Dimitrije, Serbian Patriarch Explained

Dimitrije
Honorific-Prefix:His Holiness
Church:Serbian Orthodox Church
See:Belgrade
Patriarch Of:Archbishop of Peć, Metropolitan of Belgrade and Karlovci, and Serbian Patriarch
Birth Name:Dimitrije Pavlović
Enthroned:12 September 1920
Ended:6 April 1930
Ordination:1878
Consecration:1884
Predecessor:Kalinik II
Successor:Varnava I
Birth Date:28 October 1846
Birth Place:Požarevac, Principality of Serbia
Death Place:Belgrade, Kingdom of Yugoslavia
Background:plum
Serbian Patriarch Dimitrije I
Reference:His Holiness
Spoken:Your Holiness
Religious:Patriarch
Posthumous:His Holiness Patriarch Dimitrije I of Blessed Repose

Dimitrije (Serbian: Димитрије; 28 October 1846 – 6 April 1930) was the first Patriarch of the reunified Serbian Orthodox Church, from 1920 until his death. He was styled "His Holiness, the Archbishop of Peć, Metropolitan of Belgrade and Karlovci, and Serbian Patriarch".

Dimitrije Pavlović was born on 28 October 1846 in Požarevac, Serbia. He was appointed Bishop of Niš in 1884, and held that title until 1889. He then became Bishop of Šabac-Valjevo in 1898 and held that title until 1905. When Inokentije, Metropolitan of Belgrade, died in 1905, Dimitrije was appointed the successor. In 1920, the Serbian Patriarchate was re-established, thus Dimitrije became the first head of the re-established patriarchate. On 8 June 1922, he wed King Alexander I and Princess Maria of Romania in the Cathedral Church in Belgrade. Patriarch Dimitrije died on 6 April 1930 in Belgrade and was buried in the Rakovica monastery.

He was decorated Order of Saint Sava and Albanian Order of Skanderbeg for his help for Albanian Orthodox Church.[1]

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  1. Book: Acović, Dragomir. Slava i čast: Odlikovanja među Srbima, Srbi među odlikovanjima. 2012. Belgrade. Službeni Glasnik. 343.