ЦРКВА ХРИСТА СПАСИТЕЉА (ДОМ СПАСОВ) У ЖИЧИ И СРПСКА ЦРКВА У СРЕДЊЕМ ВЕКУ
CHURCH OF CHRIST THE SAVIOR IN ŽIČA AND SERBIAN CHURCH IN THE MIDDLE AGES

Summary/Abstract: The Temple of Christ the Savior in Žiča was the first headquarters of Serbian Archbishopric since it was established in 1219. Because it was the legacy of the first Serbian King Stefan the First-Crowned it had a deserved high rank in the church establishment. Th e archbishop controlled not only the whole territory of the Serbian church but also was the regional bishop of Žiča bishopric in the period 1220–1317. Thanks to the charter issued by Stefan the First-Crowned it is possible to determinate the approximate territory of this specific unit of the Serbian Archbishopric. The position of Žiča church within Serbian church changed signifi cantly due to external attacks in the year 1291–1292. The headquarters of the church highest ranking priests gradually moves to the south into the church of Saint Apostles Peter and Paul at the end of XIII and the beginning of XIV century. Even though the enclosed estates in the vicinity of the modern city of Peć offered better protection and were closer to the rulers’ palaces in central Kosovo, Žiča church was not completely neglected. The written sources and the analysis of the fresko decoration of two church complexes leave no doubts that Žiča remained the equal residence by significance. It is almost certain that the archbishop residence in Peć was partly still supported by incomes from Žiča bishopric and land estates belonging to Žiča church.

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