Eparchy of Mileševa

Eparchy of Mileševa is the one of eparchies of the Serbian Orthodox Church, and is seated in Prijepolje, in the Mileševa monastery.

Eparchy of Mileševa
Mileševa Monastery, Prijepolje
Location
Territory	Southwestern Serbia and Pljevlja, Montenegro
Headquarters	Prijepolje, Serbia
Information
Denomination	Eastern Orthodox
Sui iuris church	Serbian Orthodox Church
Established	1219 (renewed in 1992)
Cathedral	Cathedral of St. Basil of Ostrog the Miracle Worker, Prijepolje
Language	Church Slavonic Serbian
Current leadership
Bishop	Atanasije (Rakita)
Map

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 Mileševa, whose name is unknown, crowned ban Tvrtko I of Bosnia as Serbian king and Bosnian King in 1377. The first Metropolitan Bishop of Mileševa 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 Mileševa David, wrote and was a witness during the signing of the same.

After the Metropolitan David (Metropolitan of Mileševa), and probably under the influence of connection Metropolitanate with the space and the rulers of Hercegovina, hierarchs of Mileševa assume the title of Metropolitan Herzegovina and Mileševo. 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

Monasteries in Serbia

Monastery of the Holy Trinity

Kumanica Monastery

• Mileševa, seat
• Banja
• Davidovica
• Kumanica
• Dubnica
• Janja
• Bistrica
• Mažići
• Seljani

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

Sources

• Ćirković, Sima (2004). The Serbs. Malden: Blackwell Publishing. ISBN 9781405142915.
• Mileševska eparhija danas („Pravoslavlje“, br. 909, 1. februar 2005.)