The Archdioceses of Ahris and Peć on the basis of Patriarchal Acta edited by K. Delikanis (17th/18th centuries)
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The Archbishoprics of Ohrid and Peć were a source of spiritual
strength for their people during the dark period of the seventeenth
and eighteenth centuries. From an administrative point of view these
two churches enjoyed equal autonomy. The efforts of some Archbishops
to term themselves «patriarchs» was a purely internal affair and did
not reflect an interorthodox canonical trend. The spirituali inks between
the two Archbishoprics and between the people under their jurisdiction
were expressed in a practical way in the local cult of the Serbian
Saint John Vladimir and through the Patriarchates of Constantinople
and Jerusalem. These Patriarchates helped in many administrative
and spiritual ways to preserve the autonomy and to strengthen the
Orthodox faith of the Greeks and Serbs of the two Archbishoprics.
strength for their people during the dark period of the seventeenth
and eighteenth centuries. From an administrative point of view these
two churches enjoyed equal autonomy. The efforts of some Archbishops
to term themselves «patriarchs» was a purely internal affair and did
not reflect an interorthodox canonical trend. The spirituali inks between
the two Archbishoprics and between the people under their jurisdiction
were expressed in a practical way in the local cult of the Serbian
Saint John Vladimir and through the Patriarchates of Constantinople
and Jerusalem. These Patriarchates helped in many administrative
and spiritual ways to preserve the autonomy and to strengthen the
Orthodox faith of the Greeks and Serbs of the two Archbishoprics.
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