Jevstatije I

Saint
Jevstatije I
Јевстатије I
His Holiness, the Metropolitan of Peć and Archbishop of Serbs
Church Serbian Orthodox Church
See Metropolitanate of Peć
Installed 1279
Term ended 1286
Predecessor Joanikije I
Successor Jakov I
Personal details
Born Budimlje parish
Died January 4, 1286
Buried Žiča (1186-1190), Peć
Nationality Serb
Denomination Eastern Orthodox Christian
Sainthood
Feast day January 4 (January 17, Gregorian)
Canonized by Serbian Orthodox Church
Shrines Patriarchate of Peć

Saint Jevstatije I or Eustathius I[1] (Serbian: Јевстатије I, Greek: Εὐστάθιος) was the sixth Serbian Archbishop, holding the office from 1279 to 1286.[2]

He was born in the Budimlje parish, near Ivangrad.[3] As a young man he took his monastics vows in Zeta, before going to Hilandar monastery, where he later became the hegumen (abbot), succeeding Joanikije, holding the office 1162-1165.[1] He left the monastery and became the Bishop of Zeta, and later the Serbian Archbishop in 1279, succeeding Joanikije I.[1] He died on 4 January 1286. His relics were buried in the Patriarchate of Peć in 1289-1290, after being transferred from the ruined Žiča monastery.[4]

The Serbian Orthodox Church commemorates him on 4 January according to the Julian calendar, or 17 January according to the Gregorian calendar.

Religious titles
Preceded by
Joanikije I
Archbishop of Serbs
12791286
Succeeded by
Jakov I

References

  1. 1 2 3 Dimitrije Bogdanović, Vojislav J. Đurić, Dejan Medaković, Miodrag Đorđević, Chilandar, 1990, p. 42, Google Books
  2. Histoire du peuple serbe, p. 36
  3. Jakov Sirotković, 1990, Enciklopedija Jugoslavije , Volume 6, p. 46. Gooble Books
  4. Radivoje Ljubinković, The Church of the Apostles in the Patriarchate of Peć, p. viii


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