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The Eparchy of Buda ( or ) is a

diocese In Ecclesiastical polity, church governance, a diocese or bishopric is the ecclesiastical district under the jurisdiction of a bishop. History In the later organization of the Roman Empire, the increasingly subdivided Roman province, prov ...

eparchy Eparchy ( ''eparchía'' "overlordship") is an Ecclesiology, ecclesiastical unit in Eastern Christianity that is equivalent to a diocese in Western Christianity. An eparchy is governed by an ''eparch'', who is a bishop. Depending on the administra ...

of the

Serbian Orthodox Church The Serbian Orthodox Church ( sr-Cyrl-Latn, Српска православна црква, Srpska pravoslavna crkva) is one of the autocephalous (ecclesiastically independent) Eastern Orthodoxy, Eastern Orthodox Eastern Orthodox Church#Constit ...

, having jurisdiction over the territory of

Hungary Hungary is a landlocked country in Central Europe. Spanning much of the Pannonian Basin, Carpathian Basin, it is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine to the northeast, Romania to the east and southeast, Serbia to the south, Croatia and ...

. The seat of the eparchy is in

Szentendre Szentendre, also known as Saint Andrew is a riverside town in Pest County, Hungary, between the capital city Budapest and Pilis Mountains, Pilis-Visegrád Mountains. The town is known for its museums (most notably the :hu: Szentendrei Szabadtéri ...

( or ) near

Budapest Budapest is the Capital city, capital and List of cities and towns of Hungary, most populous city of Hungary. It is the List of cities in the European Union by population within city limits, tenth-largest city in the European Union by popul ...

Name

The term ''Buda'' ( or ) in the name of the eparchy refers to the name of the former city of

Buda Buda (, ) is the part of Budapest, the capital city of Hungary, that lies on the western bank of the Danube. Historically, “Buda” referred only to the royal walled city on Castle Hill (), which was constructed by Béla IV between 1247 and ...

, which merged with the city of Pest to form the modern city of

in 1873. That change did not affect the eparchy and the original name has been kept to the present day.

History

During the

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, authorities of the

Kingdom of Hungary The Kingdom of Hungary was a monarchy in Central Europe that existed for nearly a millennium, from 1000 to 1946 and was a key part of the Habsburg monarchy from 1526-1918. The Principality of Hungary emerged as a Christian kingdom upon the Coro ...

had an ambivalent attitude towards the presence of

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in various regions of the realm, that was depending mainly on current relations with the

Byzantine Empire The Byzantine Empire, also known as the Eastern Roman Empire, was the continuation of the Roman Empire centred on Constantinople during late antiquity and the Middle Ages. Having survived History of the Roman Empire, the events that caused the ...

, and

medieval Serbia The medieval period in the history of Serbia began in the 6th century with the Slavic migrations to Southeastern Europe, and lasted until the Ottoman Serbia, Ottoman conquest of Serbian lands in the second half of the 15th century. The period i ...

. By the end of the 15th century, Serbian presence in southern regions of the realm was gradually increased by continuous migrations that were caused by Ottoman invasion of Serbian lands. In the 16th century, following the Ottoman conquest of Hungary, Serbian Orthodox Eparchy of Buda was established, under the jurisdiction of the

Serbian Patriarchate of Peć Serbian Patriarchate of Peć (, ''Srpska patrijaršija u Peći''), or simply Peć Patriarchate (, ''Pećka patrijaršija''), was an autocephaly, autocephalous Eastern Orthodox Patriarchate that existed from 1346 to 1463, and then again from 155 ...

. By the end of the 17th century, those regions of were liberated from the Ottoman rule and incorporated into the

Habsburg monarchy The Habsburg monarchy, also known as Habsburg Empire, or Habsburg Realm (), was the collection of empires, kingdoms, duchies, counties and other polities (composite monarchy) that were ruled by the House of Habsburg. From the 18th century it is ...

. Since 1708, the eparchy belonged to the Serbian Orthodox Metropolitanate of Krušedol (Karlovci). After 1918, the eparchy continued to function within political frames of the new Hungarian state, belonging in terms of ecclesiastical jurisdiction (since 1920) to the reunited Serbian Orthodox Church.

Bishops

List of Serbian Orthodox Bishops of Buda: * Archbishop Sava of Buda * Metropolitan Sevastijan I * Metropolitan Sevastijan II (†1662); * Metropolitan Simeon (around 166?); * Metropolitan Viktor (1660–1668 and 1680–1684); * Bishop Kiril (1668–1680); * Evtimije Popovic (1695–1700); *

Vikentije Popović-Hadžilavić Vikentije Popović-Hadžilavić ( sr-cyrl, Хаџи-Лавић или Хаџилавић, Janjevo, Ottoman Empire, c. 1650 – Sremski Karlovci, Habsburg monarchy, 23 October 1725) was metropolitan of the Serbian Orthodox Metropolitanate of Kar ...

(1708–1713); * Mihailo Milosevic (bishop) (1716–1728); * Vasilije Dimitrijevic (bishop) (1728–1748); * Dionisije Novaković (1749–1767); * Arsenije Radivojevic (1770–1774); *

Sofronije Kirilović Sofronije Kirilović (, ; died 28 February 1786) was a Serbian Orthodox bishop in the Habsburg monarchy. Biography Appointment to Transylvania Following the October 1767 resignation of Dionisije Novaković as administrator of the Transylvania dio ...

(1774–1781); * Stefan Stratimirović (1786–1790); * Dionisije Popovic (1791–1828); * Stefan Stanković (1829–1834); * Justin Jovanovic (1834); * Panteleimon Zivkovic (1836–1839); * Platon Atanacković (1839–1851); * Arsenije Stojković (1852–1892); * Lukijan Bogdanović (1897–1908); * Georgije Zubkovic (1913–1951); * Hrizostom Vojinović (1951–1952); * German Đorić (1952–1956); * Arsenije Bradvarević (1960–1963); * 1963–1988 various administrators; * Danilo Krstić (1988–2002, admin. 1984–1988); * (2002–present).

Monasteries

* Serbian Orthodox Monastery of Grabovac (Grábóc) * Orthodox Monastery of Serbian Kovin (Ráckeve)

Gallery

File:Arsenije III.jpg, The Serbian Patriarch

Arsenije III Arsenije ( sr-cyr, Арсеније; ) is a Serbian given name, a variant of the Greek name ''Arsenios''. Diminutives of the name include ''Arsen'', ''Arsa'' and '' Arso''. It may refer to: *Arsenije Sremac (died 1266), second Archbishop of the S ...

File:Arsenije IV Jovanović Šakabenta.jpg, The Serbian Patriarch Arsenije IV File:MitreOfBishopSztojkovics.jpg, The mitre of Arsenije Stojković, Serbian Orthodox Bishop of Buda File:Szent Demeter-templom fortepan 148300.jpg, The previous co-cathedral, the Church of Saint Demetrius in Buda File:Serbian Orthodox Church, 2005 Rackeve05 036.jpg, Serbian Kovin Monastery

References

Sources

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External links

* {{authority control Serbian Orthodox Church in Hungary Serb communities in Hungary Religious sees of the Serbian Orthodox Church Eparchy of Buda