The medieval Eparchy of Dabar (Serbian: Дабарска епархија / Dabarska eparhija) was founded in 1219 by the first Serbian archbishop, Saint Sava. The seat of bishops of Dabar was in the Banja Monastery near Priboj. Eparchy of Dabar had jurisdiction over the region of lower Lim and middle Drina on the borders with medieval Bosnia.[2]
In 1557, Serbian Patriarchate of Peć was restored and the Eparchy of Dabar and Bosnia was returned to its jurisdiction, with its bishops of holding the honorary title of metropolitan.[3] In 1766, when the autocephalous Serbian Patriarchate of Peć was abolished, Eparchy of Dabar-Bosnia and all other Serbian eparchies under Ottoman rule came under the jurisdiction of Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople.[citation needed] Bishop of Dabar-Bosnia kept his honorary title of metropolitan, as was also the custom in the Ecumenical Patriarchate. The seat of metropolitan was in Sarajevo.[4]
At the end of the First World War in 1918, all Eastern Orthodox bishops in Bosnia and Herzegovina reached a unanimous decision to join with other Serbian ecclesiastical provinces into united Serbian Orthodox Church. The process of unification was completed in 1920 and since then Eparchy of Dabar-Bosnia remains part of the united Serbian Orthodox Church.[5]
It is known in English as the Metropolitanate of Dabar-Bosna[11] or Metropolitanate of Dabar-Bosnia.[12][6] It is scarcely known as the Metropolitanate of Dabar and Bosnia.[13] It was formerly unofficially known as the Metropolitanate of Sarajevo (Сарајевска митрополија).[14]
^"Communique of the Holy Assembly of Bishops | Serbian Orthodox Church [Official web site]". www.spc.rs.
^Јањић 2011, p. 133-148.
^Sotirović 2011, pp. 143–169.
^Kašić 1972, pp. 53–54.
^Kiminas 2009, pp. 22, 28.
^ a b"Bishop Grigorije of Zahumlje-Herzegovina appointed Administrator of the Metropolitanate of Dabar-Bosnia | Serbian Orthodox Church [Official web site]". www.spc.rs.
^Вуковић 1996, p. 97.
^Вуковић 1996, p. 252.
^Bataković, Dušan T. (1996). The Serbs of Bosnia & Herzegovina: History and Politics. ISBN 9782911527104.
^Вуковић 1996, p. 406.
^"Serbian Patriarch Irinej in the Metropolitanate of Dabar-Bosna | Serbian Orthodox Church [Official web site]". www.spc.rs.
^"Metropolitan Nikolaj of Dabar-Bosnia reposes in the Lord | Serbian Orthodox Church [Official web site]". www.spc.rs.
^Slobodan Mileusnić (1994). Medieval monasteries of Serbia. Prometej. p. 130. ISBN 9788676391479.
^Поповић 1912, p. 624, 627.
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External links
"Митрополија Дабробосанска: Српска Православна Црква".