Bishop Teodosije ( sr, Епископ Теодосије,
secular name
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Živko Šibalić, born 29 June 1963) is a Serbian Bishop of
Raška-Prizren within
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 ...
. He was born in
Čačak
Čačak ( sr-Cyrl, Чачак, ) is a city and the administrative center of the Moravica District in central Serbia. It is located in the West Morava Valley within the geographical region of Šumadija. , the city proper has 73,331 inhabitants, wh ...
,
Central Serbia
Central Serbia ( sr, централна Србија / centralna Srbija), also referred to as Serbia proper ( sr, link=no, ужа Србија / uža Srbija), is the region of Serbia lying outside the autonomous province of Vojvodina to the nort ...
.
Biography
After finishing theology in the Faculty of Theology of the
University of Belgrade
The University of Belgrade ( sr, / ) is a public university in Serbia. It is the oldest and largest modern university in Serbia.
Founded in 1808 as the Belgrade Higher School in revolutionary Serbia, by 1838 it merged with the Kragujevac-b ...
, he became a novice in
Crna Reka Monastery
The Crna Reka Monastery ( sr, Манастир Црна Река, Manastir Crna Reka, literal translation, lit. "Black River Monastery") is a 13th-century Serbian Orthodox monastery located in Ribariće, Tutin, Serbia, Tutin, southwestern Serbia. T ...
. Fr. Teodosije became a priest in 1992 in
Ćelije Monastery Ćelije may refer to:
* Ćelije Monastery, located near Valjevo, Serbia
* Ćelije, Croatia, a village near Trpinja, Croatia
* Ćelije (Gadžin Han), a village in Serbia
* Ćelije (Kruševac), a village in Serbia
* Ćelije (Lajkovac), a village in ...
. He was elected the abbot of
Visoki Dečani Monastery in March 1992, and in May 2004 he was ordained an auxiliary (titular)
bishop of Lipljan
Eparchy of Lipljan, later known as the Eparchy of Gračanica or the Eparchy of Novo Brdo ( sr, Епархија липљанска / Eparhija lipljanska, sq, Eparkia e Lipjanit) is one of the former historical Eastern Orthodox eparchies of Se ...
. On November 18, 2010, Bishop Teodosije was elected as a new Bishop of Raška-Prizren by the
Bishops' Council of the Serbian Orthodox Church
The Council of Bishops of the Serbian Orthodox Church, also known in English as the Holy Assembly of Bishops of the Serbian Orthodox Church ( sr, Свети архијерејски сабор Српске православне цркве, Svet ...
.
See also
*
Eparchy of Raška and Prizren
Eparchy of Raška and Prizren, al, Eparkia Rashkë - Prizren. Also known as the Eparchy of Raška-Prizren and Kosovo-Metohija ( sr, / ; sq, Eparkia Rashkë - Prizren). is one of the oldest eparchies of the Serbian Orthodox Church, featuring t ...
References
External links
Enthronement of Bishop of Raska and Prizren G. Theodosius (СПЦ, 27. December 2010)*
ttp://www.blic.rs/Vesti/Drustvo/226065/Teodosije-Kosovo-je-moja-najveca-skola Teodosije: Kosovo is my biggest school („Blic“, 27. December 2010)
Serbian theologians
Eastern Orthodox theologians
Bishops of Raška-Prizren
Living people
1963 births
People from Čačak
University of Belgrade Faculty of Orthodox Theology alumni
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