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Eparchy of Braničevo is one of the eparchies of the

Serbian Orthodox Church The Serbian Orthodox Church ( sr-Cyrl, Српска православна црква, Srpska pravoslavna crkva) is one of the autocephalous (ecclesiastically independent) Eastern Orthodox Christian denomination, Christian churches. The majori ...

, with the seat at Braničevo,

Serbia Serbia (, ; Serbian language, Serbian: , , ), officially the Republic of Serbia (Serbian language, Serbian: , , ), is a landlocked country in Southeast Europe, Southeastern and Central Europe, situated at the crossroads of the Pannonian Bas ...

. Since 1994, it is headed by bishop

Ignatije Midić Ignatije Midić (Serbian Cyrillic: Игнатије Мидић; born 17 October 1954) is a Serbian Orthodox bishop. He is professor of dogmatic theology at the University of Belgrade Faculty of Theology, and a well-known contemporary orthodox t ...

History

It is mentioned for the first time in 878 as a bishopric. It continues the early Christian seats of Viminacium and Horreum Margi. In 1018, the Bishopric is mentioned as part of the Eastern Orthodox

Archbishopric of Ohrid The Archbishopric of Ohrid, also known as the Bulgarian Archbishopric of Ohrid *T. Kamusella in The Politics of Language and Nationalism in Modern Central Europe, Springer, 2008, p. 276 *Aisling Lyon, Decentralisation and the Management of Ethni ...

with seat at Braničevo (at the ruins of ancient

Viminacium Viminacium () or ''Viminatium'', was a major city (provincial capital) and military camp of the Roman province of Moesia (today's Serbia), and the capital of '' Moesia Superior'' (hence once a metropolitan archbishopric, now a Latin titular see) ...

, near

Požarevac Požarevac ( sr-cyr, Пожаревац, ) is a city and the administrative centre of the Braničevo District in eastern Serbia. It is located between three rivers: Danube, Great Morava and Mlava and below the hill Čačalica (208m). As of 2011, ...

). Since the end of 13th century, from the time of Serbian kings

Stefan Dragutin Stefan Dragutin ( sr-cyr, Стефан Драгутин, hu, Dragutin István; 1244 – 12 March 1316) was King of Serbia from 1276 to 1282. From 1282, he ruled a separate kingdom which included northern Serbia, and (from 1284) the neig ...

and

Stefan Milutin Stefan Uroš II Milutin ( sr-cyr, Стефан Урош II Милутин, Stefan Uroš II Milutin; 1253 – 29 October 1321), known as Stefan Milutin ( sr-cyr, Стефан Милутин, Stefan Milutin), was the King of Serbia between 1282&nd ...

, the Eparchy was part of the Serbian Archbishopric. It gained the honorary status of Metropolitanate in 1346, within the

Serbian Patriarchate of Peć The Serbian Patriarchate of Peć ( sr, Српска патријаршија у Пећи, ''Srpska patrijaršija u Peći'') or just Patriarchate of Peć ( sr, Пећка патријаршија, ''Pećka patrijaršija''), was an autocephaly, a ...

. The seat of the Metropolitanate was moved to

Smederevo Smederevo ( sr-Cyrl, Смедерево, ) is a city and the administrative center of the Podunavlje District in eastern Serbia. It is situated on the right bank of the Danube, about downstream of the Serbian capital, Belgrade. According to ...

between 1430/1434 and 1439, and since then, the bishops hold the titles "of Smederevo". In 1705, the ''Smederevo Metropolitanate'' or old ''Braničevo Eparchy'', became part of the

Eparchy of Belgrade Archbishopric of Belgrade and Karlovci ( sr-cyr, Архиепископија београдско-карловачка) is the central or patriarchal eparchy of the Serbian Orthodox Church, with seat in Belgrade, Serbia.Požarevac Požarevac ( sr-cyr, Пожаревац, ) is a city and the administrative centre of the Braničevo District in eastern Serbia. It is located between three rivers: Danube, Great Morava and Mlava and below the hill Čačalica (208m). As of 2011, ...

Church-buildings

Heads

*''bishop of Braničevo'' - Agaton, 878 *''bishop of Braničevo'' - Blasius, 1202 *''bishop of Braničevo'' - Jacob, 13th century *''bishop of Braničevo'' - Porphyr, 13th century *''bishop of Braničevo'' - Ioanikie, 13th century *''metropolitan of Braničevo'' - Venijamin, 1416 *''metropolitan of Braničevo'' - Savatije, 1434 *''metropolitan of Smederevo'' - Atanasije, 1439-1456 *''bishop of Smederevo'' - Jovan, 1466 *''metropolitan''

Pavle of Smederevo Serbian Patriarch Pavle I ( sr-cyr, Српски патријарх Павле I; 1527–1541) was the Archbishop of Peć and self-proclaimed Serbian Patriarch from around 1530 to 1541. He tried to end the long period of vacancy of the Serbian ...

, around 1530 *''bishop of Braničevo'' - Mitrofan Rajić (1921—1930) *''bishop of Braničevo'' - Jovan Ilić (1931—1933) *''bishop of Braničevo'' - Venijamin Taušanović (1934—1959) *''bishop of Braničevo'' - Hrizostom Vojinović (1959—1989) *''bishop of Braničevo'' - Sava Andrić (1991—1993) *''bishop of Braničevo'' -

, 1994- (current)

References

Sabornost.org (Homepage of Eparchy)History of Serbian Orthodox Church, book 1

Bibliography

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