Vasilije, Serbian Patriarch

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'''Vasilije''' ({{lang-sr-cyr|Василије}}; 1719–1772) was a Serbian metropolitan of [[Eparchy of Dabar and Bosnia|Dabar and Bosnia]] who managed to depose and succeed Patriarch [[Kirilo II, Serbian Patriarch|Kirilo II]] in 1763, and become the new [[Serbian Patriarch]]. He was removed shortly after and was thus the last ethnic Serb patriarch before the abolition of the Peć Patriarchate in 1766.

'''Vasilije''' ({{lang-sr-cyr|Василије}}; 1719–1772) was a Serbian metropolitan of [[Metropolitanate of Dabar and Bosnia|Dabar and Bosnia]] who managed to depose and succeed Patriarch [[Kirilo II, Serbian Patriarch|Kirilo II]] in 1763, and become the new [[Serbian Patriarch]]. He was removed shortly after and was thus the last ethnic Serb patriarch before the abolition of the Peć Patriarchate in 1766.

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Vasilije, surnamed '''Jovanović Brkić''', was born in 1719 in Sremski Karlovci. His father Jovan was a teacher. From 1732 to 1738, Vasilije attended a Slavic college at Karlovci (''Collegium slavono-latino carloviciense'') headed by [[Emanuel Kozačinski]], at the same time as Vasilije Nenadović, the nephew of Metropolitan [[Pavle Nenadović]]. Later, the Austrian authorities closed the school and prohibited Serbian youth to pursue higher education in their own language. In the meantime, Vasilije was elevated to protodeacon by metropolitan [[Arsenije IV Jovanović Šakabenta]] and with that post, he was the supervisor of all deacons in the [[Metropolitanate of Karlovci|Metropolitanate of Sremski Karlovci]]. He supported and funded [[Hristofor Žefarović]]'s monumental work. In 1749 Vasilije became a suspect when he took too many liberties with the church [[treasury]] and the [[Eparchy of Bačka|Bačka]] bishop [[Visarion Pavlović]], the abbot of [[Velika Remeta Monastery|Remeta]] Atanasije Isaijević, and the [[Kotor]] ''[[providur]]'' Ivan Zusta accused him of [[wikt:abscond|abscond]]ing. Finding himself in a predicament he chose to leave Austria for Ottoman Serbia.{{cite book| url = https://www.academia.edu/25439874| title = (PDF) Очување националног идентитета захваљујући прожимању култура: Допринос првих универзитетски школованих Срба на Истоку и Западу Европе у 18. веку {{!}} Vladimir Vukašinović - Academia.edu| date = 18 May 2016}}

Vasilije, surnamed '''Jovanović Brkić''', was born in 1719 in Sremski Karlovci. His father Jovan was a teacher. From 1732 to 1738, Vasilije attended a Slavic college at Karlovci (''Collegium slavono-latino carloviciense'') headed by [[Emanuel Kozačinski]], at the same time as Vasilije Nenadović, the nephew of Metropolitan [[Pavle Nenadović]]. Later, the Austrian authorities closed the school and prohibited Serbian youth to pursue higher education in their own language. In the meantime, Vasilije was elevated to protodeacon by metropolitan [[Arsenije IV Jovanović Šakabenta]] and with that post, he was the supervisor of all deacons in the [[Metropolitanate of Karlovci|Metropolitanate of Sremski Karlovci]]. He supported and funded [[Hristofor Žefarović]]'s monumental work. In 1749 Vasilije became a suspect when he took too many liberties with the church [[treasury]] and the [[Eparchy of Bačka|Bačka]] bishop [[Visarion Pavlović]], the abbot of [[Velika Remeta Monastery|Remeta]] Atanasije Isaijević, and the [[Kotor]] ''[[providur]]'' Ivan Zusta accused him of [[wikt:abscond|abscond]]ing. Finding himself in a predicament he chose to leave Austria for Ottoman Serbia.{{cite book| url = https://www.academia.edu/25439874| title = (PDF) Очување националног идентитета захваљујући прожимању култура: Допринос првих универзитетски школованих Срба на Истоку и Западу Европе у 18. веку {{!}} Vladimir Vukašinović - Academia.edu| date = 18 May 2016}}