Eparchy of Cetinje
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The Eparchy of Cetinje was an ecclesiastical territory or eparchy
of the Serbian Orthodox Church
in the western Montenegro
and Stara Zeta. It is mostly situated between Bjelopavlići
and Podgorica
to the Bojana River
while the eparchy also include a small part of Herzegovina
(from Grahovo and Čeva) The seat of the eparchy is in Cetinje
.
Eparchy
Eparchy is an anglicized Greek word , authentically Latinized as eparchia and loosely translating as 'rule over something,' like province, prefecture, or territory, to have the jurisdiction over, it has specific meanings both in politics, history and in the hierarchy of the Eastern Christian...
of the Serbian Orthodox Church
Serbian Orthodox Church
The Serbian Orthodox Church is one of the autocephalous Orthodox Christian churches, ranking sixth in order of seniority after Constantinople, Alexandria, Antioch, Jerusalem, and Russia...
in the western Montenegro
Montenegro
Montenegro Montenegrin: Crna Gora Црна Гора , meaning "Black Mountain") is a country located in Southeastern Europe. It has a coast on the Adriatic Sea to the south-west and is bordered by Croatia to the west, Bosnia and Herzegovina to the northwest, Serbia to the northeast and Albania to the...
and Stara Zeta. It is mostly situated between Bjelopavlići
Bjelopavlici
Bjelopavlići is a strip of fertile lowland in Montenegro. It stretches along the Zeta river, being wider in river's lower end, down to the confluence with Morača river near Podgorica...
and Podgorica
Podgorica
Podgorica , is the capital and largest city of Montenegro.Podgorica's favourable position at the confluence of the Ribnica and Morača rivers and the meeting point of the fertile Zeta Plain and Bjelopavlići Valley has encouraged settlement...
to the Bojana River
Bojana River
The Bojana or Buna , is a 41 km long river in Albania and Montenegro which flows into the Adriatic Sea. An outflow of Lake Skadar, measured from the source of the lake's longest tributary, the Morača, the Morača-Lake Skadar- Bojana system is 183 km long.- The river in Albania :The river...
while the eparchy also include a small part of Herzegovina
Herzegovina
Herzegovina is the southern region of Bosnia and Herzegovina. While there is no official border distinguishing it from the Bosnian region, it is generally accepted that the borders of the region are Croatia to the west, Montenegro to the south, the canton boundaries of the Herzegovina-Neretva...
(from Grahovo and Čeva) The seat of the eparchy is in Cetinje
Cetinje
Cetinje , Цетиње / Cetinje , Italian: Cettigne, Greek: Κετίγνη, Ketígni) is a town and Old Royal Capital of Montenegro. It is also a historical and the secondary capital of Montenegro , with the official residence of the President of Montenegro...
.
Bishops
- Visarion (1484 - ?)
- Vavila (1493 - ?)
- Roman (1504 - ?)
- German II (1520 - 1530?)
- Romu (1530 - 1532)
- Vasilije (1532 - ?)
- Makarije (1550 - ?)
- Dionisije (1558 - ?)
- Romil (1560 - ?)
- Pahomije (1568 - ?)
- Đerasim (1573 - ?)
- Venijamin (1582 - ?)
- Stefan
- Rufim I (1593-1639)
- Mardarije (1640 - ?)
- Pajsije (1643-1649)
- Rufim III Boljević (1673-1685)
- Visarion Borilović-Bajica (1685-1692)
- Sava Očinić (1694-1697)
- Danilo I Šćepćev Petrović-Njegoš (1697 - 1735)
- Sava II Petrović-NjegošSava II Petrovic-NjegošSava II Petrović Njegoš was the Vladika of Montenegro, of the Petrović-Njegoš Dynasty. He succeeded Danilo I as Vladika in 1735....
(1735 - 1781) - Vasilije III Petrović-NjegošVasilije III Petrovic-NjegošVasilije Petrović-Njegoš was a Prince bishop of Montenegro. Also, he wrote the history of Montenegro, and Serbian patriotic poems.He ruled together with Sava, his brother.-Overview:...
(1750 - 1766; co-ruled with Sava) - Arsenije Plamenac (1781 - 1784)
- Petar I Petrović-NjegošPetar I Petrovic-NjegošPetar I Petrović Njegoš was the ruler of Montenegro, the Cetinje Episcop of the Serbian Orthodox Church and Exarch of the Serbian Orthodox Church throne. He was the most popular spiritual and military leader from the Petrović dynasty...
(St. Petar of Cetinje) (1784 - 1830) - Petar II Petrović-NjegošPetar II Petrovic-NjegošPetar II Petrović-Njegoš , was a Serbian Orthodox Prince-Bishop of Montenegro , who transformed Montenegro from a theocracy into a secular state. However, he is most famous as a poet...
(1833 - 1851) - Danilo II Petrović-NjegošKnjaz DaniloPrince Danilo I Petrović-Njegoš , , , son of Stiepo/Sava Petrović-Njegoš and wife Angelika Radamovich.Prince Danilo I, was the prince-bishop and later prince of Montenegro from 1851 to 1860...
(1851 - 1852) - Nikanor Ivanović (1852 - 1860)
- Ilarion RoganovićIlarion RoganovicIlarion Roganović was Bishop of Cetinje and Metropolitan of Montenegro and the Highlands. He was also the Archimandrite of the Ždrebaonika monastery in Bjelopavlići and the Ostrog monastery.-Biography:...
(1860-1882) - Visarion LjubišaVisarion LjubišaVisarion Ljubiša was the Metropolitan bishop of Serbian Orthodox Church from 1882 to 1884.-Early Life and Schooling:...
(1882-1884) - Mitrofan BanMitrofan BanMitrofan Ban was Bishop of Cetinje, Metropolitan of Montenegro, and exarch of the Patriarchate of Peć, of the Serbian Orthodox Church. He was also Archimandrite of the Cetinje monastery.- Life :...
(1885-1920) - Gavrilo DožićGavrilo DožicGavrilo Dožić was the Metropolitan of Montenegro and the Littoral and the 51st Patriarch of the Serbian Orthodox Church...
(1920-1938)
Monasteries
- Brčeleski Monastery
- Vranjina Monastery
- Kom MonasteryKom MonasteryKom Monastery is a Serbian Orthodox monastery in Montenegro. It is located on the small island of Odrinska gora, close to Žabljak Crnojevića, where the Crnojević River flows into the western section of Lake Skadar. The Kom Monastery was built between 1415 and 1427, during the rule of the Crnojevići...
- Ćelija Monastery
- Dobrska Monastery
- Kosijerovo Monastery