Teodosije Mraović
Teodosije Mraović (1815–1891) was the Metropolitan of the Eastern Orthodox Church in the Kingdom of Serbia from 1883 to 1889. Mraović was a hierarch of the Metropolitanate of Karlovci before moving to Serbia in 1843, and eventually taking over the post of the sacked Metropolitan of Belgrade Mihailo Jovanović.[1]
Biography
Teodosije studied philosophy in
Dimitrije Pavlović,[2] while the Eparchy of Užice was renamed the Eparchy of Žiča with its seat in Čačak. The bishop of Šabac, Samuilo, died in 1886, and at that point, the Eparchy of Šabac was added to the Belgrade Metropolia, while the Eparchy of Negotin
was simply abolished. By 1886 Serbia was divided into only three dioceses—Belgrade, Niš, and Žiča.
The whole period of Prince
Milan Obrenović's rule of Serbia was an extremely trying time for the country, the people, and the Serbian Orthodox Church
in particular.
[3] His predecessor, Russian-educated Metropolitan Mihailo Jovanović, sacked for being pro-Russian by the Serbian government that favored Austrian rapprochement instead.[4][5] returned in 1889 and harmony in the church was brought back.
Metropolitan Teodosije (Mraović) and his bishops were all secret admirers of Metropolitan Mihailo (Jovanović), and they readily gave up their appointments in the interest of the restoration and normalization in the life of the Church. Also, Teodosije advised his bishops to tell their subordinate clergy to stay above politics, and remain only God's servants.
See also
References
- ^ "Australian Slavonic and East European Studies: Journal of the Australian and New Zealand Slavists' Association and of the Australasian Association for the Study of the Socialist Countries". Department of Russian and Language Studies, University of Melbourne. March 3, 1990 – via Google Books.
- ISBN 9781317475934– via Google Books.
- S2CID 159654019– via Taylor and Francis+NEJM.
- ISBN 9780759114777– via Google Books.
- ^ [1][dead link]
