Eparchy of Buda
Diocese of the Serbian Orthodox Church
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The Eparchy of Buda (Serbian: Будимска епархија, romanized: Budimska eparhija) is a diocese (eparchy) of the Serbian Orthodox Church, with jurisdiction over Hungary.[1]
Eparchy of Buda | |
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| Location | |
| Territory | Hungary |
| Headquarters | Szentendre |
| Information | |
| Denomination | Eastern Orthodox |
| Sui iuris church | Serbian Orthodox Church |
| Established | 17th century |
| Cathedral | Cathedral of the Dormition of the Theotokos, Szentendre |
| Language | Church Slavonic Serbian |
| Current leadership | |
| Bishop | Lukijan Pantelić |
| Map | |
| Website | |
| Eparchy of Buda | |

History
During the Middle Ages, authorities of the Kingdom of Hungary had an ambivalent attitude towards the presence of Eastern Orthodox Christians in various regions of the realm,[2] that was depending mainly on current relations with the Byzantine Empire, and medieval Serbia. By the end of the 15th century, Serb presence in southern regions of the realm was gradually increased by continuous migrations that were caused by Ottoman invasion of Serbian lands.[3]
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.[4] By the end of the 17th century, those regions of were liberated from the Ottoman rule and incorporated into the Habsburg monarchy. Since 1708, the eparchy belonged to the Serbian Orthodox Metropolitanate of Krušedol (Karlovci) that became the Patriarchate of Karlovci in 1848.[5] 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.[6]
List of Bishops
- Archbishop Sava
- Metropolitan Sevastijan I
- Metropolitan Sevastijan II (†1662)
- Metropolitan Simeon (around 166?)
- Metropolitan Viktor (1660–1668)
- Metropolitan Kiril (1668–1680)
- Metropolitan Viktor (1680–1684)
- Evtimije Popović (1695–1700)
- Vikentije Popović-Hadžilavić (1708–1713)
- Mihailo Milošević (1716–1728)
- Vasilije Dimitrijević (1728–1748)
- Dionisije Novaković (1749–1767)
- Arsenije Radivojevic (1770–1774)
- Sofronije Kirilović (1774–1781)
- Stefan Stratimirović (1786–1790)
- Dionisije Pavlović (1791–1828)
- Stefan Stanković (1829–1834)
- Justin Jovanović (1834)
- Pantelejmon 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 Bradvarevic (1960–1963)
- 1963–1988 various administrators
- Danilo Krstić (1988–2002)
- Lukijan Pantelić (2002–)
Monasteries
- Serbian Orthodox Monastery of Grabovac (Grábóc)
- Orthodox Monastery of Serbian Kovin (Ráckeve)