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	Serbia. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05
		Serbia’s championship of Pan-Slavism in the Balkans engendered bitter rivalry with Bulgaria and Austria-Hungary.
		Serbia’s predominant position in the new kingdom was a major cause for unrest in Croatia and Macedonia in the period between World Wars I and II.
		The Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, established in 1992 by Serbia and Montenegro, was thoroughly dominated by Serbia, a situation that led by the end of the decade to a strong movement in Montenegro for increased autonomy or independence.
	www.bartleby.com /65/se/Serbia.html (2328 words)

	Patriarch of Serbia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		From 1766-1920 the patriarchate was abolished and all ecclesiastical jurisdiction was placed under the Greek Orthodox Church.
		This caused the establishment of a metropolitanate in Karlowitz (Sremski Karlovci).
		Later on the see was elevated to a patriarchate in 1848 as a reward to Serbians who supported the Habsburgs during the Hungarian revolt.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Patriarch_Serbian (310 words)

	CalendarHome.com - - Calendar Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-11)
		Sava persuaded the patriarch of the Eastern Orthodox Church to establish the Church in Serbia as an autocephalous body, with Sava himself as its archbishop, consecrated in 1219.
		The Patriarchate was thus de facto abolished, and the Serbian Church passed under the jurisdiction of the Ecumenical Patriarchate.
		Archbishop of Peć, Metropolitan of Belgrade-Karlovci and Serbian Patriarch Pavle
	encyclopedia.calendarhome.com /cgi-bin/encyclopedia.pl?p=Serb_Orthodox (2574 words)

	Macedonia FAQ: The Archbishopric of Ohrid and the Macedonian Orthodox Church
		After the proclamation of the Serbian Patriarchate in 1346 and its expulsion from the ecumenical body, the Patriarchate in Constantinople, the archbishops of Ohrid were engaged in a process of reconciliation for the return of Serbia into the orthodox community.
		In the Ottoman state the archbishops of Ohrid, particularly in the 17th and 18th centuries, took on the role of popular leaders in the movement for liberation, carrying on talks, predominantly with Austria, concerning the formation of a state for the captive Christians, primarily the Macedonians.
		In 1767, the financial difficulties of the Archbishopric of Ohrid were used as a pretext and it was discontinued by agreement of the Patriarchate of Constantinople and the Ottoman authorities.
	faq.macedonia.org /religion/ohrid.archbishopric.html (1180 words)

	Church of Serbia - OrthodoxWiki
		Later, as the medieval kingdom of Serbia grew in size and prestige and as Stefan Dusan, king of Serbia from 1331, assumed the imperial title of tsar (1346 to 1355), the Archbishopric of Pec was correspondingly raised to the rank of Patriarchate.
		The Patriarchate was thus de facto abolished, and the Serbian Church passed under the jurisdiction of the Ecumenical Patriarchate.
		The Serbian Patriarchate was restored in 1557 by the Turkish sultan Suleiman the Magnificent.
	www.orthodoxwiki.org /Church_of_Serbia (1253 words)

	Serbian Orthodox Church head hospitalized - Boston.com
		Patriarch Pavle, the head of the Serbian Orthodox Church, was hospitalized Friday, officials said.
		The 91-year-old leader of more than 7 million Orthodox Serbs was taken to a top military hospital in Belgrade "because of the general condition of his health, related to his age," the church said in a statement.
		Patriarch Pavle also was hospitalized in December for a few weeks after injuring his hip when he fell in his office in Belgrade.
	www.boston.com /news/world/europe/articles/2006/04/14/serbian_orthodox_church_head_hospitalized (137 words)

	Church of Serbia - OrthodoxWiki
		The Church of Serbia is one of the autocephalous Orthodox churches, ranking sixth after Constantinople, Alexandria, Antioch, Jerusalem, Russia in the diptychs of Constantinople.
		Later, as the medieval kingdom of Serbia grew in size and prestige and as Stefan Dusan, king of Serbia from 1331, assumed the imperial title of tsar (1346 to 1355), the archbishopric of Pec was correspondingly raised to the rank of patriarchate.
		In 2002, at the invitation of the patriarchate, one of the bishops of the breakaway group, Jovan (Vraniskovski) (then Metropolitan of Veles and the Vardar Valley), came into union with the Serbian patriarchate, which thus reestablished its Autonomous Archdiocese of Ohrid, which is the canonically recognized Orthodox church in the Republic of Macedonia.
	orthodoxwiki.org /Church_of_Serbia (1447 words)

	miman Home Page - VirtualTourist.com
		Serbia, officially the Republic of Serbia is a landlocked country in Central and Southeastern Europe, covering the central part of the Balkan Peninsula and the southern part of the Pannonian Plain.
		Serbia borders Hungary to the north; Romania and Bulgaria to the east; the Republic of Macedonia and Albania to the south; and Montenegro, Croatia, and Republika Srpska (part of Bosnia and Herzegovina) to the west.
		Serbia is landlocked, although the Danube River provides shipping access to inland Europe and the Black Sea.Serbia's terrain ranges from the rich, fertile plains of the northern Vojvodina region, limestone ranges and basins in the east, and, in the southeast, ancient mountains and hills.
	members.virtualtourist.com /m/4a20c (1425 words)

	Patriarch at AllExperts
		Patriarch of the Assyrian Church of the East
		Historically, a Patriarch may often be the logical choice to act as Ethnarch, representing the community that is identified with his religious confession within a state or empire of a different creed (as Christians within the Ottoman Empire).
		One of the patriarch's primary responsibilities is to give Patriarchal blessings, as Jacob did to his twelve sons in the Old Testament.
	en.allexperts.com /e/p/pa/patriarch.htm (799 words)

	Reference.com/Encyclopedia/Patriarch
		Historically, a Patriarch may often be the logical choice to act as Ethnarch, representing the community that is identified with his religious confession within a state or empire of a different creed (as christians within the Ottoman empire).
		In Mormonism, a patriarch is one who has been ordained to the office of Patriarch in the Melchizedek Priesthood.
		One of the patriarch's primary responsibilities is to give Patriarchal blessings, as Jacob did to his twelve sons in the Old Testament.
	www.reference.com /browse/wiki/Patriarch (388 words)

	Serbia Info News / Sacred Heritage of Kosovo and Metohia
		It encompassed the areas of central Serbia, by the rivers Raska, Ibar and Lim.
		During the World War I (1914-1918) and World War II (1941-1945), churches and monasteries from the oldest spiritual territory in Serbia were pillaged and shelled by Germans, Italians and Albanians, as well as the other church destroyers and invaders.
		In terms of the number, historical duration and artistic value of its icons, liturgical objects and manuscripts, the treasury of Decani monastery is a true and an exceptionally rich museum of outmost importance.
	www.serbia-info.com /news/1999-07/25/13536.html (2264 words)

	Eastern Orthodox Church, Orthodox Catholic, Greek Orthodox
		The patriarchate of Constantinople, although still retaining its honorary primacy in the Orthodox church, ended as an ecumenical institution in the 19th century when, with the liberation of the Orthodox peoples from Turkish rule, a succession of autocephalous churches was set up: Greece (1833), Romania (1864), Bulgaria (1871), and Serbia (1879).
		In 1589 the patriarchate of Moscow was established and formally recognized by Patriarch Jeremias II of Constantinople.
		The Orthodox Tradition is the theological tradition, generally associated with the national churches of the eastern Mediterranean and eastern Europe and principally with the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople, whose distinguishing characteristic consists in preservation of the integrity of the doctrines taught by the fathers of the seven ecumenical councils of the fourth through eighth centuries.
	mb-soft.com /believe/txc/orthodox.htm (6037 words)

	Balkan Repository Project - 2 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-11)
		After two and a half-hour talks at the Serbian Patriarchate in Belgrade, opposition representatives told the press that they had agreed to participate at an August 19 rally in Belgrade, scheduled by the creators of the Stability Pact for Serbia.
		Patriarch Pavle met with leaders of the Serbian Renewal Movement Mr.
		During the meeting in the Patriarchate except Patriarch Pavle, the Metropolitan of Montenegro Amfilohije talked, and all opposition leaders had approximately 7-8 minutes to express their attitudes.
	www.balkan-archive.org.yu /kosovo_crisis/Aug_10/2.html (680 words)

	St Vladimir's Orthodox Theological Seminary - Our Faith
		Traditionally, the ecumenical patriarch of Constantinople (Istanbul) is recognized as the "first among equal" Orthodox bishops.
		The patriarch of Constantinople, however, also exercises jurisdiction over Greek-speaking churches outside Greece and controls, for example, the Greek archdiocese of America, which is distinct from the Orthodox Church in America listed among the autocephalous churches.
		These developments, however, were not always consistent with the evolution of Western Christianity, where the bishop of Rome, or pope, came to be considered the successor of the apostle Peter and head of the universal church by divine appointment.
	www.svots.edu /index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=17&Itemid=33 (959 words)

	Who Is Advising the Patriarch?
		He thought that the Patriarch's act has "finally brought into the open the well hidden and denied fact about divisions and disagreements in the top ranks of the Serbian Orthodox Church, at least when the relation to Mr.Milosevic's regime is concerned".
		The Patriarch did not even come to the Szentendre Cathedral, the monument marking the Serbian migrations and sufferings, where a liturgy for the salvation of Serbia by which this Assembly was concluded, was held.
		It is said that the Patriarch is under the great influence of the Bishop of Banat, Irinej, who is considered the power behind the throne within the SPC and a dignitary very close to Milosevic-Markovic couple.
	www.freeserbia.net /Articles/1999/Patriarch.html (1578 words)

	PDS Russia Religion News January 2002
		Yesterday, in addition to Patriarch Pavle and President Putin, awars were given to the chairman of the national assembly of Armenia, Armen Khachatrian, the deputy premier of the government of Lebanon, Issam Fares, and the European Inter-parliamentary Assembly of Orthodoxy.
		Yesterday morning the 87-year-old patriarch served the divine liturgy in the church of Peter and Paul on Yauz on the occasion of the opening in this church of the annex of the Serbian Orthodox church.
		Later Patriarch Pavle conducted bilateral talks with Patriarch Alexis II of Moscow and all-Rus in the working residence of the head of the Russian Orthodox church in Chisty Lane.
	www.stetson.edu /~psteeves/relnews/0201e.html (4755 words)

	The Seocond Sorrowful Epistle
		Further on the Patriarch writes: "Truly, even though the Church of both east and west have been estranged from each other for offenses known but to the Lord, they are not virtually separated from the communion in the mystery of the God-man Jesus and His Divine-human Church" (ibid., pp.
		The Patriarch bitterly mentions that "we were estranged from reciprocal love and the blessed gift of confession in oneness of mind of the faith of Christ was taken from us." He says that, "we were deprived of the blessing of going up together to the one altar....
		We have already quoted the words of Patriarch Athenagoras that the Lord desires that "His Church be one, visible to the entire world so that the entire world would fit within Her." A Greek theologian and former Dean of the Theological Faculty in Athens writes in much the same vein.
	www.stmaryofegypt.org /library/philaret/secondEpistle.htm (4742 words)

	CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Servia (Serbia)
		The Servian Patriarchate of Ipek was also suppressed, and the Servian Church was placed under the control of the Groeco-Bulgarian Patriarchate of Schrida.
		In 1557 the Patriarchate of Ipek was reestablished, and remained independent until its second suppression in 1766.
		At the request of the Greek Orthodox Church, the Patriarchate of Ipak was again suppressed, in 1766, and the Servian Church was placed directly under the patriarch of Constantinople, who sent as bishops to Servia almost exclusively men of Greek nationality, who were hostile to Servian efforts for liberty.
	www.newadvent.org /cathen/13732a.htm (4866 words)

	Biography Patriarch (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-11)
		The spiritual leader of the Serbian Orthodox people was born September 11, 1914 to Stefan and Ann Stojcevic, in the village of Kucani, in the county of Donji Miholjac, in Slavonija.
		The most monumental contribution of H. Patriarch Pavle was the translation of the New Testament published in 1984 under his supervision.
		Patriarch Pavle exemplifies simplicity in his lifestyle and is the embodiment of humility and personal holiness, a most worthy helmsman to guide the "Ship of the Church" in these troubled times.
	www.decani.org /patriarch_bio.html (549 words)

	Interview with Metropolitan Nahum of Strumica ( 16.09.2005 )
		By all appearances we should also wait for the outcome of the developments in Montenegro, since the resolution of the Montenegrin issue in the heads of the bearers of the idea for Greater Serbia who are participants in the Assembly of the SOC is essentially connected with the resolution of the Macedonian issue.
		The Constantinopolitan Patriarch and some Episcopes around him despite their good will and intention to help could be hard put to it in the current circumstances.
		Thus, neither did Patriarch Paul and the former Metropolitan of Povardarie invoke certain ‘Ni agreement’ at the formation of the Serbian exarchate in Macedonia, nor is the Serbian exarchate implementing such an agreement, nor does such an agreement exist.
	www.m-p-c.org /Vesti/e-Interview_g_Naum_16-08-2005.htm (4523 words)

	Serbia's Role in the Conflict in Vojvodina, 1848-49 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-11)
		Serbia's Role in the Conflict in Vojvodina, 1848-49 Serbian revolts in the Vojvodina in 1848 were part of the European revolutionary movement of 1848.
		Serbia then was an autonomous principality belonging to the Ottoman Empire that had secured a wide measure of self rule.
		Serbia had expanded resources and energy without apparent benefit to itself or its brethren leading Vucic and his followers to complain that the campaigns had merely reinforced Austrian reaction.
	cscwww.cats.ohiou.edu /~Chastain/rz/serbvio.htm (1937 words)

	Serbianna.com \| News Story (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-11)
		Prime Minister Vojislav Kostunica and Patriarch Pavle, speaking from the Belgrade Patriarchy, the church seat in the Serbian capital, said the new constitution will be "for the good of Serbia" and represent the "best defense of Kosovo," the province Serbs consider their religious and national heartland.
		But Serbia's new constitution has sparked controversy because it declares the U.N.-run province of Kosovo as an integral part of the republic, regardless of the outcome of ongoing U.N.-mediated talks on the future status of the majority ethnic Albanian province.
		Kostunica and the Patriarch said "Serbia is defending Kosovo with the strongest weapon of all, justice and law, and this will be confirmed with the new constitution," a church statement said after the meeting.
	www.serbianna.com /news/2006/02690.shtml (473 words)

	na990726 - Patriarch Pavle: “Building Serbia on crimes — no way” # Orthodox Press: Kosovo and Metohija Chronicle, ...
		Patriarch Pavle, Head of Serbian Orthodox Church, said to Bosnian weekly “Slobodna Bosna” (Free Bosnia) that “Milosevic is no Christian” and that he doubts Serbs and Albanians would be able to live together in the future.
		The bell was transported to the Patriarchate of Pec monastery.
		The Albanians slaughtered her around midnight; stabs were visible on her body, and it is most probable that the Albanians took her heart out, since she had many sticking plasters on that part of the body.
	www.bndlg.de /~wplarre/na990726.htm (1467 words)

	ERPKIM Archive \| Russian Patriarch joins appeal for the release of Archbishop Jovan, August 16, 2005
		Moscow, August 16, Interfax - Patriarch Alexy II of Moscow and All Russia supported an appeal of the Serbian Orthodox Church to discharge a Macedonian bishop Jovan Vraniskovski, head of the Okhrid archbishopric.
		The Patriarch of Serbia's letter has become a reply to an earlier letter of Patriarch Alexy welcoming the memorandum of understanding signed between the Serbian Orthodox Church and the Kosovo provisional self-government as it establishes basic principles of cooperation in restoring Orthodox churches in Kosovo.
		Patriarch Pavle reminded that during the last raid in March 2004, over 30 Orthodox churches were destroyed or severely damaged, 800 Serbian houses were burnt down, 4000 people were driven away from their villages.
	www.kosovo.com /news/archive/2005/August_16/5.html (806 words)

	Serbia_Pilgrimage (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-11)
		The Patriarch greeted us warmly, expressing his joy that a group of Orthodox Christians from far-off America had decided to visit his homeland in order to venerate Serbia's holy relics and places, and he shared with us his tribulations as head of the much-suffering Church.
		the convent had become the true center of Serbia, for between 1948 and the end of his days, the spiritual leader of the monastery was Venerable Justin (Popovic), a saint much-revered in Serbia and throughout the entire Orthodox world.
		Next to the monastery is a small museum to St. Nikolai of Serbia, and at the other end of the town is the house in which he was born and lived.
	www.stjohndc.org /russian/Serbia/e_Pilgrimage/e_Plgrm9.htm (1235 words)

	Hierarchs of the Orthodox Church
		FILARET (Romanov), Metropolitan and Patriarchal Locum Tenens of Moscow and All Rus'
		IOASAF I, Patriarch of Moscow and All Rus'
		IOSIF (Petrovykh), Metropolitan of Rostov and Deputy of the Patriarchal Locum Tenens of Moscow and All Rus'
	www.orthodoxresearchinstitute.org /resources/hierarchs/alphabetical2.htm (216 words)

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