Gavrilo I, Serbian Patriarch

Serbian Patriarch Gavrilo I Српски патријарх Гаврило I
Archbishop of Peć and Serbian Patriarch
Church	Serbian Orthodox Church
See	Patriarchal Monastery of Peć
Installed	1648
Term ended	1655
Predecessor	Pajsije I
Successor	Maksim I
Personal details
Birth name	Gavrilo Rajić
Died	1659
Nationality	Rum Millet (Serbian)
Denomination	Eastern Orthodox Christian
Occupation	Spiritual leader of the Serbian Orthodox Church

Gavrilo I Rajić (died 1659) was Archbishop of Peć and Serbian Patriarch between 1648 and 1655. He was murdered by Turks and therefore celebrated by Eastern Orthodox Church as Hieromartyr. His feast day is celebrated on December 13.

Metropolitan

Gavrilo was born around 1605-1610 in the region of Stari Vlah into a noble Rajić family. He entered into the church service and became Metropolitan of Smederevo. In 1643, he was elected Metropolitan of Raška. Around 1644, He rebuilt the Monastery of the Holy Archangels in the Kovilje Mountains. After the death of Serbian Patriarch Pajsije on November 3/13 1647, Gavrilo was elected new patriarch in 1648.^[1]

Patriarch

In 1653, he decided to travel to Russia to ask for material support for Serbian Patriarchate. After meeting with Metropolitan Arsenije of Herzegovina on Christmas Eve, he went first to Wallachia and arrived in Trgovište where he tried to reconcile the Wallachian Prince Matei Basarab with the Cossack Hetman Bohdan Khmelnytsky. From there, Patriarch Gavrilo traveled to Russia in 1654, taking with him two books for printing: Lives of Serbian Emperors and Patriarchs and Typikon against Latin Heresy of Saint Nil Kabasilas. He was welcomed by Russian Patriarch Nikon and Russian Tsar Michael Romanov. He also participated in the famous Moscow Synod in 1658 which approved Nikon's reforms. Since he decided to stay in Russia, he wrote to Serbian metropolitans to elect a new patriarch.^[2]

Soon after, he changed his mind and left Russia arriving back to Ottoman Empire in 1659. Upon return, he was accused by the Turks of being responsible for the Russo-Turkish War. he was also accused of attempting to convert some Turks to Christianity. Brought before the tribunal, he was ordered to embrace Islam. After Gavrilo refused, he was sentenced to death. He was executed in Bursa on July 18, 1659. Presbyter Pavle took his remains and buried them. He was entered on the list of Serbian saints.^[3]

References

Bibliography

Đoko M. Slijepčević (1962). Istorija Srpske pravoslavne crkve. Iskra.
Sava Vuković (1996). Srpski jerarsi: od devetog do dvadesetog veka. Evro-Unireks-Kalenić. p. 102.
Olga Zirojević, Srbija pod turskom vlašću 1459-1804, Belgrade 2007

Eastern Orthodox Church titles
Preceded by Pajsije I	Archbishop of Peć and Serbian Patriarch 1648–1655	Succeeded by Maksim I

Spiritual leaders of the Serbian Orthodox Church

Archbishops

1219–1346	Sava (St.) Arsenije Sremac (St.) Sava II (St.) Danilo I (St.) Joanikije I (St.) Jevstatije I (St.) Jakov (St.) Jevstatije II (St.) Sava III (St.) Nikodim I (St.) Danilo II (St.) Joanikije II (St.)

Patriarchs (since 1346)

1346–1463	Joanikije II (St.) Sava IV Jefrem (St.) Spiridon (St.) Danilo III Sava V Danilo IV Kirilo I (St.) Nikon I (St.) Teofan I Nikodim II Arsenije II

1557–1766	Makarije Sokolović (St.) Antonije Sokolović Gerasim Sokolović Savatije Sokolović Nikanor Jerotej Filip Sokolović Jovan Pajsije I Gavrilo I (St.) Maksim I Arsenije III Kalinik I Atanasije I Mojsije I Arsenije IV Joanikije III Atanasije II Gavrilo II Gavrilo III Vikentije I Pajsije II Gavrilo IV Kirilo II Vasilije I Kalinik II

since 1920	Dimitrije Varnava Gavrilo Vikentije German Pavle Irinej

Heads of the Serbian Orthodox Church in the Habsburg Monarchy (1690–1920)

Metropolitans of Karlovci 1690–1726	Arsenije III Čarnojević Isaija Đaković Sofronije Podgoričanin Vikentije Popović

Metropolitan of Belgrade 1718–1726	Mojsije Petrović

Metropolitans of Belgrade and Karlovci 1726–1739	Mojsije Petrović Vićentije Jovanović Arsenije IV Jovanović Šakabenta

Metropolitans of Karlovci 1739–1848	Arsenije IV Jovanović Šakabenta Isaija Antonović Pavle Nenadović Jovan Đorđević Vićentije Jovanović Vidak Mojisije Putnik Stefan Stratimirović Stefan Stanković Josif Rajačić

Metropolitans and Patriarchs of Karlovci 1848–1920	Josif Rajačić Samuilo Maširević Prokopije Ivačković German Anđelić Georgije Branković Lukijan Bogdanović

Metropolitans of Belgrade

1831–1920	Melentije Pavlović Petar Jovanović Mihailo Jovanović Teodosije Mraović Inokentije Pavlović Dimitrije Pavlović

Metropolitans of Montenegro

1766–1920	Sava Petrović Arsenije Plamenac Petar I Petar II Danilo II Nikanor Ivanović Ilarion Roganović Visarion Ljubiša Mitrofan Ban

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