Eastern Orthodoxy in Montenegro
Eastern Orthodoxy in Montenegro refers to adherents, religious communities, institutions and organizations of
The current Metropolitan of Montenegro and primate of the Serbian Orthodox Church in Montenegro is
Demographics
According to the 2011 official census, of the total 446,858 Eastern Orthodox Christians in Montenegro, there are: 246,733 ethnic Montenegrins (55.22%), 175,052 of Montenegrin Serbs (39.17%) and 25,073 of other ethnic groups (5.61%)
Serbian Orthodox Church in Montenegro
Four eparchies (dioceses) of the Serbian Orthodox Church cover the territory of Montenegro, two of them being entirely within its borders, and two partially:
- Metropolitanate of Montenegro and the Littoral, with seat in Cetinje Monastery,[4]
- Eparchy of Budimlja and Nikšić, with seat in Đurđevi Stupovi near Berane,[5]
- Eparchy of Mileševa, partially covers northwestern region of Montenegro, mainly the Pljevlja Municipality, and southwestern region of neighboring Serbia,
- Eparchy of Zahumlje and Herzegovina, also covers a small coastal region of Sutorina, Herceg Novi Municipality in southwestern corner of Montenegro.
In 2006, the
Independent churches and religious NGOs
In modern times, some independent groups and organizations emerged within the wider scope of Eastern Orthodoxy in Montenegro, challenging the traditional position of the canonical
Montenegrin Orthodox Church (1993)
In 1993, a group led by recalled
Montenegrin Orthodox Church (2018)
In 2018, a group of priests of the Montenegrin Orthodox Church (MOC) split and formed an organization.[10] This split was headed by Vladimir Lajović, who after the split became, in June 2018, an archimandrite under the jurisdiction of the Orthodox Church of Italy (Italian: Chiesa Ortodossa d'Italia), a schism of the Orthodox Church in Italy[citation needed] which itself was under the jurisdiction of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church – Kyiv Patriarchate.[10][11]
See also
- Christianity in Montenegro
- Serbian Orthodox monasteries in Montenegro
- List of Metropolitans of Montenegro
- Byzantine Catholic Church in Montenegro
- Catholic Church in Montenegro
- Serbs of Montenegro
- Demographic history of Montenegro
References
- ^ Cattaruzza & Michels 2005, p. 235-253.
- ^ Morrison & Čagorović 2014, p. 151-170.
- ^ Džankić 2016, p. 110–129.
- ^ Official Pages of the Metropolitanate of Montenegro and the Littoral
- ^ Official Pages of the Eparchy of Budimlja and Nikšić
- ^ "Communique of the Diocesan Council of the Orthodox Church in Montenegro (2010)". Archived from the original on 2020-01-20. Retrieved 2019-06-27.
- ^ Bataković 2005, p. 122.
- ^ Buchenau 2014, p. 85.
- ^ Džankić 2016, p. 120-121.
- ^ a b Večernje novosti (2018): Raskol raskolnika: Crnogorska pravoslavna crkva se podelila u dve frakcije
- ^ "Chiesa Ortodossa d' Italia: Organizzazione". Archived from the original on 2018-01-17. Retrieved 2019-06-28.
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External links
- Official Pages of the Metropolitanate of Montenegro and the Littoral
- Official Pages of the Eparchy of Budimlja and Nikšić
- Statement of The Metropolitanate of Montenegro and the Coastlands (2009) Archived 2022-05-13 at the Wayback Machine
- Mass service held in Montenegro in defense of Serbian Church (2019) Archived 2022-05-13 at the Wayback Machine
- Freedom of Religion or Belief in Montenegro: Conclusions (2019) Archived 2020-01-11 at the Wayback Machine