Eparchy of Zahumlje and Herzegovina

Eparchy of Zahumlje and Herzegovina
Gračanica, in Trebinje
Location
Territory	Herzegovina
Headquarters	Mostar, Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Information
Denomination	Eastern Orthodox
Sui iuris church	Serbian Orthodox Church
Established	1219
Language	Church Slavonic Serbian
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Eparchy of Zahumlje and Herzegovina

The Eparchy of Zahumlje, Herzegovina and the Littoral (Serbian: Епархија Захумско-херцеговачка и Приморска) is an eparchy (diocese) of the Serbian Orthodox Church with its seat in Mostar, Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bosnia and Herzegovina.

History

Ecclesiastical background

The region was under the Metropolitanate of Durazzo, which in turn was under the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople. In 1089, the see of Trebinje (Travunia) was briefly theoretically under the jurisdiction of the Archbishopric of Bar.

Middle Ages

The Metropolitanate of Zahumlje ("Hum") was originally founded in 1219, by Archbishop Sava, the same year the Serbian Orthodox Church acquired its autocephaly status from Constantinople. Thus, it was one of the original Serbian Orthodox bishoprics. The first bishop of Hum was Ilarion, succeeded by Sava II (son of Stefan the First-Crowned). The original seat was in Ston, in the church of the Most Holy Theotokos (Пресвете Богородице). Following an earthquake, the bishop moved the seat to the Church of Peter and Paul on the Lim river in the 1250s.

With the War of Hum (1326–29), most of Zahumlje was taken over by Stephen II, Ban of Bosnia. The see of the eparchy was then moved to the Mileševa monastery. Following the fall of the Duchy of St. Sava to the Ottoman Empire, the see was frequently moved, finally to settle in the Tvrdoš Monastery near Trebinje in 1508. Eventually, the eparchy was further divided into the Eparchy of Mileševa.

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Picture	Name	Time	Notes
Eparchy of Hum (Serbian Patriarchate)
	Ilarion	1219–?	First bishop.
	Metodije
	Teodosije
	Nikola
	Sava II	?–1264	Son of Stefan the First-Crowned.
	Jevstatije	ca. 1300
	Jovan	ca. 1305
	Danilo	1316–24	hagiographer and Archbishop of Peć
	Stefan	1324	in exile, became bishop of the Eparchy of Lim
Metropolitanate of Herzegovina, or Trebinje (Patriarchate of Constantinople)
	Jovan	1508–1513	Restored Tvrdoš in 1508 (becoming the see)
	Visarion	1509–1525
	Maksim	before 1532
	Marko	1531–1534
	Nikanor	1534–1546
Metropolitanate of Herzegovina, or Trebinje (Patriarchate of Peć)
	Antonije	1570
	Savatije Sokolović	1573–85
	Visarion	1590–1602
	Silvestar	1602
	Leontije	1605–11
	Basil of Ostrog	1639–49	Saint
Metropolitanate of Zahumlje (Patriarchate of Peć)
	Simeon	–1693
	Savatije Ljubibratić	1693–1716	titular bishop "of Zahumlje and Dalmatia"
	Gerasim	1716–?
Metropolitanate of Herzegovina (Patriarchate of Constantinople)
	Antim	1766—1772
	Ananije	1772—1802
	Jerimija	1803—1815
	Josif I	1816—1835
	Prokopije I	1837—1838
	Aksentije III	1838—1848
	Josif II	1848—1854
Eparchy of Herzegovina
	Grigorije	1855—1860
	Prokopije	1864—1875
	Ignatije	1875—1888
	Leontije Radulović	1888
	Serafim Perović	1889–1903
	Petar Zimonjić	1903–10
Eparchy of Zahumlje and Herzegovina (Serbian Patriarchate)

See also

• List of the Eparchies of the Serbian Orthodox Church
• History of Bosnia and Herzegovina (958–1463)
• Holy Annunciation Orthodox church, Dubrovnik

External links

• Eparchy of Zahumlje and Herzegovina (Serbian)