Patriarchate of Serbia

The Patriarchate of Serbia or orthodoxe Église of Serbia is a canonical jurisdiction autocéphale of the orthodoxe Église. The chief of the Church carries the title of Archevêque of Petch, Métropolite of Belgrade-Karlovtzy and Patriarche of Serbia with residence with Belgrade (titular current: Its Holiness Paul, in Serb Pavle, since February 1st 1990).

History

The church was founded in 1219 by Saint Sava (v. 1175 - v. 1235), wire of Etienne Nemanja, duke of Serbia.

Organization

In Serbia:

the archéparchie of Belgrade and Sremski Karlovci, with seat with Belgrade
the éparchie of the Banat, with seat with Vršac
the éparchie of Bačka, with seat with Novi Sad
the éparchie of Braničevo, with seat with Požarevac
the éparchie of Vranje, with seat with Vranje
the éparchie of Zica, with seat with the Monastery of Zica close to Kraljevo
the éparchie of Mileševa, with seat with the Monastery of Mileševa
the éparchie of Niš, with seat with Niš
the éparchie of Close-cropped and Prizren, with seat with Prizren
the éparchie of Srem, with seat with Sremski Karlovci
the éparchie of Timok, with seat with Zaječar
the éparchie of Šabac, with seat with Šabac
the éparchie of Valjevo, with seat with Valjevo
the éparchie of Šumadija, with seat with Kragujevac

With the Montenegro:

the Metropolis of Montenegro and the littoral, with seat with Cetinje
the éparchie of Budimlje and Nikšić, with seat with the Monastery of Đurđevi Stupovi close to Berane

In Bosnia-Herzégovine:

the éparchie of Banja Luka, with seat with Banja Luka
the éparchie of Bihać and Petrovac, with seat with Bosanski Petrovac
the metropolis of Dabro-Bosna, with seat with Sarajevo
the éparchie of Zahumlje and Herzégovine, with seat with the Monastery of Tvrdoš close to Trebinje
the éparchie of Zvornik and Tuzla, with seat with Tuzla

In Croatia:

the éparchie of Haut-Karlovac, with seat with Karlovac
the éparchie of Dalmatie, with seat with Šibenik
the metropolis of Zagreb and Ljubljana, with seat with Zagreb (covers also the Italy and the Slovenia)
the éparchie of Osječko polje and Baranja, with seat with Dalj
the éparchie of Slavonie, with seat with Daruvar

In Romania:

the éparchie of Timisoara, with seat with Timisoara

In Macedonia:

the autonomous archbishop's palace of Okhrid, with seat with Okhrid

In Europe:

the éparchie of Great Britain and Scandinavia, with seat with Stockholm (covers Great Britain, the Norway, the Sweden and the Denmark)
the éparchie of Buda (Budim), with seat with Sentandreja (covers the Hungary, the Tchéquie and the Slovakia)
the éparchie of Western Europe, with seat with Paris (covers the France, the Belgium, the Netherlands and the Spain)
the éparchie of Central Europe, with seat with the monastery of Himmelstühr (covers the Germany, the Austria and the Suisse)

In America:

the éparchie of the western area of the the United States, with seat with Los Angeles
the éparchie of the area is of the United States, with seat with Edgeworth close to Pittsburg
the éparchie of the Canada, with seat with the monastery of Milton
the éparchie of Novogračanica (the old diocese for the United States and Canada of the old “free Serb Church orthodoxe”, resulting from a Schisme of the Serb Church between 1963 and 1992)
the éparchie of the area mid-west of the United States, with seat with the Saint-Sava monastery in Libertyville in the Illinois

In Australia and Oceania:

the éparchie of Australia and New Zealand, with seat with the monastery of New Kalenic in Hall close to Canberra

Relations with the other Churches

The Serb orthodoxe Church is in full communion with the other orthodoxe Churches autocéphales.

The Church also maintains good relationships with the Russian orthodoxe Église except borders.

She knows today two territorial conflicts which oppose it to car-proclaimed orthodoxe Churches, and which make that there exists in each one of these territories two jurisdictions opposite:

in Macedonia

the orthodoxe Church Macedonian, autocéphale but not recognized by the other Churches
the autonomous orthodoxe Church of Okhrid, autonomous archbishop's palace of the Serb Church

with the Montenegro

the orthodoxe Church Montenegrin, autocéphale but not recognized by the other Churches
the métropolinat of Montenegro and the littoral of the Serb Church

See too

List of the primacies of the Serb orthodoxe Church
Monastery of Hilandar

External bonds

Official site of the Church
OrthodoxWiki - Church off Serbia
Diocese of France
Frairesa ortodox St Joan Cassian d' Occitania - orthodoxe Fraternity St Jean Cassien d' Occitanie

Religioscope Article - '' Orthodoxie: the Serb Church vis-a-vis the schisms Macedonian and Montenegrin ''