Eparchy of Timok
Eparchy of Timok | |
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 Cathedral of the Most Holy Mother of God, Zaječar | |
| Location | |
| Territory | Zaječar District, Bor District |
| Headquarters | Zaječar, Serbia |
| Information | |
| Denomination | Eastern Orthodox |
| Sui iuris church | Serbian Orthodox Church |
| Established | 1833 |
| Cathedral | Cathedral of the Most Holy Mother of God, Zaječar |
| Language | Church Slavonic Serbian |
| Current leadership | |
| Bishop | Ilarion (Golubović) |
| Map | |
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| Website | |
| Official site | |
Eparchy of Timok (Serbian: Тимочка епархија) is one of the eparchies of the Serbian Orthodox Church, with the seat at Zaječar, Serbia. It was established in 1833, as a diocese within the Metropolitanate of Belgrade.[1] The eparchy was named after the Timok region in eastern part of Serbia. It was abolished in 1886, but recreated already in 1891.[2] Since 2014, it is headed by bishop Ilarion (Golubović).[3]
Bishops
[edit]- Dositej Novaković (1834–1854)
- Gerasim Stojković (1854–1865)
- Evgenije Simeonović (1865–1880)
- Mojsije Veresić (1880–1883)
- Melentije Vujić (1891–1913)
- Irinej Ćirić (1919–1921)
- Emilijan Piperković (1922–1970)
- Metodije Muždeka (1970–1977)
- Milutin Stojadinović (1977–1992)
- Justin Stefanović (1992–2014)
- Ilarion Golubović (2014-current)
See also
[edit]- Bukovo monastery
- Koroglaš Monastery
- Vratna monastery
- Krepičevac Monastery
- Lapušnja Monastery
- Suvodol monastery
- Monastery of the Holy Trinity in Gornja Kamenica
References
[edit]Bibliography
[edit]- Ćirković, Sima (2004). The Serbs. Malden: Blackwell Publishing.
- Pavlovich, Paul (1989). The History of the Serbian Orthodox Church. Serbian Heritage Books.
- Popović, Radomir V. (2013). Serbian Orthodox Church in History. Belgrade: Academy of Serbian Orthodox Church for Fine Arts and Conservation.
- Radić, Radmila (2015). "The Serbian Orthodox Church in the First World War". The Serbs and the First World War 1914-1918. Belgrade: Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts. pp. 263–285.
External links
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