Makarije Sokolović

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St. Makarije, Serbian Patriarch Свети Макарије патријарх српски
His Holiness the Archbishop of Peć and Patriarch of Serbs and Bulgarians

Church	Serbian Orthodox Church
Installed	1557
Term ended	1571
Predecessor	Pavle (I)
Successor	Antonije
Orders
Rank	Patriarch
Personal details
Birth name	Makarije Sokolović
Born	Višegrad
Died	1574
Nationality	Serb
Denomination	Orthodox Christian
Sainthood
Feast day	August 30 (Julian) September 12 (Gregorian)
Canonized	by Serbian Orthodox Church

Makarije Sokolović (Serbian: Макарије Соколовић ; died 1574) was the Patriarch of the Serbian Orthodox Church (Patriarchate of Peć) from 1557 to 1571. He was the first patriarch of the restored Serbian Patriarchate, after its lapse in 1463 that resulted from the Ottoman conquest of Serbia. He is variously reported to have been the brother, nephew, or first cousin of the Ottoman Grand Vizier Mehmed-paša Sokolović, who used his influence in the Ottoman Empire to reestablish the Patriarchate of Peć.^[1] Patriarch Makarije is celebrated as a saint in the Serbian Orthodox Church.

Biography

He was born in the 16th century, his family hailing from the Serb clan of Piva in Old Herzegovina. He was a close kinsman of Mehmed-paša Sokolović, the Ottoman Grand Vizier.

Prior to the reestablishment of the Patriarchate, the Serbs were under the jurisdiction of the Archbishopric of Ochrid. Metropolitan of Smederevo Pavle was one of many that did not recognize the current status of Serb Orthodox in the Ottoman Empire, and sought to make the Serbian Church independent once again. Makarije became the First Patriarch of the Patriarchate of Peć in 1557. The Ottoman Sultan gave Makarije the same rights as the Patriarch of Constantinople.

The jurisdiction of the Patriarchy was the lands of Emperor Dušan the Mighty (Serbian Empire) and Uroš Nemanjić (Serbian Kingdom), with Bačka, Banat, Baranja, Srem, Slavonia, Bosanska Krajina, Bosna, Lika, Krbava and Dalmatia, and had more than 40 eparchies, among some newly founded: Eparchy of Trebinje, Eparchy of Požeška etc.

Among renewed monasteries were: Banja Monastery in Priboj, Gračanica, Studenica, Pećka patrijaršija, Budisavci in Kosovo and Metohia. This started a renaissance of the Serb culture; in arts, literature and overall culture.

Because of illness he was succeeded in 1571, by his fraternal nephew Antonije Sokolović, he died in 1574.

References

↑ Gábor Ágoston, Bruce Alan Masters (2009). "Serbian Orthodox Church". Encyclopedia of the Ottoman Empire. p.520.

Orthodox Church titles
Preceded by Pavle I	Patriarch of Serbs 1557-1571	Succeeded by Antonije

Spiritual leaders of the Serbian Orthodox Church

Archbishops (1219–1337)

St. Sava St. Arsenije I Sremac St. Sava II Danilo I Joanikije I St. Jevstatije I St. Jakov St. Jevstatije II St. Sava III St. Nikodim I St. Danilo II

Patriarchs (since 1346)

1346–1463	St. Joanikije II Sava IV St. Jefrem St. Spiridon Danilo III, Patriarch of Serbia Sava V Danilo IV St. Kirilo St. Nikon Teofan Nikodim II Arsenije II

1557–1766	St. Makarije Sokolović Antonije Sokolović Gerasim Sokolović Savatije Sokolović Nikanor Jerotej Filip Jovan Pajsije I Janjevac St. Gavrilo I Rajić Maksim Skopljanac Arsenije III Čarnojević Kalinik I Skopljanac Atanasije I Mojsije Rajović Arsenije IV Jovanović Šakabenta Joanikije III Karadža-Grk Atanasije II Gavrilović Gavrilo II Sarajevac Gavrilo III Vikentije Stefanović Pajsije II Grk Gavrilo IV Grk Kirilo II Vasilije Jovanović-Brkić Kalinik II Grk

since 1920	Dimitrije Varnava Gavrilo Vikentije German Pavle Irinej

Metropolitans and Patriarchs of Karlovci (1690–1920)

Arsenije III Čarnojević
Isaija Đaković
Sofronije Podgoričanin
Vikentije Popović
Mojsije Petrović
Vićentije Jovanović
Arsenije IV Jovanović Šakabenta
Isaija Antonović
Pavle Nenadović
Jovan Đorđević
Vićentije Jovanović Vidak
Mojisije Putnik
Stefan Stratimirović
Stefan Stanković
Josif Rajačić
Samuilo Maširević
Prokopije Ivačković
German Anđelić
Georgije Branković
Lukijan Bogdanović

Metropolitans of Belgrade (1801–1920)

Leontije Lambrović Agatanel Antim Melentije Pavlović Petar Jovanović Mihailo Jovanović Teodosije Mraović Inokentije Pavlović Dimitrije Pavlović

Metropolitans of Montenegro (1484–1920)

Visarion Vavila Roman German Romu Vasilije Makarije Dionisije Romil Pahomije Đerasim Venijamin Stefan Rufim I Mardarije Pajsije Rufim II Visarion Borilović-Bajica Sava Očinić Danilo Sava Vasilije Arsenije Plamenac Petar I Petar II Danilo II Nikanor Ivanović Ilarion Roganović Visarion Ljubiša Mitrofan Ban

Persondata
Name	Sokolovic, Makarije
Alternative names
Short description	Serbian patriarch
Date of birth
Place of birth	Višegrad
Date of death	1574
Place of death

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