Nikanor I Explained

Nikanor I, also referred to as Nikanor; Nikanor I, Serbian Patriarch; and Nicanor was a Serbian Orthodox prelate.^[1]

Career

He became the 17th Archbishop of Peć and Serbian Patriarch when he replaced Savatije Sokolović in 1588. Church records state that he was enthroned in 1588 but lack information about his term. Jerotej Sokolović succeeded him the following year.

He came from Novo Brdo and was instrumental in establishing the first printing press in Serbia.^[2]

While at the Gračanica Monastery, he was credited for producing manuscripts in the Serbian version of the Old Church Slavonic.^{[3] [4]} As a Metropolitan, he was a donor of cathedra icons.

See also

• List of heads of the Serbian Orthodox Church

Notes and References

1. Book: Lords Temporal and Lords Spiritual: A Chronological Checklist of the Popes, Patriarchs, Katholikoi, and Independent Archbishops and Metropolitans of the Autocephalcus Monarchical Churches of the Christian East and West. 9780893703264. Burgess. Michael. 1995.
2. Web site: Google Scholar. scholar.google.com.
3. Web site: Monastery Treasuries in Serbia. Mirjana. Šakota. August 20, 1966. Turistička štampa. Google Books.
4. Book: Bataković, Dušan T.. The Foreign Policy of Serbia (1844-1867): IIija Garašanin's Načertanije: La politique étrangère de la Serbie (1844-1867): Načertanije d'Ilija Garašanin. 2014. Balkanološki institut SANU. 978-86-7179-089-5. en.