Eparchy of Mileševa
Territory Southwestern Serbia andPljevlja , Montenegro Headquarters Prijepolje , Serbia Denomination Eastern Orthodox Sui iuris Serbian Orthodox Church Established 1219 (renewed in 1992) Cathedral Cathedral of St. Basil of Ostrog the Miracle Worker, Prijepolje Language Church Slavonic Serbian Bishop Atanasije (Rakita)
Eparchy of Mileševa is the one of eparchies of the Serbian Orthodox Church , and is seated in Prijepolje , in the Mileševa monastery .
History [ ] The establishment of the Eparchy [ ] Eparchy is based in the valley Lim (river) and laid on the foundation of the Mileševa monastery , established in the first half of the 13th century. Eparchy has often changed the name, but he always had a seat in the Mileševa monastery. On the Establishment Mileševo Metropolia very little is known. In a service Saint Sava it is called "Glorious Archbishopric". One Metropolitan Bishop of Mileseva, whose name is unknown, crowned ban Tvrtko I of Bosnia as Serbian king and Bosnian King in 1377. The first Metropolitan Bishop of Mileseva whose name is known to us, is David. He was a "close associate to Herceg Stjepan Vukčić Kosača and his sons. " When Herceg Stjepan Vukčić Kosača drawing up a will, Metropolitan Bishop of Mileseva David, wrote and was a witness during the signing of the same.
After the Metropolitan David (Metropolitan of Mileseva), and probably under the influence of connection Metropolitanate with the space and the rulers of Hercegovina , hierarchs of Mileseva assume the title of Metropolitan Herzegovina and Milesevo . During the next three centuries Metropolitan and the Eparchy dwells in the Mileševa monastery.
Restoration of Mileševa Eparchy [ ] The first impetus for the establishment of the Eparchy, was to extend the title Bishop of Budimlja Bishop of Budimlje-Polimski . This happened after World War II , and it lasted only a decade. Finally, the Eparchy of Mileševa the western part of the Raška (region) , Middle Polimlje and Potarje formed the 1992. year, and since then its center, of the Monastery Mileseva, standing Bishops Georgije Đokić , Vasilije Veinović and Filaret Mićević. Since 2017, the Bishop of eparchy is Atanasije Rakita.
Monasteries [ ] Further information: List of Serbian monasteries
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Monastery of the Holy Trinity Monasteries in Montenegro [ ] Holy Trinity Dovolja Đurđevića Tara
Dubočica Bishops of Mileševa [ ] Georgije (Đokić) (1992-1994, administrator)Vasilije (Veinović) (1994-1997)
Filaret (Mićević) (1999-2015)
Joanikije (Mićović) (2015-2017, administrator)Atanasije (Rakita) (since 2017) See also [ ] List of Eparchies of the Serbian Orthodox Church References [ ] Sources [ ]
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