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Serbian Orthodox patriarchs use the style His Holiness the Archbishop of Peć, Metropolitan of Belgrade and Karlovci, Serbian Patriarch. The highest body of the Serbian Orthodox Church is the Bishops' Council. It consists of the Patriarch, the Metropolitans, Bishops, and Vicar Bishops. It meets annually – in spring.
15 August 1219: Autocephaly of the Serbian Church (Archbishopric). January 1235: Death of Saint Sava. 1253: Seat moved from Žiča to Peć. 16 April 1346: Elevation to Patriarchate. 1463: de facto abolishment of Serbian Church, under Ecumenical Patriarchate.
The Serbian Orthodox Church was given autocephaly in 1219, when Archbishop Sava received recognition from the exiled Ecumenical Patriarch. In 1346, it was raised to the rank of Patriarchate. During the late Middle Ages and Early Modern period, Serbian Patriarchate of Peć (1346-1766) had at its peak more than forty eparchies.
On Orthodox Easter, Serbs have the tradition of Slavic Egg decorating. Čuvari Hristovog groba is a religious/cultural practice of guarding a representation of Christ's grave on Good Friday in the Church of St. Nicholas by the Serbian Orthodox inhabitants in the town of Vrlika. [199]
Serbian state was elevated to a kingdom in 1217, during the reign of Nemanja's son, Stefan Nemanjić. [23] In the same time, Serbian Orthodox Church was organized as an autocephalous archbishopric in 1219, [24] through the efforts of Sava, who became the patron saint of Serbs. [25] Over the next 140 years, Serbia expanded its borders.
Eparchies of the Serbian Orthodox Church in North America. The Serbian Orthodox Church in North and South America (Serbian: Српска православна црква у Северној и Јужној Америци, Srpska pravoslavna crkva u Severnoy i Južnoj Americi) is a constituent and integral part of the one and only Serbian Orthodox Church (Patriarchate) and therefore the ...
This article lists the heads of the Serbian Orthodox Church, since the establishment of the church as an autocephalous archbishopric in 1219 to today's patriarchate. The list includes all the archbishops and patriarchs that led the Serbian Orthodox Church under the Serbian Archbishopric and Serbian Patriarchate of Peć .
For nearly two and a half decades, the valuable archive, which provides insights into the ecclesiastical, social, demographic, diplomatic, and political history of modern Serbia and Serb people in neighbouring countries, remained in dust, neglected and uncared for motivating state institutions to get involved. [5]