ТЕФТЕР ЦРКВЕНИХ РАЧУНА СРЕМСКЕ ЕПАРХИЈЕ 1753–1754. ГОДИНЕ
RECORD OF PAROCHIAL EXPENSES IN THE EPARCHY OF SREM IN 1753–1754

Summary/Abstract: The paper examines the Tefter (Protocol) created during the visitations of the Srem Eparchy from November 1753 to April 1754. It contains data on income and expenditure of 103 parishes in 102 settlements. It shows customary income generated from believers’ donations (money placed on plates during liturgies and money donated during St Patron’s Day celebrations), money obtained from the sale of cattle or agricultural produce, or funds lent at interest. The recorded expenses testify rather to the economic power of parishes. Expectedly, parishes in towns had much greater financial resources than those in villages. The Tefter contains information on the attempts to decorate churches, build bell towers, cover temples with shingle. The epitropos had the say in the control of church finances. On his own, but more often with a priest, he would submit to the exarch the church bills and deliver the money which belonged to the metropolitan as the diocesan of the Archdiocese (Srem Eparchy).

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