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[[File:Takovski ustanak.jpg|thumb|right|220px|Monument ''Takovo Uprising'' by [[Petar Ubavkić]], created for the [[Exposition Universelle (1900)]]. Installed in Belgrade near 20 [[Kneza Miloša Street]] in 2004, it depicts Prince Miloš (''with a [[sabre]] in his right arm'') and Metropolitan Melentije.]]
'''Melentije Pavlović''' ([[Gornja Vrbava]], 1776 – [[Vraćevšnica monastery]], 11 June 1833) was the first [[Serbs|Serb]] [[Metropolitanate of Belgrade|Metropolitan of Belgrade]], head of the [[Serbian Orthodox Church]] in the [[Principality of Serbia]] from 1831 until his death in 1833, as well as a participant in the [[Second Serbian Uprising]].
==Biography==
He was born in [[Gornja Vrbava]], a village near present-day [[Gornji Milanovac]]. He joined the monastery before 1810,<ref>Đ. Slijepčević, ''Istorija...'', p. 318.</ref> in March of that year<ref name="ReferenceA">Đ. Slijepčević, ''Istorija...'', p. 319.</ref> he became [[Hegumen]] of the [[Vraćevšnica monastery]].<ref name=":0">Đ. Slijepčević, ''Istorija...,'' p. 306.</ref> He did not take part in the [[First Serbian Uprising]], but he joined the [[Second Serbian Uprising]], participated in the [[Takovo Meeting]] and distinguished himself in the battles of [[Battle of Ljubić|Ljubić]] and [[Battle of Palež|Palež]].<ref name="ReferenceA"/> Thanks to his personal courage, Melentije gained respect of the Prince [[Miloš Obrenović]], who in 1818 appointed him a personal confessor of the [[Obrenović dynasty]]. With time, Melentije became his adviser, initially in religious matters and later also in general political matters. In 1823, the Prince entrusted him with the organization of a state school system.<ref name=":1">Đ. Slijepčević, ''Istorija...'', p. 320.</ref>
When the Prince reached an agreement with the [[Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople]] on the creation of the autonomous [[Metropolitanate of Belgrade]], he pointed out Melentije as the most appropriate candidate. In recommending Melentije to accept [[chirotony]] as bishop, the Prince called him the most honest, the most talented and the most respected among the Serb clergy.<ref name=":0" /> Melentije was ordained bishop by the [[Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople]] [[Constantius I of Constantinople|Constantius I]] on 18 August 1831. A year later, the autonomy of the Metropolitanate of Belgrade was confirmed.<ref>Đ. Slijepčević, ''Istorija...'', p. 317.</ref> At that moment he was seriously ill.<ref name=":1" />
Melentije, while holding office, determined the administrative division of the Metropolitanate to eparchies and organized a metropolitan office.<ref name=":1" /> He forbade church singing in [[Greek language]] in [[Belgrade]] churches, and he tried to create a printing house in Belgrade; he himself resided in [[Kragujevac]].<ref name=":2">Đ. Slijepčević, ''Istorija...'', p. 321.</ref> According to [[Radomir Popović]], a dispute arose between him and the Prince in the last period of Melentije's administration.<ref>R. Popović, ''Serbian...'', p. 58.</ref>
He died in 1833.<ref name=":2" />
==References==
==Sources==
* R. Popović, ''Serbian Orthodox Church in History'', Academy of Serbian Orthodox Church for Fine Arts and Conservation, Belgrade 2013.
* Đ. Slijepčević,''Istorija Srpske Pravoslavne Crkve'', t. II, JRJ, Beograd 2002.
[[Category:1776 births]]
[[Category:1833 deaths]]
[[Category:People from Gornji Milanovac]]
[[Category:People from the Principality of Serbia]]
[[Category:People of the Second Serbian Uprising]]
[[Category:Serbian revolutionaries]]
[[Category:Metropolitans of Belgrade]]
[[Category:Eastern Orthodox Christians from Serbia]]
[[Category:19th-century Eastern Orthodox bishops]]
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[[File:Takovski ustanak.jpg|thumb|right|220px|Monument ''Takovo Uprising'' by [[Petar Ubavkić]], created for the [[Exposition Universelle (1900)]]. Installed in Belgrade near 20 [[Kneza Miloša Street]] in 2004, it depicts Prince Miloš (''with a [[sabre]] in his right arm'') and Metropolitan Melentije.]]
'''Melentije Pavlović''' ([[Gornja Vrbava]], 1776 – [[Vraćevšnica monastery]], 11 June 1833) was the first [[Serbs|Serb]] [[Metropolitanate of Belgrade|Metropolitan of Belgrade]], head of the [[Serbian Orthodox Church]] in the [[Principality of Serbia]] from 1831 until his death in 1833, as well as a participant in the [[Second Serbian Uprising]].
==Biography==
He was born in [[Gornja Vrbava]], a village near present-day [[Gornji Milanovac]]. He joined the monastery before 1810,<ref>Đ. Slijepčević, ''Istorija...'', p. 318.</ref> in March of that year<ref name="ReferenceA">Đ. Slijepčević, ''Istorija...'', p. 319.</ref> he became [[Hegumen]] of the [[Vraćevšnica monastery]].<ref name=":0">Đ. Slijepčević, ''Istorija...,'' p. 306.</ref> He did not take part in the [[First Serbian Uprising]], but he joined the [[Second Serbian Uprising]], participated in the [[Takovo Meeting]] and distinguished himself in the battles of [[Battle of Ljubić|Ljubić]] and [[Battle of Palež|Palež]].<ref name="ReferenceA"/> Thanks to his personal courage, Melentije gained respect of the Prince [[Miloš Obrenović]], who in 1818 appointed him a personal confessor of the [[Obrenović dynasty]]. With time, Melentije became his adviser, initially in religious matters and later also in general political matters. In 1823, the Prince entrusted him with the organization of a state school system.<ref name=":1">Đ. Slijepčević, ''Istorija...'', p. 320.</ref>
When the Prince reached an agreement with the [[Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople]] on the creation of the autonomous [[Metropolitanate of Belgrade]], he pointed out Melentije as the most appropriate candidate. In recommending Melentije to accept [[chirotony]] as bishop, the Prince called him the most honest, the most talented and the most respected among the Serb clergy.<ref name=":0" /> Melentije was ordained bishop by the [[Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople]] [[Constantius I of Constantinople|Constantius I]] on 18 August 1831. A year later, the autonomy of the Metropolitanate of Belgrade was confirmed.<ref>Đ. Slijepčević, ''Istorija...'', p. 317.</ref> At that moment he was seriously ill.<ref name=":1" />
Melentije, while holding office, determined the administrative division of the Metropolitanate to eparchies and organized a metropolitan office.<ref name=":1" /> He forbade church singing in [[Greek language]] in [[Belgrade]] churches, and he tried to create a printing house in Belgrade; he himself resided in [[Kragujevac]].<ref name=":2">Đ. Slijepčević, ''Istorija...'', p. 321.</ref> According to [[Radomir Popović]], a dispute arose between him and the Prince in the last period of Melentije's administration.<ref>R. Popović, ''Serbian...'', p. 58.</ref>
He died in 1833.<ref name=":2" />
==References==
==Sources==
* R. Popović, ''Serbian Orthodox Church in History'', Academy of Serbian Orthodox Church for Fine Arts and Conservation, Belgrade 2013.
* Đ. Slijepčević,''Istorija Srpske Pravoslavne Crkve'', t. II, JRJ, Beograd 2002.
[[Category:1776 births]]
[[Category:1833 deaths]]
[[Category:People from Gornji Milanovac]]
[[Category:People from the Principality of Serbia]]
[[Category:People of the Second Serbian Uprising]]
[[Category:Serbian revolutionaries]]
[[Category:Metropolitans of Belgrade]]
[[Category:Eastern Orthodox Christians from Serbia]]
[[Category:19th-century Eastern Orthodox bishops]]
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