The Eparchy of Banat is a diocese of the Serbian Orthodox Church covering Banat region in northeastern Serbia.
Saint Nicholas Cathedral, Vršac
Serbian Patriarch Josif Rajačić, former Bishop of Vršac
Serbian Patriarchate of Peć, commonly known as the Peć Patriarchate, was an autocephalous Eastern Orthodox patriarchate that existed from 1346 to 1463, and then again from 1557 to 1766 with its seat i
Eparchy of Banat
…Serbian lands. The Eparchy of Vršac was one of several eparchies created on the territory of Banat during the 16th century under the jurisdiction of the Serbian Patriarchate of Peć. By the time of the accession of Serbian patriarch Makarije I (1557), much of the Banat region was already conquered by the Ottoman Empire, who took…
Patriarchate of Peć Monastery, seat of the Serbian Patriarchate of Peć from 1346 to 1766
Serbian Patriarch Makarije (1557–1572)
Patriarch Arsenije III, leader of the First Migration of the Serbs in 1690
Serbian Patriarch Arsenije IV, leader of the Second Migration of Serbs in 1737