ЦРНОГОРСКИ МИТРОПОЛИТ САВА ПЕТРОВИЋ И УКИДАЊЕ ПЕЋКЕ ПАТРИЈАРШИЈЕ 1766.
MONTENEGRIN METROPOLITAN SAVA PETROVIĆ AND ABOLITION OF THE PATRIARCHATE OF PEĆ IN 1766

Summary/Abstract: Тhe paper examines the attitude of Montenegrin Metropolitan Sava Petrović towards the abolition of the Patriarchate of Peć. It elucidates the problems that the Patriarchate of Peć faced from the Belgrade Peace of 1739 until its abolition and merging with the Ecumenical Patriarchate in 1766. It highlights the specificities of the Montenegrin Metropolitanate in this period, which differentiated it from other eparchies of the Patriarchate of Peć, but did not affect the absolute and unconditional loyalty of its metropolitans to the throne of the Patriarchate of Peć. It points out the reasons why Metropolitan Sava Petrović did not resolutely stand out against the abolition of the Patriarchate of Peć, although he did not sign the plea requesting such abolition. The question of his relationship with Ecumenical Patriarch Samuel I Chazteris, who requested from Sultan Mustafa III the berat on the confirmation of Sava’s metropolitan dignity, is opened. The reasons why only in 1776 he asked for the support of Moscow Metropolitan Platon for the restoration of the Patriarchate of Peć are explained.

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