Atanasije Jevtić

Atanasije Jevtić (Serbian Cyrillic: Атанасије Јевтић; 8 January 1938 – 4 March 2021) was a Serbian Orthodox prelate who served as the bishop of Banat from 1991 until 1992, and the bishop of Zahumlje and Herzegovina from 1992 until his retirement in 1999.^[1]

His Grace Atanasije Jevtić
Bishop
Bishop Atanasije in Trebinje, 2011
Church	Serbian Orthodox Church
Diocese	Eparchy of Zahumlje and Herzegovina
Elected	1992
Retired	1999
Predecessor	Vladislav Mitrović
Successor	Grigorije Durić
Previous post(s)	Bishop of Banat (1991–1992)
Orders
Ordination	1960
Consecration	7 July 1991 by Patriarch Pavle
Rank	Bishop
Personal details
Born	Zoran Jevtić (1938-01-08)8 January 1938 Brdarica, Kingdom of Yugoslavia
Died	4 March 2021(2021-03-04) (aged 83) Trebinje, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Buried	Tvrdoš Monastery
Nationality	Serbian
Denomination	Eastern Orthodox

Atanasije was a long-time professor and former dean of the Orthodox Theological Faculty of the University of Belgrade. He was a leading expert on Patristics and has written a series of books on the subject.^[2] Together with bishop Amfilohije Radović, Atanasije translated the Deuterocanonical books of the Old Testament to Serbian language.^[3]

Biography

Atanasije was born on 8 January 1938 in the village of Brdarica near Valjevo, Yugoslavia.^[4]

Consecration

On 7 July 1991 on the feast of the Nativity of John the Baptist, Archimandrite Atanasije was consecrated as Bishop of Banat in the Cathedral of St. Nicholas in Vršac by Pavle, Serbian Patriarch, Metropolitan Nikolaj Mrđa of Dabar-Bosnia, Metropolitan Amfilohije Radović of Montenegro and the Littoral, Bishops Irinej Bulović of Bačka, Stefan Boca of Žiča, Artemije Radosavljević of Raška and Prizren, Dositej Motika of Britain and Scandinavia, Nikanor Bogunović of Upper Karlovac, Vasilije Vadić of Srem, and Lavrentije Trifunović of Šabac and Valjevo.^[5]

Atanasije also briefly served as administrator of the Eparchy of Raška and Prizren in 2010 after Bishop Artemije Radosavljević was forced to resign from his position due to alleged embezzlement of funds.^[4]

Illness and death

See also: Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on religion § Serbian Orthodox Church

He died on 4 March 2021 in Trebinje, from complications of COVID-19 during the COVID-19 pandemic in Bosnia and Herzegovina.^[6] He was buried at the cemetery of Tvrdoš Monastery three days later, on 6 March.^[7]

Some authors described Atanasije's death as "the possible end of the golden era of theology".^[8][9]

Porfirije, Serbian Patriarch stated that he is one of the three most notable Serb theologians to be recognized internationally.^[10]

Patriarch Daniel of Romania stated that Anatansije's body of work is of significant importance to all Orthodox Christianity.^[11][12]

Awards

• Order of the Republika Srpska, 2012^[13]
• Order of Njegoš^[14]
• Seal of herzog Šćepan, 2018^[15]

Selected works

• Jevtić, Atanasije (1973). "Uvod u teologiju kapadokidijskih otaca o Svetome Duhu" (PDF). Teološki pogledi. 6 (1): 22–36. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2018-03-23. Retrieved 2020-11-03.
• Jevtić, Atanasije (1981). "Drugi Vaseljenski sabor" (PDF). Teološki pogledi. 14 (1–3): 81–96. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2018-03-23. Retrieved 2020-11-03.
• Jevtić, Atanasije, ed. (1986). Sabornost-katoličnost Crkve: Zbornik članaka pravoslavnih teologa. Vol. 1. Beograd: Bogoslovski fakultet SPC.
• Jevtić, Atanasije (1989). "Hronika stradanja Srba na Kosovu i u Metohiji (1941-1989)" (PDF). Bogoslovlje: Časopis Pravoslavnog bogoslovskog fakulteta u Beogradu. 33 (1–2): 55–79. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2019-09-24. Retrieved 2020-11-03.
• Jevtić, Atanasije (1990). Stradanja Srba na Kosovu i Metohiji od 1941. do 1990. Priština: Jedinstvo. ISBN 9788670190658.
• Jevtić, Atanasije (1991). "O unijaćenju na teritoriji Srpske pravoslavne crkve" (PDF). Teološki pogledi. 24 (1–4): 131–146. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2020-10-01. Retrieved 2020-11-03.
• Jevtić, Atanasije (2011). "Hristologija Sevira Antiohijskog nije pravoslavna" (PDF). Teološki pogledi. 44 (2): 47–54. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2020-10-19. Retrieved 2020-11-03.
• Jevtić, Atanasije (2012). "Sveti Vaseljenski Sabori: Osmi (879–880. g.) i Deveti (1351. g.)" (PDF). Teološki pogledi. 45 (1): 69–90. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2020-09-11. Retrieved 2020-11-03.