Eparchy of Timok explained

Eparchy of Timok (sr|Тимочка епархија) is one of the eparchies of the Serbian Orthodox Church, with the seat at Zaječar, Serbia. It was established in 1833, as a diocese within the Metropolitanate of Belgrade. The eparchy was named after the Timok region in eastern part of Serbia. It was abolished in 1886, but recreated already in 1891. Since 2014, it is headed by bishop Ilarion (Golubović).^[1]

Bishops

• Dositej Novaković (1834–1854)
• Gerasim Stojković (1854–1865)
• Evgenije Simeonović (1865–1880)
• Mojsije Veresić (1880–1883)
• Melentije Vujić (1891–1913)
• Irinej Ćirić (1919–1921)
• Emilijan Piperković (1922–1970)
• Metodije Muždeka (1970–1977)
• Milutin Stojadinović (1977–1992)
• Justin Stefanović (1992–2014)
• Ilarion Golubović (2014-current)

See also

• Bukovo monastery
• Koroglaš Monastery
• Vratna monastery
• Krepičevac Monastery
• Lapušnja Monastery
• Suvodol monastery
• Monastery of the Holy Trinity in Gornja Kamenica

Bibliography

• Book: Ćirković, Sima. Sima Ćirković. 2004. The Serbs. Malden. Blackwell Publishing.
• Book: Pavlovich, Paul. The History of the Serbian Orthodox Church. 1989. Serbian Heritage Books.
• Book: Popović, Radomir V.. Serbian Orthodox Church in History. 2013. Belgrade. Academy of Serbian Orthodox Church for Fine Arts and Conservation.
• Book: Radić, Radmila. The Serbian Orthodox Church in the First World War. The Serbs and the First World War 1914-1918. 2015. Belgrade. Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts. 263–285. https://books.google.com/books?id=gUjRjwEACAAJ.

External links

• Serbian Orthodox Eparchy of Timok (official pages)
• Serbian Orthodox Church (2020): Festival of Christian culture in the Diocese of Timok
• Orthodox Times (2019): Ten years of Episcopal Ministry of Bishop Ilarion of the Timok

Notes and References

1. http://arhiva.spc.rs/eng/biography_his_grace_hilarion_bishop_electus_timok_diocese.html Serbian Orthodox Church (2014): Biography of His Grace Hilarion, Bishop Electus of the Timok Diocese