Stefan Stanković (;
Sremski Karlovci
Sremski Karlovci ( sr-Cyrl, Сремски Карловци, ) is a town and municipality located in the South Bačka Districtautonomous province of Vojvodina, Serbia. It is situated on the banks of the Danube, from Novi Sad. According to the 202 ...
,
Austrian Empire
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, 24 June 1788 - Sremski Karlovci, Austrian Empire, 31 July 1841) was a Serbian Orthodox
bishop
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from the
Eparchy of Buda
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Name
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and
Metropolitan of Karlovci
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from 1836 to 1841, succeeding
Stefan Stratimirović
Stefan Stratimirović (; 27 December 1757 – 22 September 1836) was a Serbian bishop who served as the Metropolitan of Karlovci, head of the Serbian Orthodox Church in the Austrian Empire, between 1790 and 1836. Having been appointed metropolit ...
. He was succeeded by Metropolitan
Josif Rajačić
Josif Rajačić ( sr-Cyrl, Јосиф Рајачић; 20 July 1785 – 1 December 1861), also known as Josif Rajačić-Brinski, was the Serbian Orthodox Church, Serbian Orthodox Archbishop and Metropolitanate of Karlovci, metropolitan of Sremski ...
.
Biography
He was born in Sremski Karlovci to parents Stojko and Pelagija. He completed his high school education in Sremski Karlovci and the Faculty of Philosophy at the
University of Pest
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. In 1807 Metropolitan
Stefan Stratimirović
Stefan Stratimirović (; 27 December 1757 – 22 September 1836) was a Serbian bishop who served as the Metropolitan of Karlovci, head of the Serbian Orthodox Church in the Austrian Empire, between 1790 and 1836. Having been appointed metropolit ...
appointed him professor in Karlovci. He was ordained
deacon
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Major Christian denominations, such as the Cathol ...
on 25 December 1808 by the Bishop Josif Putnik of the
Eparchy of Pakrac
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. Bishop Josif (Putnik) was sympathetic to Stanković and helped him move ahead. Josif took him with him to
Croatia
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, to Pakrac where he received the bishop's throne. He was promoted to the rank of
Protodeacon
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on 15 August 1809 at
Lepavina Monastery
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Fr ...
. He went to the Rakovac monastery where he was initiated in the act of small
schima
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. He was tonsured by the head of the monastery Archimandrite Prokopije Bolić. He was promoted to the rank of
Archimandrite
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of
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on 13 July 1819.
He was elected bishop of
Buda
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at a consecration ceremony in Sremski Karlovci on 20 January 1829 presided by Metropolitan
Stefan Stratimirović
Stefan Stratimirović (; 27 December 1757 – 22 September 1836) was a Serbian bishop who served as the Metropolitan of Karlovci, head of the Serbian Orthodox Church in the Austrian Empire, between 1790 and 1836. Having been appointed metropolit ...
with the bishops of
Timișoara
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Josif and Gideon of Bačka. In his honour, Adam Dragosavljević wrote an ode in 1829 that was the second book published in
Vuk Karadžić
Vuk Stefanović Karadžić ( sr-Cyrl, Вук Стефановић Караџић, ; 6 November 1787 (26 October OS)7 February 1864) was a Serbian philologist, anthropologist and linguist. He was one of the most important reformers of the moder ...
's reformed language. Prota Stamatović dedicated his almanac ''Serbska pčela'' ("The Serbian Bee") to Metropolitan Stefan (Stanković), initiated in 1830. He was appointed Bishop of Bačka on 30 September 1834.
["Српски сион", Сремски Карловци 1903.] He loved playing bagpipes.
After the death of Stefan Stratimirović, he was elected Metropolitan of Karlovac on 23 November 1837. During his reign as Metropolitan, he provided scholarships for 12 young men, including the painter
Dimitrije Avramović
Dimitrije "Mita" Avramović (Serbian Cyrillic: Димитрије Мита Митриновић; 15 March 1815 – 1 March 1855) was a Serbian writer, iconographer, caricaturist and painter in the Neoclassical style, considered to be the preem ...
. He died in Sremski Karlovci in 1841, where he was buried in the Cathedral Church.
See also
*
Metropolitanate of Karlovci
The Metropolitanate of Karlovci () was a metropolitanate of the Eastern Orthodox Church that existed in the Habsburg monarchy between 1708 and 1848. Between 1708 and 1713, it was known as the Metropolitanate of Krušedol Monastery, Krušedol, ...
*
List of heads of the Serbian Orthodox Church
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External links
Stefan Stanković
References
Metropolitans of Karlovci
Bishops of Bačka
19th-century Serbian people
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