Serbian Patriarch German II
| Serbian Patriarch German II Српски патријарх Герман II |
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| 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 | September 14, 1958 |
| Term ended | November 30, 1990 |
| Predecessor | Vikentije II |
| Successor | Pavle II |
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| Ordination | 1951 |
| Consecration | 1951 |
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| Birth name | Hranislav Đorić |
| Born | August 19, 1899 Jošanička Banja, Kingdom of Serbia |
| Died | August 27, 1991 (aged 92) Belgrade, Yugoslavia |
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Styles of Serbian Patriarch German II |
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| Reference style | His Holiness |
| Spoken style | Your Holiness |
| Religious style | Patriarch |
| Posthumous style | His Holiness Patriarch German II of Blessed Repose |
German (Serbian Cyrillic: Герман, English equivalent: Herman; August 19, 1899 - August 27, 1991) was the 43rd Patriarch of the Serbian Orthodox Church from 1958 to 1990. Nicknamed the red patriarch (Serbian: црвени патријарх) by his opponents, he was successful in revitalizing the Serbian Orthodox Church to a certain extent during the Communist period, despite two schisms that occurred during his tenure.
The full title of German was: His Holiness, the Archbishop of Peć, Metropolitan of Belgrade and Karlovci, and Serbian Patriarch German (Serbian: Његова светост, Архиепископ пећки, Митрополит београдско-карловачки и Патријарх српски, господин господин Герман)
Patriarch German was born Hranislav Đorić on August 19, 1899 in the spa of Jošanička Banja in central Serbia, in a family of techer, and latter priest. His father, Mihajlo Đorić of Velika Drenova, graduated from Belgrade's prestigious Seminary (Serbian: Београдска богословија) in 1895. Hranislav Đorić received a broad education and was among most educated members of the Serbian clergy, attending primary school in Velika Drenova and Kruševac, seminary in Belgrade and Sremski Karlovci (graduating in 1921), studying law in Paris' Sorbonne and finally graduating from the University of Belgrade's Orthodox Theology Faculty in 1942.
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