Metropolitan of Belgrade
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Metropolitanate of Belgrade Београдска митрополија Beogradska mitropolija |
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| Location | |
| Territory | Serbia |
| Headquarters | Belgrade, Serbia |
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| Denomination | Eastern Orthodox |
| Sui iuris church | Self-governing Serbian Orthodox Metropolitanate |
| Established | 1831 |
| Dissolved | 1920 |
| Language |
Church Slavonic Serbian |
The Metropolitanate of Belgrade (Serbian: Београдска митрополија or Beogradska mitropolija) was a metropolitanate of the Serbian Orthodox Church that existed between 1831 and 1920, with jurisdiction over the territory of Principality and Kingdom of Serbia. It was formed in 1831, when Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople granted church autonomy to the Principality of Serbia. Territorial enlargement and full canonical was gained in 1879. The Metropolitanate of Belgrade existed until 1920, when it was merged with Patriarchate of Karlovci and other Serbian ecclesiastical provinces to form the united Serbian Orthodox Church. The seat of the Metropolitanate was in Belgrade, Serbia.
It included following eparchies:
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