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Eparchy of Budimlja and Nikšić

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The Eparchy of Budimlja-Nikšić ([Епархија Будимљанско-Никшићка, Eparhija Budimljansko-Nikšićka] Error: {{Lang-xx}}: text has italic markup (help)) is an ecclesiastical territory or eparchy of the Serbian Orthodox Church in Montenegro. It is mostly situated in eastern Montenegro. The seat of the eparchy is in the Đurđevi stupovi Cathedral in Berane.

The Eparchy of Budimlja-Nikšić was split up among the Eparchy of Budimlja and the Eparchy of Onogošt-East Herzegovina (the successor of the Metropolitanate of Lim)

Territory

Today's Eparchy of Budimlja-Nikšić contains 10 municipalities of Montenegro: Andrijevica, Berane, Bijelo Polje, Žabljak, Mojkovac, Nikšić, Plav, Plužine, Rožaje, and Šavnik.

Heads of Eparchy

Metropolitans

  • Basil
  • Macarius I
  • Macarius II
  • Gennadius
  • Sabbas
  • Gerasim
  • Gregory
  • Efthymius
  • Paisius (1648 - ?)

Episcopes

  • Theophilus (Teofilo Budimljanin)
  • Ioannicius (Joankije Lipovac) (8 December 1939 - 23 February 1941)
  • Macarius (Makarije Đorđević) (1947 - 1956)
  • Ionnaicius (Joanikije Mićović) (2002 - Present)

Monasteries

  • Đurđevi Stupovi
  • Nikoljac Monastery
  • Piva Monastery
  • Kosijerevo Monastery
  • Župa Monastery
  • Dobrilovina Monastery
  • Bijela Monastery
  • Podmalinsko Monastery
  • Kaludra Monastery
  • Zagrađe Monastery
  • Šudikova Monastery
  • Boljavac Monastery
  • Podvrh Monastery
  • Somina Monastery
  • Uroševica Monastery
  • Majstorovina Monastery
  • Kičava Monastery
  • Crnča Monastery
  • Bliškova Monastery
  • Brezojevica Monastery

See also