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Atanasije Antonijević
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Atanasije Antonijević (Serbian Cyrillic: Атанасије Антонијевић; 1734-1804) was a Serbian archpriest of Bukovik known for blessing Karađorđe and the insurgents in Orašac in 1804 which precipitated the Serbian Revolution. He took part not only in the preparation of the First Serbian Uprising and thereafter prosecuting warfare but also in the process of the restoration of the Serbian state. History gives him a hallowed place to be remembered among the likes of his contemporaries such as the four martyred monks Hadži Ruvim, Hadži-Đera, Pajsije Ristović, and Avakum along with two hierarchs Metropolitan Melentije Pavlović and Melentije Simeonović Nikšić and priests Mateja Nenadović and Luka Lazarević.[1] In literature he is mentioned among the best champions of Orthodoxy.[2]
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