Atanasije Jevtić

Atanasije Jevtić (Serbian Cyrillic: Атанасије Јевтић; born 8 January 1938) is a retired Serbian Orthodox bishop who served as the head of the Eparchy of Banat from 1991 until 1992 and the Eparchy of Zahumlje and Herzegovina from 1992 until 1999.[1]

His Grace Atanasije Jevtić
Bishop
Bishop Atanasije in Trebinje, 2011
Church	Serbian Orthodox Church
Diocese	Eparchy of Zahumlje and Herzegovina (1992–1999)
Predecessor	Vladislav Mitrović
Successor	Grigorije Durić
Orders
Ordination	1960
Consecration	1991
Personal details
Birth name	Zoran Jevtić
Born	(1938-01-08) 8 January 1938 Brdarica, Kingdom of Yugoslavia
Denomination	Serbian Orthodox Christian
Previous post	Bishop of the Eparchy of Banat (1991–1992)

Atanasije was a long-time professor and former dean of the Orthodox Theological Faculty of the University of Belgrade. He is a leading expert on Patristics and has written a series of books on the subject.[2] Together with bishop Amfilohije Radović, Atanasije translated the Deuterocanonical books of the Old Testament to Serbian language.[3]

Biography

Atanasije was born on 8 January 1938 in the village of Brdarica near Valjevo, Yugoslavia.[4]

Consecration

On 7 July 1991 on the feast of the Nativity of Saint John the Baptist, Archimandrite Atanasije was consecreated as Bishop of Banat in the Cathedral of St. Nicholas in Vršac by Pavle, Serbian Patriarch, Metropolitan Nikolaj Mrđa of Dabar-Bosna, Metropolitan Amfilohije Radović of Montenegro and the Littoral, Bishops Irinej Bulović of Bačka, Stefan Boca of Žiča, Artemije Radosavljević of Raška and Prizren, Dositej Motika of Britain and Scandinavia, Nikanor Bogunović of Upper Karlovac, Vasilije Vadić of Srem, and Lavrentije Trifunović of Šabac and Valjevo (since divided into Eparchy of Šabac and the Eparchy of Valjevo)[5].

Atanasije also briefly served as administrator of the Eparchy of Raška and Prizren in 2010 after Bishop Artemije Radosavljević was forced to resign from his position due to alleged embezzlement of funds.[4]

References

1. NIN (1999-09-30). "Portret: Vladika Atanasije (Jevtić)" (in Serbian). Retrieved 2019-08-25.
2. "Petotomna "Patrologija" vladike Atanasija". Danas. 23 November 2019. Retrieved 17 July 2020.
3. "Novo izdanje Biblije na srpskom". Politika. 12 July 2011. Retrieved 17 July 2020.
4. "Ličnost Danas: Vladika Atanasije (Jevtić)". Danas. 15 February 2010. Retrieved 17 July 2020.
5. "Hirotonija Episkopa Banatskog Atanasija" (in Serbian). 1991-07-07. Retrieved 2020-07-15.