The Eparchy of Žiča is named after the Monastery of Žiča that was built around 1208 by Grand Prince Stefan Nemanjić of Serbia, who brought in Greek builders to construct the monastery. In 1219, first Serbian Archbishop Saint Sava chose Žiča to be the Serbian Archiepiscopal seat (Archbishopric of Žiča). Since then, Archdiocese of Žiča was the central eparchy of Serbian Orthodox Church and the cathedral church of Žiča was serving for coronations of Serbian kings of the Nemanjić dynasty.[2]
The seat of the Serbian Church was moved in 1253 to the Monastery of Peć. The collection of church law known as "Nomocanon of Saint Sava" was copied at the Monastery of Žiča and was for several centuries influential in southeastern Europe and Russia.[3] In the middle of the 15th century, a return of the archiepiscopal seat to Žiča was contemplated due to the Turkish invasion, but the move was not made. In the 16th century, after the Serbian Patriarchate of Peć was renewed, several Metropolitans of Žiča were appointed.
By the beginning of 18th century the territory of this eparchy was incorporated into the Eparchy of Užice and Valjevo. In 1766, Serbian Patriarchate of Peć was abolished, and all of its eparchies that were under Ottoman rule fell under jurisdiction of the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople. In 1831, autonomous Metropolitanate of Belgrade was recreated, with Eparchy of Užice as one of its dioceses.[4] In 1884, the name of that eparchy was officially changed to "Eparchy of Žiča".
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eparchy, Žiča, other, uses, Žiča, disambiguation, eparchies, serbian, orthodox, church, republic, serbia, seated, kraljevo, monastery, Žiča, since, 2014, diocesan, bishop, justin, stefanović, holy, trinity, cathedral, kraljevolocationterritorycentral, parts, r. For other uses see Zica disambiguation Eparchy of Zica is one of the eparchies of the Serbian Orthodox Church in the Republic of Serbia It is seated in Kraljevo in the Monastery of Zica Since 2014 diocesan bishop is Justin Stefanovic 1 Eparchy of ZicaHoly Trinity Cathedral in KraljevoLocationTerritoryCentral parts of Republic of SerbiaHeadquartersKraljevo Republic of SerbiaInformationDenominationEastern OrthodoxSui iuris churchSerbian Orthodox ChurchEstablished1219CathedralCathedral of the Holy Trinity KraljevoLanguageChurch SlavonicSerbianCurrent leadershipBishopJustin StefanovicMapWebsitehttp eparhija zicka rs Contents 1 History 2 Church buildings 3 Bishops since 1831 4 References 5 BibliographyHistory edit nbsp Zica nbsp Studenica Monastery The Eparchy of Zica is named after the Monastery of Zica that was built around 1208 by Grand Prince Stefan Nemanjic of Serbia who brought in Greek builders to construct the monastery In 1219 first Serbian Archbishop Saint Sava chose Zica to be the Serbian Archiepiscopal seat Archbishopric of Zica Since then Archdiocese of Zica was the central eparchy of Serbian Orthodox Church and the cathedral church of Zica was serving for coronations of Serbian kings of the Nemanjic dynasty 2 The seat of the Serbian Church was moved in 1253 to the Monastery of Pec The collection of church law known as Nomocanon of Saint Sava was copied at the Monastery of Zica and was for several centuries influential in southeastern Europe and Russia 3 In the middle of the 15th century a return of the archiepiscopal seat to Zica was contemplated due to the Turkish invasion but the move was not made In the 16th century after the Serbian Patriarchate of Pec was renewed several Metropolitans of Zica were appointed By the beginning of 18th century the territory of this eparchy was incorporated into the Eparchy of Uzice and Valjevo In 1766 Serbian Patriarchate of Pec was abolished and all of its eparchies that were under Ottoman rule fell under jurisdiction of the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople In 1831 autonomous Metropolitanate of Belgrade was recreated with Eparchy of Uzice as one of its dioceses 4 In 1884 the name of that eparchy was officially changed to Eparchy of Zica Church buildings editFurther information List of Serbian monasteriesBishops since 1831 editNikifor Maksimovic 1831 1853 Joanikije Neskovic 1854 1873 Vikentije Krasojevic 1873 1882 Kornilije Stankovic 1883 1885 Nikanor Ruzicic 1886 1889 Sava Barac 1889 1913 Nikolaj Velimirovic 1919 1920 Jefrem Bojovic 1920 1933 Nikolaj Velimirovic 1936 1956 absent since 1941 Vikentije Prodanov administration 1941 1947 Valerijan Stefanovic administration 1947 1949 Josif Cvijovic administration German Đoric 1956 1958 Vasilije Kostic 1961 1978 Stefan Boca 1978 2003 Hrizostom Stolic 2003 2012 Jovan Mladenovic administration 2012 2014 Justin Stefanovic 2014 presentReferences edit Bishop Justin of Zica enthroned Archived from the original on 2017 04 22 Retrieved 2017 04 22 Cirkovic 2004 p 28 39 Cirkovic 2004 p 43 Cirkovic 2004 p 192 Bibliography editVlasto Alexis P 1970 The entry of the Slavs into Christendom Cambridge University Press ISBN 9780521074599 Јankoviћ Mariјa 1985 Episkopiјe i mitropoliјe Srpske crkve u sredњem veku Bishoprics and Metropolitanates of Serbian Church in Middle Ages Beograd Istoriјski institut SANU Vukoviћ Sava 1996 Srpski јerarsi od devetog do dvadesetog veka Serbian Hierarchs from the 9th to the 20th Century Evro Unireks Kaleniћ Popovic Svetlana 2002 The Serbian Episcopal sees in the thirteenth century Srpska episkopska sedishta u XIII veku Starinar 51 2001 171 184 Cirkovic Sima 2004 The Serbs Malden Blackwell Publishing ISBN 9781405142915 nbsp This Eastern Orthodox Christianity related article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Eparchy of Zica amp oldid 1213147805, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
