Eparchy of Zachlumia, Herzegovina, and the Littoral
eparchy of the Serbian Orthodox Church
The Eparchy of Zachlumia, Herzegovina, and the Littoral (Serbian: Епархија захумско-херцеговачка и приморска, romanized: Eparhija zahumsko-hercegovačka i primorska) is a diocese (eparchy) of the Serbian Orthodox Church covering Herzegovina region in Bosnia and Herzegovina, southern Dalmatia in Croatia, as well as Sutorina village in Montenegro.
The episcopal see is located at the Cathedral of the Transfiguration of the Lord, Trebinje. Its headquarters and bishop's residence are also in Trebinje.
History
The region was under the Metropolitanate of Dyrrachium, which in turn was under the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople or the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Bar. In 1089, the see of Travunia was briefly under the jurisdiction of the Archdiocese of Bar. The territory was constantly in a feudal state of continuous religious wars between the Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox denominations long before the incursion of Ottoman invaders.
The Eparchy of Hum was founded in 1219 by Saint Sava, the same year the Serbian Archbishopric acquired its autocephaly status from the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople. Thus, it was one of the original Serbian Orthodox bishoprics with jurisdiction over the historical regions of Zachlumia and Travunia. The first Bishop of Hum was Ilarion, succeeded by Sava II (son of Serbian King Stefan the First-Crowned). The original seat of the eparchy was in Ston, at the Church of the Most Holy Theotokos.
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