Joanikije Pamučina (13 December 1810 in
Zagradinje
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- 9 September 1870 in
Mostar
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) was a Serbian writer,
ethnologist
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Scien ...
, and spiritual leader of his people in Bosnia and Hercegovina. His seat was at the Metropolitanate of Zahumlije-Herzegovina in Mostar.
Education
Joanikije Pamučina studied at
Duži Monastery
The Duži Monastery () is a Serbian Orthodox Church, Serbian Orthodox monastery dedicated to the Intercession of the Theotokos and located 10 kilometres west of the city of Trebinje in southern Republika Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is ...
and later at
Zavala Monastery, where he settled in 1829. Soon afterwards, he came to live in
Mostar
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Mostar is situated on the Neretva Riv ...
where he became well-known as a writer. There at the court of the Greek metropolitan he perfected his knowledge of the Greek language. He became an
Archimandrite
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and, after the death of the Metropolitan Grigorius in 1860, he ruled until 1864 the Metropolitanate of Zahumlije-Herzegovina in Mostar, though without the title of Bishop or Metropolitan. The Patriarch of Constantinople did not want to appoint him as a metropolitan even though the people in Mostar wanted him.
Literary work
Pamučina recorded folk compositions and poems, stories, axioms and proverbs, describing life and folk customs, preparing material for historical works. Most of his literary works were printed in the Srbsko-dalmatinski Magazine (1846-1864).
He wrote a biography of
Ali-paša Rizvanbegović, which is also the history of Herzegovina of that time. This work was translated in 1873 into Russian and printed in
Aleksander Hilferding
Alexander Hilferding (also spelled Aleksandar Fedorovich Giljferding; ; 14 July 1831 – 2 July 1872) was a Russian linguist and folklorist of German descent who collected some 318 bylinas in the Russian North.
A native of Warsaw, he assisted ...
's writings (III, 330-379). Pamučina also portrayed folklore and history in the story ''Pobjedonosno mučenje Hristine Rajkovića Djevojčice'' (Glorious Martyrdom of the Virgin Hristina Rajković).
Philanthropy
Joanikije Pamučina is also the founder of the Serbian National School in Mostar. He left 800 ducats at a state bank in Petrograd to a scholarship fund for underprivileged youth. His nephew was Metropolitan Leontije Radulović (1835-1888), who studied in Mostar.
Legacy
In December 2010, the City of Mostar, marked the 200th anniversary of the birth of Joanikije Pamučina. His "Sabrana djela" (Collected Works, 2005) and Vojo Kovačević's book "Life and Work of Joanikije Pamucina" (2009) were presented to celebrants.
See also
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Staka Skenderova
Staka Skenderova (c. 1831 – 26 May 1891) was a Serb teacher, social worker, writer and folklorist from Bosnia and Herzegovina. She is credited with establishing Sarajevo's first school for girls on 19 October 1858. The following year, she became ...
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Prokopije Čokorilo
Prokopije Čokorilo (born Procopius Tchokorilo; 1802–1866) was a Serbian Orthodox priest from Bosnia and Herzegovina who wrote several works in Serbian, Russian and Greek, his most well-known work being ''The Chronicles of Herzegovina''.
Early ...
References
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1810 births
1870 deaths
Serbian ethnographers
Serbian Orthodox clergy
Serbian writers
Serbs of Bosnia and Herzegovina