Prizren's diocese: Historical-canonical aspects

Abstract

Prizren's diocese is one of the oldest diocese's seats of the Serbian Church. Based on the scarce historical written sources, its foundation is connected for the 10th century, although archaeological researches move the limits of its diocese's seat (the Church of Virgin Ljeviška) in early Christian period. The inclusion of Prizren's Diocese in the network of the Serbian diocese's seats and its separation from the jurisdiction of Ohrid's Diocese from church-canonical aspect followed church-legal provisions of Parliament's fathers by use of the Canon 17 of Halkidon's Parliament, which will be the basis for the establishing of the first structure of the Serbian church under the St. Sava in Studenica in 1219.

Keywords

• archbishopric
• church
• jurisdiction
• canon
• autocephality
• diocese