Sava Očinić ( sr-cyr, Сава Очинић) was a
Serbian Orthodox
The Serbian Orthodox Church ( sr-Cyrl, Српска православна црква, Srpska pravoslavna crkva) is one of the autocephalous (ecclesiastically independent) Eastern Orthodox Christian churches.
The majority of the population in ...
bishop, serving as the
Metropolitan of Cetinje from 1694 to 1697. He was born in
Očinići, a small village near
Cetinje
Cetinje (, ) is a town in Montenegro. It is the former royal capital (''prijestonica'' / приjестоница) of Montenegro and is the location of several national institutions, including the official residence of the president of Montenegro ...
. He succeeded
Visarion Borilović (s. 1685–1692). Sava was ordinated a bishop in November 1694 by
Hadži-Simeon (the
Metropolitan of Belgrade
The Metropolitanate of Belgrade ( sr, Београдска митрополија, Beogradska mitropolija) was an Eastern Orthodox ecclesiastical province (metropolitanate) which existed between 1831 and 1920, with jurisdiction over the territo ...
),
Savatije Ljubibratić
Savatije Ljubibratić ( sr-cyr, Саватије Љубибратић; Piva, c. 1660—Topla, January, 1716) was a Serbian Orthodox bishop and metropolitan, and the caretaker of the Dragović monastery.
Early life
Ljubibratić was born in Piva
...
(the
Metropolitan of Zahumlje
The Eparchy of Zahumlje, Herzegovina and the Littoral ( sr, Епархија захумско-херцеговачка и приморска, Eparhija zahumsko-hercegovačka i primorska) is an eparchy (diocese) of the Serbian Orthodox Church wit ...
) and Gerasim (the
Metropolitan of Herzegovina
The Eparchy of Zahumlje, Herzegovina and the Littoral ( sr, Епархија захумско-херцеговачка и приморска, Eparhija zahumsko-hercegovačka i primorska) is an eparchy (diocese) of the Serbian Orthodox Church wit ...
) in
Herceg Novi
Herceg Novi ( cyrl, Херцег Нови, ) is a coastal town in Montenegro located at the Western entrance to the Bay of Kotor and at the foot of Mount Orjen. It is the administrative center of the Herceg Novi Municipality with around 33,000 in ...
. Due to the destruction of the
Old Cetinje Monastery
The Cetinje Monastery ( sr, Цетињски манастир, Cetinjski manastir) is a monastery of the Serbian Orthodox Church in Montenegro. It is located in Cetinje and is the seat of the Metropolitanate of Montenegro. A center of historical a ...
by the forces of
Süleyman Bushati in 1692 he lived in the
Dobrska Ćelija monastery in
Dobrsko Selo, where the seat of the Metropolitanate was temporary moved.
He was succeeded by
Danilo Šćepčević
Danilo I Petrović-Njegoš (; 1670 – 11 January 1735) was the Metropolitan of Cetinje between 1697 and 1735, and the founder of the House of Petrović-Njegoš, which ruled Montenegro from 1697 to 1918.
He was also known by the patronymic Dani ...
.
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1697 deaths
17th-century births
17th-century Eastern Orthodox bishops
Bishops of Montenegro and the Littoral
Clergy from Cetinje
Date of birth unknown
Ottoman period in the history of Montenegro
Serbian Orthodox metropolitans of Montenegro