The Montenegrin-Primorye Metropolis ( Serb. Metropolitan of Tsrnogorsk-Primorsk ) is the diocese of the Serbian Orthodox Church in Montenegro . The residence of the metropolis is located in the monastery of Cetinje . The state-legal status of the diocese in independent Montenegro remains unresolved, which is the reason for the property-legal conflict with the state and the Montenegrin Autocephalous Church [1] . Until June 1920, the church in Montenegro (Cetinje Archbishopric) was de facto independent [1] .
| Montenegrin-Primorsky Metropolis | |
|---|---|
| Serbian Orthodox Church | |
 Cetinje Monastery | |
| General information | |
| A country | Montenegro |
| Diocesan Center | Cetine |
| Control | |
| Ruling bishop | Archbishop of Cetinj, Metropolitan of Montenegro-Primorsky, Zeta-Brdsky and Skendersky, Exarch of the Pech Throne Amfilohiy (Radovich) (since December 30, 1991) |
| Cathedral Church | Cathedral of the Resurrection of Christ (Podgorica) |
| Website | mitropolija.me |
Content
- 1 History
- 2 Bishops
- 3 Governments
- 4 See also
- 5 Literature
- 6 notes
- 7 References
History
It was founded in 1219 by the Archbishop of Serbia Savva I and was then called the Zeta Bishopric. There is an assumption that the original location of the Episcopacy was on the territory of Podgorica in the Zlatitsa Monastery, where in the early Christian times there was an episcopal pulpit of Diokleia. The first Bishop of the Zeta Episcopacy was Hilarion, a disciple of Saint Sava.
During the reign of King Uros I Nemanich , in the middle of the XIIII century, the throne of the Zeta Diocese was transferred to the Prevlaka peninsula , near Tivat , to the monastery of St. Michael the Archangel Michael.
In 1346, at the State Church Council in Skopje, held with the support of Serbian Tsar Dusan the Strong, the Serbian Archdiocese received the status of a Patriarchate , while the Zeta Bishopric received the status of a Metropolitanate .
After the Battle of Kosovo Field in 1389, the decline of Serbia occurred and affected the state of the Zeta Metropolis, which was threatened by the Venetians who occupied Kotor , Budva and Pashtrovichi between 1420-1423. In an effort to convert the Orthodox Montenegrins to Catholicism, the Venetians in 1452 destroy the monastery of St. Michael the Archangel on Prevlaka, which was one of the centers of spiritual resistance to the invaders.
After that, the residence of the Zeta Metropolis initially stayed in the monastery of St. Mark in Budva. And after the Metropolitanate took turns in the monasteries: Prechist Krajinsk, St. Nicholas on the island of Vranjina on Skadar Lake , St. Nicholas in Obod, and finally, in 1484, the monastery of the Nativity of the Most Holy Theotokos, built by Ivan Tsrneevich, becomes the seat of her throne, in the new capital - Tsetin which becomes the "nest of Serbian freedom."
The son of Ivan Tsrnoevich - Juraj , with the help of Hieromonk Makarii in 1493 founded the first printing house in the Balkans. Until 1495, the following were printed: Oktoikh the First-Announcer, Oktoih the Five-Announcer, Prayer Book, Psalter, and Four Gospels . After the fall of the Zeta and the offensive of the Turkish yoke in 1499, the Zeta Metropolis became known as the Cetinje Metropolis, at the location of its throne.
During the 16th and 17th centuries, the Montenegrin metropolitans, together with tribal elders, led the people of Montenegro. Thanks to their efforts, Montenegro never completely fell under Turkish rule.
In 1750, Vasily Petrovich from the Pecsk Patriarch Athanasius II received ordination and tutul of the “exarch of the Serbian throne” (he died in St. Petersburg in 1766 and was buried in the Alexander Nevsky Lavra).
In 1766, the Pecsk Patriarchate was abolished, the Serbian Church on the territory of the Ottoman Empire was subordinated to the Church of Constantinople , and the church in Montenegro, Petrovich Negosha, became virtually autocephalous (along with the Karlovac Metropolis on the territory of the Habsburg Monarchy ). Montenegrin Metropolitans accepted ordination from the hierarchs of the Russian Church [2] . The autocephalous status of the Montenegrin Church was enshrined in the constitution of the Principality (Kingdom) of Montenegro ( Article 40 ), which was in force in 1905-1918.
Shortly after the formation of the Kingdom of CXC (1918), the decision of the council of all Serbian Orthodox bishops of the Kingdom of CXC on May 13 (26), 1919 and the corresponding decision of the Synod of the Ecumenical Patriarchate (March 19, 1920), the decree of Regent Alexander Karageorgievich on June 17, 1920 proclaimed the inclusion, among others, Montenegrin Metropolis ( Serb. Arhiepiskopija Cetinjska i Mitropolija Crne Gore, Brda i Primorja ), coupled with 2 other dioceses in the territory of Montenegro, in the Serbian (Pechsky) patriarchy [3] .
In May 2001, the Budimlyan-Niksic diocese was separated from the Montenegrin-Primorsky diocese.
Bishops
Zeta Bishops
- Hilarion (1220-1242)
- Herman second in order
- Neophyte (1261-1270)
- Eustathius (1279–1286)
- Herman II (1286–1292)
- Michael I (mentioned 1293)
- Andria (before 1300)
- John (before 1304)
- Michael II (1305-1309)
Metropolitan Zetas
- David I (1391-1396)
- Arseny (1396-1417)
- David II (1417-1435)
- Euthymius (1434-1446)
- Joseph (c. 1453)
- Theodosius (after 1453)
- Vissarion (1484–1494)
- Pachomius (after 1491)
- Babylon (1494-1520)
- Herman (1520)
Metropolitans of Cetinje
- Paul (before 1530)
- Romil I (1530)
- Basil (1532)
- Nicodemus (1540)
- Macarius I (1550–1558)
- Romil II (1559)
- Macarius II (1559-1561)
- Reuben I (1561-1568)
- Pachomius (1568-1573)
- Gerasim (1573)
- Dionysius (before 1577)
- Benjamin (1582-1591)
- Reuben Negush (1593-1639)
- Mardarius (Kornechanin) (1637-1661)
- Reuben (Bolevich) (1662–1685)
- Vissarion (Borilovich) (1682-1692)
- Savva I (Ochinich) (1694-1697)
- Daniel I (Petrovich) (1697-1735)
- Savva II (Petrovich) (1735-1781)
- Vasily III (Petrovich) (1750-1766)
- Arseny (Plamenac) (1781-1784)
- Peter I (Petrovich) (1782-1830)
- Peter II (Petrovich) (1830-1851)
Metropolitans of the Montenegrin-Primorsky
- Nikanor (Ivanovich) (1851-1860)
- Hilarion (Roganovich) (May 23, 1863 - January 15, 1882)
- Vissarion (Lyubisha) (November 20, 1882 - April 14, 1884)
- Mitrofan (Ban) (April 18, 1885 - September 30, 1920)
- Gabriel (Dozhich) (November 17, 1920 - February 8, 1938)
- Ioannikiy (Lipovac) (December 11, 1940 - June 18, 1945)
- Joseph (Tsviyovich) (April 1945 - November 1946) Skopsky
- Vladimir (Raich) (November 1946 - May 1947) high school, bishop
- Arseny (Bradvarevich) (May 20, 1947 - May 20, 1961) in 1954 was arrested and was no longer admitted by the authorities to the diocese
- Daniil (Daykovich) (June 24, 1961 - December 30, 1990)
- Amfilohiy (Radovich) (since December 30, 1990)
Governments
- Cetinje
- Podgorichsko-Danilovgrad
- Podgorichsko-Kolashinsky
- Boko-Kotorsky
- Herceg Novskoe
- Budva
- Barskoe
See also
- Orthodoxy in Montenegro
Literature
- Stamatoviћ, Aleksandar. History of Metropolitan Tsrnogorsk-Primorsk until 1918. year . - Cetinje: Svetigora, 2014.
- Stamatoviћ, Aleksandar. History of the Metropolitan Tsrnogorsk-Primorsk 1918-2009. - Podgorica: Unirex, 2014.
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 Zašto je Irinej uporedio Crnu Goru sa NDH . Al Jazeera Balkans , July 31, 2018.
- ↑ Anatoly Leshchinsky. Montenegrin schism . Nezavisimaya Gazeta , September 16, 2009.
- ↑ Ukaz regenta Aleksandra Karađorđevića o ukidanju Crnogorske crkve