Vasilije, Serbian Patriarch
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Vasilije (Serbian Cyrillic: Василије) born Vasilije Jovanović-Brkić (Sremski Karlovci, Austrian Empire, 1719 - Imperial Russia, 10 February 1772) was a Serbian metropolitan of Dabar and Bosnia who managed to depose and succeed Patriarch Kirilo II in 1763, and become the new Serbian Patriarch.[1]
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Vasilije | |
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Archbishop of Peć and Serbian Patriarch | |
Church | Serbian Patriarchate of Peć |
See | Patriarchal Monastery of Peć |
Installed | 1763 |
Term ended | 1765 |
Predecessor | Kirilo II |
Successor | Kalinik II |
Personal details | |
Nationality | Rum Millet |
Denomination | Eastern Orthodox Church |
Occupation | Primate of the Serbian Orthodox Church |
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Vasilije Brkić, the last Serbian patriarch before the abolition of the Peć Patriarchate in 1766, wrote a report in 1771 for the needs of the Russian Government on the areas known to him that were under the Turks.