List of Serbs - Religion

Religion

Church leaders and Saints

• Saint Sava
• Saint Arsenije I Sremac (1233–1263)
• Saint Sava II (1263–1271)
• Archbishop Danilo I (1271–1272)
• Joanikije I (1272–1276)
• Saint Jevstatije I (1279–1286)
• Saint Jakov (1286–1296)
• Saint Jevstatije II (1292–1309)
• Saint Sava III (1309–1316)
• Saint Nikodim I (1316–1324)
• Saint Danilo II (1324–1337)
• Joanikije II (Joanicus II of Peć) (Archbishop, 1338–1346; Patriarch, 1346–1354)
• Patriarch Sava IV (1354–1375)
• Patriarch Jefrem (1375–1380)
• Patriarch Spyridon (1380–1389)
• Patriarch Jefrem (1389–1390)
• Patriarch Danilo III (1390–1396)
• Patriarch Sava V (1396–1406)
• Patriarch Danilo IV (1406)
• Patriarch Kirilo (1407–1419)
• Patriarch Nikon (1420–1435)
• Patriarch Teofan (1435–1446)
• Patriarch Nikodim II (1446–1455)
• Patriarch Arsenije II (in English: Arsenius II, Patriarch, 1457–1463)

Vacant, from 1463–1508, owing to the first Ottoman obolishment.

• Patriarch Jovan I (1508)

Vacant, from 1508–1524, owing to the second Ottoman abolishment.

• Patriarch Marko (1524)

Vacant, from 1524–1527, owing to the third Ottoman abolishment.

• Patriarch Pavle (1527–1535)

Vacant, from 1535 to 1557, owing to the fourth Ottoman abolishment.

• Patriarch Makarije Sokolović (1557–1571). In 1557, Grand Vizier Sokollu Mehmed Pasha, the Serbian-born adviser to the Sultan of Turkey, allowed the Serbs to restore the autocephalous Patriarchate of Peć.
• Patriarch Antonije (1571–1575)
• Patriarch Gerasim (1575–1586)
• Patriarch Savatije (1587)
• Patriarch Nikanor (1587–1588)
• Patriarch Jerotej (1589–1590)
• Patriarch Filip (1591–1592)
• Patriarch Jovan II Kantul (1592 1613)
• Patriarch Pajsije Janjevac (1615–1648)
• Patriarch Gavrilo I (1648–1655)
• Patriarch Maksim I (1655–1672)
• Patriarch Arsenije III Čarnojević (1672–1690)
• Patriarch Kalinik I of Serbia (1691–1710)
• Patriarch Atanasije I (1711–1712)
• Patriarch Mojsije (1712–1726)
• Patriarch Arsenije IV Jovanović Šakabenta (1726–1737)
• Patriarch Joannicius III of Constantinople (1739–1746)
• Patriarch Atanasije II (1746–1752)
• Patriarch Gavrilo II (1752)
• Patriarch Gavrilo III (1755)
• Patriarch Vikentije
• Patriarch Pajsije II Grk
• Patriarch Gavrilo IV Grk
• Patriarch Kirilo II (1758–1763)
• Patriarch Vasilije Brkić (1763–1765)
• Patriarch Kalinik II of Serbia (1765–1766)

Vacant, post of Patriarch abolished by Ottoman Empire

Metropolitans and Patriarchs of Sremski Karlovci Metropolitans of Krušedol, 1691–1716

• Arsenije III Crnojević, 1691–1706; former Patriarch in Peć (1672–1691)
• Isaija (Đaković), (1708)
• Sofronije (Podgoričanin),(1710–1711)

Metropolitans of Sremski Karlovci, 1708–1842

• Vikentije (Popović Hadžilavić), (1713–1725) transferred see from Krušedol Monastery in Sremski Karlovci 1718
• Mojsije (Petrović), Metropolitan of Belgrade (1713–1730) and Metropolitan of Belgrade and Sremski Karlovci (1726–1730)
• Vikentije (Jovanović), Metropolitan of Belgrade and Sremski Karlovci (1731–1737)
• Arsenije IV Jovanović Šakabenta, 1737–1748; former Patriarch of Peć (1725–1737)
• Pavle Nenadović (Paul), 1749–1768 Danilo (locum tenens) 1768-1769
• Jovan Đorđević (John), 1768–1773 Mojsije (locum tenens) 1773-1774
• Vikentije (Vicentius), 1774–1780
• Mojsije Putnik (Moses), 1780–1790 Petar (locum tenens) 1790
• Stefan Stratimirović (Stephen ), 1790–1836
• Stefan Stanković (Stephen ), 1836–1841 Georgije (locum tenens) 1841-1842
• Josif Rajačić (Joseph), 1842–1848 raised to Patriarch in 1848

Patriarchs of Karlovci, 1848–1920

• Josif Rajačić (Joseph)', 1848–1861
• Samuilo Maširević (Samuel), 1863–1870
• Arsenije Stojkovic (1st time), (locum tenens) 1870-1872
• Nikanor Grujic, (locum tenens) 1872-1874
• Arsenije Stojković (2nd time), (locum tenens) 1874
• Prokopije Ivačković (Procorpius), 1874–1879
• German Anđelić (Germanius), 1879–1888
• Georgije Branković (George), 1888–1907
• Lukijan Bogdanović (Lucian), 1908–1913 Miron Nikolic (1st time) (locum tenens) 1913
• Mihailo Grujić', (locum tenens) 1913-1914
• Miron Nikolić, (locum tenens 2nd time) 1914-1919
• Georgije Letić, (locum tenens) 1919-1920

Metropolitans of Belgrade and Patriarchs of Serbia Metropolitans of Belgrade, 1766–1905

• Jeremija (Jeremiah), 1766–1784
• Dionisije I (Dionysius I), 1785–1791
• Metodije (Methodius), 1791–1801
• Leontije (Leontius), 1801–1813 Hadži Milentije (locum tenens) 1810
• Dionisije II (Dionysius II), 1813–1815 Melentije (locum tenens) 1815-1816
• Agatangel, 1816–1825
• Kiril (Cyril). 1825-1827
• Anthimos (Antim), 1827–1830

Autonomous Metropolitans of Belgrade and Principality of Serbia 1830-1879

• Melentije Pavlović (Melentios), 1830–1833
• Petar Jovanović (Peter), 1833–1859

Autocephalous Metropolitans of Belgrade and Kingdom of Serbia 1879-1905

• Mihailo Jovanović (Michael) (1st time), 1859–1881
• Mojsije Veresić, (locum tenens) 1881-1883
• Teodosije Mraović (Theodosius), 1883–1889
• Mihailo Jovanović (Michael) (2nd time), 1889–1898
• Inokentije Pavlović (Innocentius), 1898–1905
• Dimitrije Pavlović (Demetrius), 1905-1920. elected Patriarch of Serbia
• Patriarch Dimitrije of Serbia (1920–1930)
• Patriarch Varnava of Serbia (1930–1937)
• Patriarch Gavrilo V of Serbia (1838–1950)
• Patriarch Vikentije of Serbia (1950–1958)
• Patriarch German of Serbia (1958–1990)
• Patriarch Pavle of Serbia (1990–2009)
• Patriarch Irinej of Serbia (2010-20--)
• Trojeručica, wonderworking icon depicting hodegetria, located at Hilandar
• Saint Angelina (died 1520), despotess consort of Stephen Branković, wrote a hagiography
• Saint Basil of Ostrog (1610–1671), Bishop of Zahumlje
• John of Shanghai and San Francisco (1896–1966), hierarch of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia which proclaimed him a saint, born in Ukraine to Serbian parents
• Stefan Brankovic
• Lazar Brankovic
• Jovan Vladimir
• Lazar of Serbia
• Makarije
• Nicodemus of Tismana
• Nikolaj Velimirović
• Stephen of Piperi
• Slobodan Šiljak
• Stefan Stiljanovic
• Saint Jerome (venerated as St. Jerome of Stridonium among the Orthodox faithful)
• Saint John the Baptist (venerated by all and celebrated as Krsna Slava by Serb celebrants)
• Among the many family protector saints celebrated (krsna slava), Saint Nicholas is the most widespread
• Theodor Komogovinski
• Osanna of Cattaro, Roman Catholic nun and saint (converted from Serbian Orthodoxy)
• Đorđe Bogić (1911–1941), parish priest of Našice, was tortured and slain by the Ustasha on the order of a Roman Catholic priest of the same village
• Gorazd of Prague, (1879–1942), the hierarch of the revived Orthodox Church in Moravia, the Church of Czechoslovakia, after World War I. During World War II, having provided refuge for the assassins of SS-Obergruppenfuhrer Reinhard Heydrich, called The Butcher of Prague, in the cathedral of Saints Cyril and Methodius in Prague, Gorazd took full responsibility for protecting the patriots after the Nazi overlords found them in the crypt of the cathedral. This act guaranteed his execution, thus his martyrdom, during the reprisals that followed. His feast day is celebrated on August 22 (OC) or September 4 (NC).
• All monarchs of the Nemanjić dynasty were proclaimed saints, except Emperor Stephen Dušan. Prince Lazar and Stefan Lazarević were also proclaimed saints, as well as some of the Branković family.

Church leaders

• Archbishop Sava, First Archbishop 1219–1233
• Arsenije I of Srem, Second Archbishop 1233–1263
• Makarije Sokolović, Patriarch of the restored Serbian Church 1557–1571
• Arsenije III Čarnojević, Patriarch 1674–1691, led the Great Serb Migrations
• Prince-bishop Danilo I Šćepčev Petrović-Njegoš (1679–1737)
• Prince-bishop Sava II Petrović-Njegoš (1737–1782)
• Prince-bishop Vasilije III Petrović-Njegoš (1744–1766)
• Prince-bishop Petar I Petrović-Njegoš (Saint Peter of Cetinje), Bishop of Cetinje and Prince-Bishop of Montenegro 1782–1830
• Prince-bishop Petar II Petrović-Njegoš (1830–1851)
• Mitrofan Ban, Exarch, receiver of the Obilić medal in the Montenegrin-Ottoman War 1876–1878
• Patriarch Pavle, 44th Patriarch 1990–2009

Theologians

• Saint Sava, first Serbian Patriarch
• Nikolaj Velimirović
• Justin Popović
• Josif Rajačić
• Veselin Čajkanović