[1] In 1219, the autocephaly of the Eastern Orthodox Church in medieval Serbia was established by Saint Sava, who was consecrated as the first Serbian archbishop by Patriarch Manuel I of Constantinople and who was residing at that time in Nicaea.

On that occasion, the region of Budimlja in the upper Lim valley was detached from the old Eparchy of Raška, and on that territory the new Eparchy of Budimlja was created, centered in the Monastery of Đurđevi Stupovi, previously founded by Stefan Prvoslav, cousin of Saint Sava.

[2] In the middle of the 15th century, during the Turkish invasion and conquest, several dioceses of the Serbian Orthodox Church suffered great devastation, including the Eparchy of Budimlja.

[6] In the following punitive campaigns, the Ottoman armies conducted systematic atrocities against local Christian population in Serbian regions, including the region of Budimlja in the upper Lim valley, resulting in Great Migrations of the Serbs.

[8] Today's Eparchy of Budimlja-Nikšić covers 12 municipalities of Montenegro: Andrijevica, Berane, Bijelo Polje, Žabljak, Mojkovac, Nikšić, Petnjica, Plav, Gusinje, Plužine, Rožaje, and Šavnik.