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Patriarch Irinej of Serbia

Serbian Patriarch Irinej
Српски патријарх Иринеј
His Holiness the Archbishop of Peć, Metropolitan of Belgrade and Karlovci, and Serbian Patriarch
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Church Serbian Orthodox Church
See Belgrade
Installed 23 January 2010
Predecessor Pavle
Successor current
Orders
Ordination 1959
Consecration 1974
Personal details
Birth name Miroslav Gavrilović
Born (1930-08-28) 28 August 1930 (age 86)
Vidova, Čačak, Drina Banovina, Kingdom of Yugoslavia
Nationality Serb
Denomination Serbian Orthodox Church
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Styles of
Serbian Patriarch Irinej
Reference style His Holiness
Spoken style Your Holiness
Religious style Patriarch
Posthumous style N/A

Irinej (Irenaeus, Serbian Cyrillic: Иринеј, pronounced [irǐneːj]; born 28 August 1930 in Vidova near Čačak, Kingdom of Yugoslavia) is the 45th Patriarch of the Serbian Orthodox Church, the spiritual leader of Eastern Orthodox Serbs, since 22 January 2010. His full title is His Holiness the Archbishop of Peć, Metropolitan of Belgrade and Karlovci, and Serbian Patriarch Irinej. He served as the Bishop of Niš between 1975 and 2010.

Irinej was born Miroslav Gavrilović (Мирослав Гавриловић, pronounced [mǐroslaʋ ɡaʋrǐːloʋitɕ]). After graduating from high school, he enrolled and completed the Orthodox seminary in Prizren (the Serbian Orthodox Seminary of Prizren). He then enrolled the University of Belgrade's Theological Faculty and served in the army after graduating. After military service, he was tonsured a monk in 1959 in Rakovica monastery, receiving the monastic name of Irinej (from Ancient Greek: Εἰρηναῖος; Irenaeus). He was a professor at the Prizren Seminary, and completed postgraduate studies in Athens. In 1969, he was appointed a head of the monastic school at Ostrog monastery. He later returned to Prizren, where he was appointed Rector of the Prizren Seminary in 1969.


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