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 / 47.66919100°N 19.07490600°E / 47.66919100; 19.07490600
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

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.

Name[edit]

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[edit]

Early Christianity in Pannonia[edit]

Christianization of Slavs in Pannonia[edit]

Orthodox Christianity in Kingdom of Hungary[edit]

Serbian Eparchy of Buda under Turkish Rule[edit]

Serbian Eparchy of Buda under Habsburg Rule[edit]

Serbian Eparchy of Buda in Modern Hungary[edit]

Bishops[edit]

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[edit]

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

Gallery[edit]

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

See also[edit]

• Serbs in Hungary
• History of Hungary
• Assembly of Canonical Orthodox Bishops of Austria

Notes[edit]

References[edit]

• Kašić, Dušan, ed. (1966). Serbian Orthodox Church: Its past and present. Vol. 2. Belgrade: Serbian Orthodox Church.
• Вуковић, Сава (1996). Српски јерарси од деветог до двадесетог века (Serbian Hierarchs from the 9th to the 20th Century). Евро, Унирекс, Каленић.
• Ćirković, Sima (2004). The Serbs. Malden: Blackwell Publishing. ISBN 9781405142915.
• Fodor, Pál; Dávid, Géza, eds. (2000). Ottomans, Hungarians, and Habsburgs in Central Europe: The Military Confines in the Era of Ottoman Conquest. BRILL. ISBN 9004119078.

External links[edit]

• Official website (in Hungarian)