Eparchy of Buda

The Eparchy of Buda (Serbian: Будимска епархија or Budimska eparhija) is a diocese or eparchy of the Serbian Orthodox Church, having jurisdiction over the territory of Hungary. The seat of the eparchy is in Szentendre (Serbian: Сентандреја or Sentandreja) near Budapest.

Eparchy of Buda Епархија будимска
Virgin's Cathedral ("Belgrade Cathedral"), Szentendre
Location
Territory	Hungary
Headquarters	Szentendre (Serbian: Сентандреја)
Coordinates	47°40′09″N 19°04′30″E
Information
Denomination	Eastern Orthodox
Sui iuris church	Serbian Orthodox Church Patriarchate of Peć (Serbia)
Established	16th century
Cathedral	Virgin's Cathedral ("Belgrade Cathedral"), Szentendre
Language	Church Slavonic Serbian
Current leadership
Governance	Szentendre (Serbian: Сентандреја)
Bishop	Lukijan Pantelić [sh]
Map
Website
www.serbdiocese.hu

Map of Serbian Orthodox eparchies in Europe, including the Eparchy of Buda

Jurisdiction of Serbian Patriarchate in the 16th and 17th centuries

Name

The term Buda (Serbian: Будим or Budim) in the name of the eparchy refers to the name of the former city of Buda, which merged with the city of Pest to form the modern city of Budapest in 1873. That change did not affect the eparchy and the original name has been kept to the present day.^[1]

History

See also: Serbs in Hungary and Eastern Orthodoxy in Hungary

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, Serbian 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).^[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]

Bishops

List of Serbian Orthodox Bishops of Buda:

• Archbishop Sava of Buda
• Metropolitan Sevastijan I
• Metropolitan Sevastijan II (†1662);
• Metropolitan Simeon (around 166?);
• Metropolitan Viktor (1660–1668 and 1680–1684);
• Bishop Kiril (1668–1680);
• Evtimije Popovic (1695–1700);
• Vikentije Popović-Hadžilavić (1708–1713);
• Mihailo Milosevic (bishop) (1716–1728);
• Vasilije Dimitrijevic (bishop) (1728–1748);
• Dionisije Novaković (1749–1767);
• Arsenije Radivojevic (1770–1774);
• Sofronije Kirilović (1774–1781);
• Stefan Stratimirović (1786–1790);
• Dionisije Popovic (1791–1828);
• Stefan Stanković (1829–1834);
• Justin Jovanovic (1834);
• Panteleimon 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 Bradvarević (1960–1963);
• 1963–1988 various administrators;
• Danilo Krstić (1988–2002, admin. 1984–1988);
• Lukijan Pantelić [sh] (2002–present).

Monasteries

• Serbian Orthodox Monastery of Grabovac (Grábóc)
• Orthodox Monastery of Serbian Kovin (Ráckeve)

Gallery

• 
  The Serbian Patriarch Arsenije III
• 
  The Serbian Patriarch Arsenije IV
• 
  The mitre of Arsenije Stojković, Serbian Orthodox Bishop of Buda
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  The previous co-cathedral, the Church of Saint Demetrius in Buda
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  Serbian Kovin Monastery

See also

• Archive of the Eparchy of Buda
• Great Migrations of the Serbs
• History of Christianity in Hungary
• Declaratory Rescript of the Illyrian Nation
• Assembly of Canonical Orthodox Bishops of Austria