Bishops' Council of the Serbian Orthodox Church

The Council of Bishops of the Serbian Orthodox Church, also known in English as the Holy Assembly of Bishops of the Serbian Orthodox Church (Serbian: Свети архијерејски сабор Српске православне цркве, romanizedSveti arhijerejski sabor Srpske pravoslavne crkve) serves by Church constitution as the supreme body of the Serbian Orthodox Church. It is the supreme organ of the legislative authority of the Church in matters of faith, worship, church order or church discipline, and the internal organization of the Church. It is also the highest judicial authority in its jurisdiction. It is convened annually in May. In case of emergency, it can also be summoned at any other time.

Bishops attending the 70th anniversary of the Novi Sad raid, 23 January 2012.

The Bishops' Council consists of all diocesan bishops and the Patriarch, Porfirije, who serves as the chairman. Its decisions are recognized as valid if, at their adoption, more than half of the diocesan bishops are present at the meeting of the council. Only they can take part in voting on a particular issue. With an equal number of votes, the voice of the Patriarch is decisive.[1][2]

Current members

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Archdiocese See Head Website
Belgrade and Karlovci[a]   Belgrade Porfirije [1] Archived 2020-01-03 at the Wayback Machine
Metropolitanate See Metropolitan[3] Website
Dabar and Bosnia   Sarajevo Hrizostom (Jević) [2]
Montenegro and the Littoral   Cetinje Joanikije (Mićović) [3]
Zagreb and Ljubljana   Zagreb Vacant since 2021[b] [4]
Australia and New Zealand   Sydney[4] Siluan (Mrakić) [5]
Eparchy See Bishop[3] Website
Austria and Switzerland   Vienna Andrej (Ćilerdžić) [6]
Bačka   Novi Sad Irinej (Bulović) [7]
Banat   Vršac Nikanor (Bogunović) (sr) [8]
Banja Luka   Banja Luka Jefrem (Milutinović)
Bihać and Petrovac   Bosanski Petrovac Sergije (Karanović) (sr) [9]
Braničevo   Požarevac Ignatije (Midić)
Britain and Scandinavia   Stockholm[5] Dositej (Motika) (sr) [10]
Buda   Sentandreja Lukijan (Pantelić) (sr) [11]
Budimlja-Nikšić   Đurđevi Stupovi, Berane Metodije (Ostojić) [12]
Buenos Aires, South and Central America   Buenos Aires Kirilo (Bojović) [13]
Canada   Campbellville, Ontario Mitrofan (Kodić) [14]
Dalmatia   Šibenik Nikodim (Kosović) (sr) [15]
Düsseldorf and all of Germany   Düsseldorf Grigorije (Durić) [16]
Eastern America   Mars, Pennsylvania Irinej (Dobrijević) [17]
Kruševac   Kruševac David (Perović) (sr)[6] [18]
Mileševa   Mileševa, Prijepolje Atanasije (Rakita) (sr)[7] [19]
New Gračanica and Midwestern America   Third Lake, Illinois[8] Longin (Krčo) [20]
Niš   Niš Arsenije (Glavčić) [21]
Osječko polje and Baranja   Dalj[9] Heruvim (Đermanović) (sr) [22]
Ras and Prizren   Prizren Teodosije (Šibalić) [23]
Šabac   Šabac Jerotej (Petrović) (sr) [24]
Slavonia   Pakrac Jovan (Ćulibrk) [25]
Srem   Sremski Karlovci Vasilije (Vadić) (sr) [26]
Šumadija   Kragujevac Jovan (Mladenović) (sr)[10] [27]
Timișoara   Timișoara Vacant since 1932[c] [28]
Timok   Zaječar Ilarion (Golubović) (sr) [29]
Upper Karlovac   Karlovac Gerasim (Popović) (sr)[12] [30]
Valjevo   Valjevo Isihije (Rogić) (sr) [31]
Vranje   Vranje Pahomije (Gačić) (sr)[13] [32]
Western America   Alhambra, California Maksim (Vasiljević) [33]
Western Europe   Paris Justin (Jeremić) (sr) [34]
Zahumlje and Herzegovina   Mostar[14][15] Dimitrije (Rađenović) (sr) [35]
Žiča   Žiča, Kraljevo Justin (Stefanović) (sr) [36]
Zvornik and Tuzla   Tuzla, temp. Bijeljina Fotije (Sladojević) (sr)[16] [37]
Vicar See Bishop[3] Website
Diocletian   Cetinje Vacant since 2021 [38]
Hum   Düsseldorf Jovan (Stanojević) (sr)
Hvosno   Belgrade Aleksej (Bogićević) (sr)
Jegra   Novi Sad Nektarije (Samardžić) (sr)
Lipljan   Belgrade Dositej (Radivojević) (sr)
Marča   Banja Luka Sava (Bundalo) (sr)
Mohač   Novi Sad Damaskin (Grabež) (sr)
Moravica   Moscow Antonije (Pantelić) (sr)
Novo Brdo   Belgrade Ilarion (Lupulović) (sr)
Toplica   Belgrade Petar (Bogdanović) (sr)
Remezijan   Belgrade Stefan (Šaric) (sr)

See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ Officially known as the Archdiocese of Belgrade and Karlovci, encompassing only the Belgrade area. The title "of Karlovci" is in reference to old Serb church jurisdictions seated in the town (the Metropolitanate of Karlovci and the Patriarchate of Karlovci). This eparchy (diocese) is headed by the Serbian Patriarch.
  2. ^ Administered by Bishop Kirilo (Bojović) of Buenos Aires, South and Central America.
  3. ^ Administered by Bishop Lukijan (Pantelić) of Buda.[11]

References

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  1. ^ "СПЦ – Свети Архијерејски Сабор". Archived from the original on 2014-05-23. Retrieved 2019-05-12.
  2. ^ "Constitution of the Serbian Orthodox Church". Archived from the original on 2017-12-27. Retrieved 2019-05-12.
  3. ^ a b c Holy Assembly of Bishops[permanent dead link] at www.spc.rs (in Serbian)
  4. ^ Устав Митрополије аустралијско-новозеландске
  5. ^ Church of St Sava in London: Diocese of Britain and Scandinavia Archived 2016-03-06 at the Wayback Machine
  6. ^ "Епископ - Православна Епархија крушевачка". www.eparhijakrusevacka.com. Archived from the original on 23 July 2011. Retrieved 12 January 2022.
  7. ^ "Ustoličenje novog episkopa mileševskog". N1. 30 July 2017. Retrieved 28 January 2018.
  8. ^ Contact Info Archived 2008-12-31 at the Wayback Machine on the official Nova Gracanica site
  9. ^ Eparchy of Osječko polje and Baranja official web site Archived 2009-01-29 at the Wayback Machine (in Serbian)
  10. ^ "Епархија Шумадијска".
  11. ^ Projekat Rastko: PRAVOSLAVNA SRPSKA EPARHIJA TEMIŠVARSKA U RUMUNIJI - ARHIJEREJI (Serbian Orthodox Eparchy of Timișoara in Romania - Bishops Archived 2013-10-12 at the Wayback Machine
  12. ^ "Episkop Gerasim". www.eparhija-gornjokarlovacka.hr. Archived from the original on 23 January 2005. Retrieved 12 January 2022.
  13. ^ "Eparhija Vranjska". Archived from the original on 2016-03-26. Retrieved 2020-08-07.
  14. ^ Blic online: Posle 18 godina Mostar ponovo sedište zahumske eparhije ("Mostar seat of the Diocese of Zahumlje again after 18 years"), 02 Jan 2011 (in Serbian)
  15. ^ Vesti online: Eparhija zahumsko-hercegovačka posle 20 godina u Mostaru ("Eparchy of Zahumlje and Herzegovina in Mostar after 20 years"), 31 Dec 2010 (in Serbian)
  16. ^ "Ustoličen vladika zvorničko-tuzlanski Fotije". Večernje Novosti. 17 September 2017. Retrieved 28 January 2018.