one of the eparchies of the Serbian Orthodox Church in the Republic of Serbia. It is seated in Kraljevo, in the Monastery of Žiča. Since 2014, diocesan bishop is Justin Stefanović. History The Eparchy of Žiča is named after the Monastery of Žiča 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, Archdiocese of Žiča was the central eparchy of Serbian Orthodox Church and the cathedral church of Žiča was serving for coronations of Serbian kings of the Nemanjić dynasty. The seat of the Serbian Church was moved in 1253 to the Monastery of Peć. The collection of church law known as " Nomocanon of Saint Sava" was copied at the Monastery of Žiča and was for several centuries influential in southeastern Europe and Russia. In the mid ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kraljevo
Kraljevo ( sr-cyr, Краљево, ) is a city and the administrative center of the Raška District in central Serbia. It is situated on the confluence of West Morava and Ibar, in the geographical region of Šumadija, between the mountains of Kotlenik in the north, and Stolovi in the south. In 2011 the city urban area has a population of 68,749 inhabitants, while the city administrative area has 125,488 inhabitants. With an area of 1530 km², it is the largest municipality (after Belgrade) in Serbia by area. Name Formerly known as Rudo Polje (Рудо Поље), Karanovac (Карановац) and Rankovićevo (Ранковићево), Kraljevo received its present name, meaning "the King's Town", from King Milan I of Serbia in honor of his own coronation and six Serbian kings that had been crowned in that area. The modern coat of arms of the city features seven crowns symbolizing the seven kings. History and sights The "lower" Ibar region is thought to be the first area w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Valjevo
Valjevo (Serbian Cyrillic: Ваљево, ) is a List of cities in Serbia, city and the administrative center of the Kolubara District in western Serbia. According to the 2011 census, the administrative area of Valjevo had 90,312 inhabitants, 59,073 of whom were urban dwellers. Valjevo occupies an area of 905 square kilometers; its altitude is 185 meters. The city is situated along the river Kolubara, a tributary of the Sava, Sava river. History In the nearby village of Petnica, scientists found the first complete neolithic habitat in Serbia and dated it at 6,000 years old. In Ancient Rome, Roman times this area was part of the province of Moesia. Valjevo was mentioned for the first time in 1393. It was an important staging post on the trade route that connected Bosnia to Belgrade. Valjevo became significant during the 16th and 17th centuries under stable Ottoman Empire, Ottoman rule. According to Matija Nenadović, there were 24 mosques in Valjevo in the late 18th century. At ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Josif Cvijović
Josif ( sr, Јосиф) is a masculine given name, a cognate of Joseph. It may refer to: *Josif Chirila (born 1983), Romanian sprint canoeist who has competed since 2004 *Josif Dorfman (born 1952), Ukrainian-French chess Grandmaster, coach, and chess writer *Josif Marinković (1851–1931), Serbian composer of the nineteenth century *Josif Pančić (1814–1888), Serbian botanist *Josif Rajačić (1785–1861), metropolitan of Sremski Karlovci, Serbian patriarch, administrator of Serbian Vojvodina, baron *Josif Runjanin (1821–1878), Croatian composer of Serbian ethnicity, composed the melody of the Croatian national anthem *Josif Shtokalo (1897–1987), Ukrainian mathematician See also *Joseph (other) Joseph is a masculine given name. Joseph may also refer to: Religion * Joseph (Genesis), an important figure in the Bible's Book of Genesis * Joseph in Islam, an important figure in Islam mentioned in the Qur'an * Saint Joseph, a figure in th ... * Josifović, Serbian ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vikentije Prodanov
Vikentije (II) ( sr-cyr, Викентије, secular name Vitomir Prodanov, Витомир Проданов; 23 August 1890 – 5 July 1958) was the fourth partriach of the reunified Serbian Orthodox Church, from 1950 until his death. Early life Vitomir Prodanov was born on August 23, 1890, in the village of Bačko Petrovo Selo, then in the Hungarian part of Austria-Hungary. He was born into the family of Đorđe and Jelka Prodanov. He completed his elementary education in Bačko Petrovo Selo in 1901. After that, he entered the Serbian Gymnasium in Novi Sad from which he graduated in 1909. He continued his higher education in the Serbian Orthodox Theology School in Sremski Karlovci, graduating in 1913. He then returned to Bačko Petrovo Selo as a teacher. On 1 June 1917, Bishop Georgije Letić of Eparchy of Temišvar appointed him consistorial sub-notary for the Diocese of Temišvar (now better known as Timisoara, Romania). On 18 August 1917, Prodanov took monastic v ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nikolaj Velimirović
Nikolaj Velimirović (Serbian Cyrillic: Николај Велимировић; – ) was bishop of the eparchies of Ohrid and Žiča (1920–1956) in the Serbian Orthodox Church. An influential theological writer and a highly gifted orator, he was often referred to as the new John Chrysostom and historian Slobodan G. Markovich calls him "one of the most influential bishops of the Serbian Orthodox Church in the twentieth century". As a young man, he came close to dying of dysentery and decided that he would dedicate his life to God if he survived. He lived and was tonsured as a monk under the name ''Nikolaj'' in 1909. He was ordained into the clergy, and quickly became an important leader and spokesperson for the Serbian Orthodox Church, especially in its relations with the West. When Nazi Germany occupied Yugoslavia in World War II, Velimirović was imprisoned and eventually taken to Dachau concentration camp. After being liberated by the Allies at the end of the war, he ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sava Barać
The Sava (; , ; sr-cyr, Сава, hu, Száva) is a river in Central and Southeast Europe, a right-bank and the longest tributary of the Danube. It flows through Slovenia, Croatia and along its border with Bosnia and Herzegovina, and finally through Serbia, feeding into the Danube in its capital, Belgrade. The Sava forms the main northern limit of the Balkan Peninsula, and the southern edge of the Pannonian Plain. The Sava is long, including the Sava Dolinka headwater rising in Zelenci, Slovenia. It is the largest tributary of the Danube by volume of water, and second-largest after the Tisza in terms of catchment area () and length. It drains a significant portion of the Dinaric Alps region, through the major tributaries of Drina, Bosna, Kupa, Una, Vrbas, Lonja, Kolubara, Bosut and Krka. The Sava is one of the longest rivers in Europe and among the longest tributaries of another river. The population in the Sava River basin is estimated at 8,176,000, and is shared ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nikanor Ružičić
Nikanor Ružičić (Secular name: Nikola Ružičić ; Serbian Cyrillic: Никанор Ружичић; also known in Imperial Russia as Nikolai Grigorievich Ružičič; Svileuva, Principality of Serbia, 15 April 1843 — Belgrade, Kingdom of Serbia, 16 October 1916) was a Serbian church historian, and the bishop of Žiča from 1886 to 1889 and Niš from 1898 until 1911. He was one of the 19th-century intellectuals who corresponded with Franjo Rački and others raising many questions of the time but nothing of consequence was ever realized. He is the author of a seminal work entitled ''Istorija srpske crkve'' (History of the Serbian Church) in two volumes, published in Zagreb in 1894 From the 19th century until the First World War several histories of the Serbian Orthodox Church—including works by Nikola Begović, Nićifor Dučić, Mihailo Jovanović, Jevsevije Popović and Mojsije Stojkov—were written, although none were adequate enough to explain the difference betw ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vikentije Krasojević
Vikentije or Vićentije is the Serbian variant of the Latin name '' Vincentius'', meaning "winner" or "conqueror". *Serbian Patriarch Vikentije I, Archbishop of Peć and Serbian Patriarch (1758) *Serbian Patriarch Vikentije II, Archbishop of Peć and Serbian Patriarch (1950–1958) * Vikentije Popović, Metropolitan of Karlovci (1713–1725) *Vikentije Jovanović, Metropolitan of Belgrade and Karlovci (1731–1737) * Vićentije Jovanović Vidak, Metropolitan of Sremski Karlovci Sremski Karlovci ( sr-cyrl, Сремски Карловци, ; hu, Karlóca; tr, Karlofça) is a town and municipality located in the South Bačka District of the autonomous province of Vojvodina, Serbia. It is situated on the banks of the Danu ... (1774–1780) *Vićentije Vićenco Vuković ( 1560–71), Serbian printer and editor in Venice {{given name See also * Vićentijević Serbian masculine given names ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joanikije Nešković
Joanikije ( sr-cyr, Јоаникије) is the Serbian variant of Greek name '' Ioannikios''. It may refer to: *Joanikije I, Serbian Archbishop (1272–76) *Joanikije II, Serbian Archbishop (1338–46) and first Serbian Patriarch (1346–54) * Joanikije III, Serbian (1739–46) and later Ecumenical Patriarch (1761–1763) * Joanikije (Pamučina) (1810-1870), Serbian Orthodox bishop and writer from Herzegovina *Joanikije I (1890–1945), Metropolitan of Montenegro and Serbian Orthodox saint *Joanikije Mićović (born 1959), current Metropolitan of Montenegro and the Littoral {{hndis *Joanikije of Devič Joanikije of Devič ( sr, Јоаникије Девички), archaically also Janićije (Јанићије) was a 15th-century Serbian Orthodox saint. He was a native Serb from the Principality of Zeta or, according to another source, a Serb from ..., 15th-cenury saint Serbian masculine given names ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
