Mojsije Petrović
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Mojsije Petrović (Serbian Cyrillic: Мојсије Петровић; Belgrade, Ottoman Empire, 1677 – Belgrade, Habsburg monarchy, 27 July 1730) was the first Metropolitan of the unified Metropolitanate of Belgrade and Karlovci, from 1726 to 1730. As such, he exercised great influence among the Serbian and Romanian Orthodox faithful in the Habsburg Monarchy.[1][2][3]
Mojsije Petrović | |
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Metropolitan of Belgrade-Karlovci | |
Church | Serbian Orthodox Church |
Metropolis | Metropolitanate of Belgrade-Karlovci |
Installed | 1726 |
Term ended | 1730 |
Predecessor | Vićentije Popović |
Successor | Vićentije Jovanović |
Personal details | |
Born | 1677 |
Died | 1730, 27 July Belgrade, Habsburg monarchy |
Nationality | Serbian |
Denomination | Eastern Orthodox |
His close friendships with Prince Eugene of Savoy and Count Claude Florimond de Mercy contributed substantially to Charles VI's victories at the Battle of Petrovaradin in August 1716, Belgrade (1717), and the conquest of the Banat of Temesvár over the Ottoman Turks.
The opportunity to elect a prelate for dual function emerged in 1725 after the death of Metropolitan Vićentije Popović of Karlovci. Following his funeral, the high clergy convened in the Krušedol Monastery and wrote an official demand to the Emperor to summon an Assembly in order to elect a new Metropolitan of Karlovci. The plea was accepted, and the Assembly finally gathered in Karlovci in 1726. Despite all Imperial efforts to prevent the election of Mojsije Petrović to the post, the members of the Assembly unanimously won an important diplomatic victory. What was still lacking was full Imperial recognition that Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor did not grant to the newly chosen prelate on the occasion of his ceremonial installation in Karlovci.[2]
After the election of the previous Metropolitan Vićentije Popović in 1713, the administration was transferred in its entirety from Krušedol to Karlovci.[4] This establishment of the official seat was given the seal of Imperial approval in the charter of Charles VI issued in October 1713. Having received this dual Imperial and ecclesiastical approval, metropolitans gave to Karlovci in the following years two landmarks that would denote it as an unquestionable see of power. New archiepiscopal residence was built and elevated the existing Church of St. Nicholas to the rank of Cathedral. With these initial efforts, the rise of Karlovci commenced as the political, commercial, and increasingly, as the cultural capital of the Orthodox Serbs in the Habsburg Monarchy.[5]