The Eparchy of Budimlja-Nikšić is an ecclesiastical territory or eparchy

Eparchy

Eparchy is an anglicized Greek word , authentically Latinized as eparchia and loosely translating as 'rule over something,' like province, prefecture, or territory, to have the jurisdiction over, it has specific meanings both in politics, history and in the hierarchy of the Eastern Christian...

 of the Serbian Orthodox Church

Serbian Orthodox Church

The Serbian Orthodox Church is one of the autocephalous Orthodox Christian churches, ranking sixth in order of seniority after Constantinople, Alexandria, Antioch, Jerusalem, and Russia...

 in Montenegro

Montenegro

Montenegro Montenegrin: Crna Gora Црна Гора , meaning "Black Mountain") is a country located in Southeastern Europe. It has a coast on the Adriatic Sea to the south-west and is bordered by Croatia to the west, Bosnia and Herzegovina to the northwest, Serbia to the northeast and Albania to the...

. It is mostly situated in eastern Montenegro. The seat of the eparchy is in the Đurđevi stupovi Cathedral in Berane

Berane

Berane , formerly Ivangrad, is a town in north-eastern Montenegro. It has a population of 11,776 .Berane is the centre of municipality and one of the centres of Polimlje area, named after the Lim River, on which Berane is situated.-History:During the medieval period the Montenegrin land of Berane...

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The Eparchy of Budimlja-Nikšić was split up among the Eparchy of Budimlja and the Eparchy of Onogošt-East Herzegovina (the successor of the Metropolitanate of Lim)

Territory

Today's Eparchy of Budimlja-Nikšić contains 10 municipalities of Montenegro: Andrijevica

Andrijevica

Andrijevica is a town in north-eastern Montenegro. It has a population of 1,073 . Its territory is outspread on 340 km2 and it is surrounded by massives of mountains Komovi, Bjelasica and Prokletije....

, Berane

Berane

Berane , formerly Ivangrad, is a town in north-eastern Montenegro. It has a population of 11,776 .Berane is the centre of municipality and one of the centres of Polimlje area, named after the Lim River, on which Berane is situated.-History:During the medieval period the Montenegrin land of Berane...

, Bijelo Polje

Bijelo Polje

Bijelo Polje is a town in northern Montenegro. It has a population of 15,883 .Bijelo Polje is the center of municipality . It is unofficial center of north-eastern region of Montenegro...

, Žabljak

Žabljak

Žabljak is a small town in northern Montenegro. It has a population of 1,937.Žabljak is the seat of the municipality...

, Mojkovac

Mojkovac

Mojkovac is a town in northern Montenegro. It has a population of 4,120 . Mojkovac is also the centre of the municipality, which has a population of 10,066.-Features:...

, Nikšić

Nikšić

Nikšić is a city in Montenegro . In 2003 the city had a total population about 75,000.Nikšić is located in Nikšić plain, at the foot of Mount Trebjesa. It is the center of the municipality , which is the largest in Montenegro by area...

, Plav

Plav

Plav Plav Plav (Montenegrin, (Albanian: Plav) is a town in north-eastern Montenegro. It has a population of 3,615 (2003 census).Plav is the centre of the municipality (population of 13,805),-Geography:...

, Plužine

Plužine

Plužine is a town in northwesten Montenegro. It has a population of 1,494 .Plužine is the centre of the municipality and unofficial centre of Piva region, named after Piva River.-History:...

, Rožaje

Rožaje

Rožaje , is a town in northeastern Montenegro. It has a population of 9,121 Rožaje is the centre of the municipality, which has a population of 22,693. The municipality is located in the geographical region of Sandžak.-History:The history of Rožaje goes back to 1571 and 1585 when it was first...

, and Šavnik

Šavnik

Šavnik is a small town in northern Montenegro. It has a population of 570 .Šavnik is the centre of the municipality and unofficial centre of Drobnjaci region, home of the Drobnjaci tribe....

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Metropolitans

• Basil
• Macarius I
• Macarius II
• Gennadius
• Sabbas
• Gerasim
• Gregory
• Efthymius
• Paisius (1648 - ?)

Episcopes

• Theophilus (Teofilo Budimljanin)
• Ioannicius (Joankije Lipovac) (8 December 1939 - 23 February 1941)
• Macarius (Makarije Đorđević) (1947 - 1956)
• Ionnaicius (Joanikije Mićović) (2002 - Present)

Monasteries

• Đurđevi Stupovi
• Nikoljac Monastery
• Piva Monastery
  Piva Monastery
  Piva Monastery is located in Piva, Montenegro near the source of the Piva River in northern Montenegro. Built between 1573 and 1586, it was rebuilt in another location in 1982...
  
  
• Kosijerevo Monastery
• Župa Monastery
• Dobrilovina Monastery
• Bijela Monastery
• Podmalinsko Monastery
• Kaludra Monastery
• Zagrađe Monastery
• Šudikova Monastery
• Boljavac Monastery
• Podvrh Monastery
• Somina Monastery
• Uroševica Monastery
• Majstorovina Monastery
• Kičava Monastery
• Crnča Monastery
• Bliškova Monastery
• Brezojevica Monastery

See also

• List of the Eparchies of the Serbian Orthodox Church