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Eparchy of Bačka

{{Short description|Serbian Orthodox Church ecclesiastical territory}}

{{Infobox diocese

| jurisdiction = Eparchy

| name = Bačka

| local = Бачка епархија
Bačka eparhija

| image = Saborna crkva - panoramio (6).jpg

| image_size =

| caption = Saint George's Cathedral

| denomination = Eastern Orthodox

| sui_iuris_church = Serbian Orthodox Church

| established = 16th century

| bishop = Irinej Bulović

| headquarters = Novi Sad, Serbia

| cathedral = Saint George's Cathedral, Novi Sad

| territory = Bačka

| language = Church Slavonic
Serbian

| population =

| map = Vojvodina manastiri.png

| website = {{URL|https://eparhijabacka.info/}}

| border = orthodox

| coordinates = {{coord|45.25703160|19.84792010|format=dms|region:RS-VO_source:wikidata|display=inline,title}}

|coat=CoA Eparchy of Bačka.jpg|country=Serbia, Hungary}}

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The Eparchy of Bačka ({{langx|sr|Бачка епархија|Bačka eparhija}}) is an eparchy (diocese) of the Serbian Orthodox Church in the Bačka region, Serbia. It is situated in north-western parts of the autonomous province of Vojvodina, and the seat of the eparchy is at Saint George's Cathedral in Novi Sad.

History

During the Middle Ages, old counties of Bács and Bodrog belonged to the Kingdom of Hungary, that had ambivalent attitudes towards the presence of Eastern Orthodox Christianity in its southern and eastern regions,{{sfn|Baán|1999|p=45–53}} depending on political relations with the Byzantine Empire, and medieval Serbia. By the end of the 15th century, Serbian presence in those regions was gradually enlarged by continuous migrations that were caused by Ottoman invasion of Serbian lands.{{sfn|Ćirković|2004|p=115-117}}

The Serbian Orthodox Eparchy of Bačka was established in the 16th century, under the jurisdiction of the Serbian Patriarchate of Peć.{{sfn|Sotirović|2011|p=143–169}} In the beginning, the seat of the bishop was in Segedin, the capital city of the Ottoman Sanjak of Segedin. Diocesan seat was later moved to various monasteries in Bačka proper, and was finally stabilized in Novi Sad in the beginning of the 18th century. By that time, the region of Bačka was liberated from Ottoman rule and incorporated into the Habsburg monarchy. Since 1708, the eparchy belonged to the Serbian Orthodox Metropolitanate of Krušedol (Karlovci), independent (autocephalous) after 1766 (it became the Patriarchate of Karlovci in 1848). In 1918, its territory was incorporated into the newly established Kingdom of Yugoslavia, and in 1920 the eparchy entered into the reunited Serbian Orthodox Church.{{sfn|Bataković|2005|p=299-300}}

Territory

The eparchy includes entire Serbian part of Bačka, but also has supreme authority over some territories in present-day Hungary, including counties Bács-Kiskun (Baja), Csongrád (Szeged) and Heves (Eger).

Bishops and metropolitans

Monasteries belonging to the eparchy

See also

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References

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Sources

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  • {{Cite book|last=Gavrilović|first=Slavko|chapter=Serbs in Hungary, Slavonia and Croatia in struggles against the Turks (15th–18th centuries)|title=Serbs in European Civilization|year=1993|location=Belgrade|publisher=Nova, Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts, Institute for Balkan Studies|pages=41–54|chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=O3MtAQAAIAAJ&pg=PA41}}
  • {{Cite book|last1=Isailović|first1=Neven G.|last2=Krstić|first2=Aleksandar R.|chapter=Serbian Language and Cyrillic Script as a Means of Diplomatic Literacy in South Eastern Europe in 15th and 16th Centuries|title=Literacy Experiences concerning Medieval and Early Modern Transylvania|year=2015|location=Cluj-Napoca|publisher=George Bariţiu Institute of History|pages=185–195|chapter-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240607042222/http://rih.iib.ac.rs/294/1/Isailovic_Krstic_Serbian_Language_and_Cyrillic_Script_as.pdf}}
  • {{Cite journal|last=Sotirović|first=Vladislav B.|title=The Serbian Patriarchate of Peć in the Ottoman Empire: The First Phase (1557–94)|journal=Serbian Studies|volume=25|number=2|year=2011|pages=143–169|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160810133857/http://www.serbianstudies.org/publications/pdf/SS_Vol%2025_2011_No%202.pdf}}
  • {{Cite book|last=Točanac-Radović|first=Isidora|chapter=Belgrade - Seat of the Archbishopric and Metropolitanate (1718–1739)|title=Belgrade 1521-1867|year=2018|location=Belgrade|publisher=The Institute of History|pages=155–167|chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JF6LDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA155}}

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External links

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Category:16th-century establishments in Serbia

Category:Bačka

Category:Dioceses established in the 16th century

Category:Religious sees of the Serbian Orthodox Church

Category:Serbian Orthodox Church in Serbia

Category:Serbian Orthodox Church in Vojvodina

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