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Jovan Pavlović (minister)
Jovan Pavlović ( sr-Cyrl, Јован Павловић; 22 October 1936 – 3 April 2014) was a Serbian Eastern Orthodox Church, Orthodox prelate who was the metropolitan bishop Metropolitanate of Zagreb and Ljubljana, of Zagreb and Ljubljana of the Serbian Orthodox Church from 1982 until his death in 2014. He was one of the most prominent individuals in Serbs of Croatia, Serbian community in Croatia during his lifetime. Jovan was born in the village of Medinci in 1936 and died in the Sisters of Charity Hospital (Zagreb), Sisters of Charity Hospital in Zagreb on 3 April 2014. He was the highest representative of the Serbian Orthodox Church in Croatia for more than two decades. Early life and education Jovan was born in Medinci, Yugoslavia on 22 October 1936. He finished elementary school in Medinci and secondary in Podravska Slatina. After he completed his seminary education at Rakovica, Belgrade, Rakovica Monastery he graduated at University of Belgrade Faculty of Orthodox Theo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Metropolitanate Of Zagreb And Ljubljana
The Metropolitanate of Zagreb and Ljubljana () is an Eastern Orthodox eparchy (diocese) and one of the five honorary metropolitanates of the Serbian Orthodox Church. The headquarters of the metropolia is located in Zagreb, Croatia, and its jurisdiction covers northern Croatia and the entire territory of Slovenia. History During the Middle Ages, History of Slovenia, Slovenia was under Habsburg monarchy, Habsburg rule, while the neighbouring Banate of Slavonia was under the rule of Croatia in union with Hungary, Hungarian kings. Some eastern regions of medieval Slavonia were inhabited by Serbs, who settled there after fleeing Bosnia during the 15th century, even before the Ottoman conquest of Bosnia in 1463. In 1438, Pope Eugene IV sent the inquisitor Giacomo della Marca to Slavonia as a missionary to baptize "schismatic" Serbs in "Catholic Church, Roman religion", and if that failed, to banish them. In 1454, the Serbian Orthodox liturgical book ''Varaždin Apostol'' was written ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
