Eparchy of Žiča

Eparchy of Žiča is one of the eparchies of the Serbian Orthodox Church, and is seated in Kraljevo, in the Žiča monastery.

History

Žiča

In 1208, Saint Sava establishes the Archbishopric of Žiča (Archiepiscopal see), the monastery being built by his brother Stefan Nemanjić with work by Greek masters. In 1219 it becomes part of the autocephalous Serbian Orthodox Church, and Sava becomes the First Patriarch of the Serbs, the church serving for the coronations of the Nemanjić dynasty. The seat of the Serbian Church was moved in 1253 to the Patriarchate of Peć. The "Nomocanon of Sava" was copied at the monastery and was for several centuries influential in the Balkans and Russia.

References

The entry of the Slavs into Christendom

Subdivisions of the Serbian Orthodox Church

Metropolitanates	Belgrade and Karlovci Dabar and Bosnia Montenegro and the Littoral Zagreb and Ljubljana Australia and New Zealand

Traditional dioceses	Bačka Banat Banja Luka Bihać and Petrovac Braničevo Buda Budimlja and Nikšić Dalmatia Upper Karlovac Kruševac Mileševa Niš Osječko polje and Baranja Raška and Prizren Šabac Slavonia Srem Šumadija Timișoara Timok Valjevo Vranje Zahumlje and Herzegovina Žiča Zvornik and Tuzla

Diaspora dioceses	Austria and Switzerland Britain and Scandinavia Buenos Aires Canada Central Europe Eastern America New Gracanica - Midwestern America Western America Western Europe

Ohrid Archbishopric	Metropolitanate of Skopje Eparchy of Prespa and Pelagonija Bregalnica Debar and Kičevo Polog and Kumanovo Veles and Povardarie Strumica

Defunct	Cetinje Belgrade Metropolitanate Hum Trebinje Lim Metropolitanate Onogošt-East Herzegovina Budimlja Užice Marča