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Our father among the [[saint]]s Jevstatije or '''Jevstatije (also Eustathius, Eustace or Eustatius) I of Pec'''(Serbian: '''Свети Јевстатије архиепископ српски''') was the [[archbishop]] of Serbia from 1279 to 1286. His Feast [[feast day ]] is [[January 4]] in . The Church also remembers him on [[Julian CalendarAugust 30]]with ''The Synaxis of Serbian Hierarchs'', a celebration of the archpastors of the Serbian Church of the thirteenth - fourteenth centuries.
==Life==
He was born into a noble family in Budimlje county. As a youth he joined the St. Holy [[Archangel Michael ]] [[Monastery]] , which was the residence of the Bishop bishop of Zeta. In this monastery Eustace studied [[theology ]] and [[canon law]]. He was [[tonsure]]d and [[ordination|ordained]] by [[Bishop]] Neofit of Zeta Neofit. Seeking a more [[asceticism|ascetic ]] life , Eustace left St. the Holy Archangel Michael Monastery for [[Mount Athos]]. He There he spent many years in [[Chilandari Monastery (Athos)|Hilandar Monastery]] and was elected [[igumen]] in 1262. In 1265, Igumen Eustace was elected Bishop bishop of Zeta. Eustace was elected archbishop of Serbia in June 1279 and ruled the [[Church of Serbia]] for seven years. He died on [[June 4]] 1286. He was later glorified leaving behind his incorrupted [[relics]].
Eustace was elected archbishop of Serbia in June 1279 and ruled the [[Church of Serbia]] for seven years. He died on [[January 4]], 1286. He was later glorified, leaving behind his [[Incorruptibility|incorrupt]] [[relics]].
==External links==
*[http://ocafs.oca.org/FeastSaintsViewer.asp?SID=4&ID=1&FSID=100089 Repose of St Eustathius I, Archbishop of Serbia] - ([[OCA]])
*[http://ocafs.oca.org/FeastSaintsViewer.asp?SID=4&ID=1&FSID=102428 Synaxis of the Serbian Hierarchs] (OCA)
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title=[[List of Patriarchs of Serbia|Archhbishop of Serbia]]|
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