Stefan Stratimirović
| Stefan Stratimirović | |
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| Metropolitan of Karlovci | |
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| Church | Serbian Orthodox Church |
| Province | Military Frontier, Austrian Empire |
| Metropolis | Metropolitanate of Karlovci |
| Installed | 1790 |
| Term ended | 1836 |
| Predecessor | Mojisije Putnik |
| Successor | Stefan Stanković |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 27 December 1757 Kulpin, Kingdom of Hungary, Habsburg Monarchy (now Serbia) |
| Died | 22 September 1836 (aged 78) Sremski Karlovci, Kingdom of Slavonia, Austrian Empire (now Serbia) |
| Nationality | Serb (Rascian) |
| Denomination | Eastern Orthodox |
| Residence | Sremski Karlovci |
Stefan Stratimirović (Serbian: Стефан Стратимировић; 27 December 1757 – 22 September 1836) was the Metropolitan of Karlovci, head of the Serbian Orthodox Church in the Austrian Empire, between 1790 and 1836. Having been appointed metropolitan at the age of 33, Stratimirović maintained control over church life decisively and autonomously. He was an aid to Serbian rebel leader Karađorđe during the First Serbian Uprising and actively participated in the suppression of Tican's Rebellion in 1807.
Born in Kulpin, a town in the Military Frontier, his family hailed from Herzegovina. Stratimirović lived in a private estate awarded to his family by Marie Therese in 1745. He was given a good education; he graduated from grade schools in Kulpin and Begeč, and later he attained the Gymnasium in Novi Sad, from which he also graduated. He afterwords studied philosophy and law in Vienna and Buda, later moving on to theology which he studied privately in Sremski Karlovci under Serbian archimandrite Jovan Rajić, because there were not yet any Serbian theology schools at the time. In 1784 he joined the Serbian Orthodox Church as a monk, and in 1786 he was appointed Bishop of Vršac. Later on he was appointed in the Eparchy of Buda, where he served for four years. On October 29, 1790, Stratimirović was made Metropolitan of Karlovci at the Assembly of Timişoara, at the age of 33.
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