Headquarters Požarevac, Serbia Established 878 | Denomination Eastern Orthodox Phone +381 12 523832 | |
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Territory Braničevo District,
Pomoravlje District (East of Great Morava) Sui iuris church Serbian Orthodox Church
Patriarchate of Peć (Serbia) Language Church Slavonic
Serbian Address Хајдук Вељкова 2, Požarevac 12000, Serbia | ||
Eparchy of Braničevo is one of the eparchies of the Serbian Orthodox Church, with the seat at Braničevo, Serbia.
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History
It is mentioned for the first time in 878 as a bishopric. It continues the early Christian seats of Viminacium and Horreum Margi.
In 1018, the Bishopric is mentioned as part of the Constantinopolitan Archbishopric of Ochrid (Under the jurisdiction of the Ecumenical Patriarch) with seat at Braničevo (at the ruins of ancient Viminacium, near Požarevac).
During the rule of Stefan Dragutin and Stefan Milutin, the Eparchy is part of the Serbian Archepiscopate.
It gained the status of Metropolitanate in 1346, during Dušan the Mighty.
The seat of the Metropolitanate is moved to Smederevo between 1430/1434 and 1439, and since then, the bishops hold the titles "of Smederevo".
In 1705, the Smederevo Metropolitanate or Old Braničevo Eparchy, becomes part of the Metropolitanate of Belgrade. It is resurrected in 1921 as the Eparchy of Braničevo, with seat in Požarevac.