Kirilo II, Serbian Patriarch
Kirilo II (Serbian Cyrillic: Кирило II, Greek: Κύριλλος Β΄) was Archbishop of Peć and Serbian Patriarch from 1759 to 1763. He was an ethnic Greek.[1]
Kirilo II | |
|---|---|
| Archbishop of Peć and Serbian Patriarch | |
| Church | Serbian Patriarchate of Peć |
| See | Patriarchal Monastery of Peć |
| Installed | 1759 |
| Term ended | 1763 |
| Predecessor | Gavrilo IV |
| Successor | Vasilije I |
| Personal details | |
| Nationality | Rum Millet |
| Denomination | Eastern Orthodox Church |
| Occupation | Primate of the Serbian Orthodox Church |
In 1758, internal crisis and struggles in the Serbian Patriarchate of Peć resulted in deposition of Serbian Patriarch Gavrilo IV, and soon after that another ethnic Greek — metropolitan Cyril (Greek: Κύριλλος), was appointed at his place, becoming Serbian Patriarch "Kirilo II". New patriarch had to face many difficulties, since the Serbian Patriarchate of Peć was in great debt,[2] and he also faced some internal opposition among Serbian clergy. One of Serbian metropolitans, Vasilije Jovanović-Brkić of Dabar and Bosnia managed to depose and succeed patriarch Kirilo II in 1763, becoming new Serbian patriarch as Vasilije I.[3]
References edit
- ^ Вуковић 1996, p. 276-277.
- ^ Ćirković 2004, p. 177.
- ^ Вуковић 1996, p. 61.
Sources edit
- Ćirković, Sima (2004). The Serbs. Malden: Blackwell Publishing. ISBN 9781405142915.
- Fotić, Aleksandar (2008). "Serbian Orthodox Church". Encyclopedia of the Ottoman Empire. New York: Infobase Publishing. pp. 519–520. ISBN 9781438110257.
- Kašić, Dušan, ed. (1965). Serbian Orthodox Church: Its past and present. Vol. 1. Belgrade: Serbian Orthodox Church.
- Pavlovich, Paul (1989). The History of the Serbian Orthodox Church. Serbian Heritage Books. ISBN 9780969133124.
- Слијепчевић, Ђоко М. (1962). Историја Српске православне цркве (History of the Serbian Orthodox Church). Vol. књ. 1. Минхен: Искра.
- Вуковић, Сава (1996). Српски јерарси од деветог до двадесетог века (Serbian Hierarchs from the 9th to the 20th Century). Београд: Евро.
External links edit
- Official site of the Serbian Orthodox Church: Serbian Archbishops and Patriarchs 2017-12-27 at the Wayback Machine