Joanikije II
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Saint Joanikije II | |
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| Archbishop of All Serbian and Maritime Lands | |
 Joanikije II, fresco from the Church of St. Demetrius | |
| Church | Serbian Orthodox Church |
| Metropolis | Serbian Patriarchate |
| See | Monastery of the Patriarchate of Peć |
| Installed | January 3, 1338 |
| Term ended | September 3, 1354 |
| Predecessor | Danilo II |
| Successor | Sava IV |
| Other post(s) | logotet |
| Orders | |
| Rank | Metropolitan, Archbishop, Patriarch |
| Personal details | |
| Died | September 3, 1354 |
| Buried | Monastery of Peć |
| Nationality | Serb |
| Denomination | Eastern Orthodoxy |
| Residence | Prizren, Peć |
| Alma mater | Hilandar |
| Sainthood | |
| Feast day | ? [O.S. September 3] |
| Canonized | by Serbian Orthodox Church |
Joanikije II (Serbian Cyrillic: Јоаникије II; fl. 1337– d. 1354) was the Serbian Archbishop (1338–1346) and first Serbian Patriarch (1346–1354). He was elected Serbian Archbishop on January 3, 1338. Prior to his election, he served as a logotet, royal chancellor, to the Kingdom of Serbia. He was elevated to Patriarch on Palm Sunday, April 6, 1346, done in order for Joanikije to crown King Stefan Uroš IV Dušan as Emperor on Easter of 1346 with the approval of the Patriarch of Trnovo, Archbishop of Ohrid, and community of Mount Athos. Joanikije continued a tradition of church building, and built, among others, two churches in the Holy Land: the Church of St. Elias on Mount Carmel and the Church of St. Nicholas on Mount Tabor. Joanikije died on September 3, 1354, which is his feast day. He was buried in the Monastery of the Patriarchate of Peć.
Life
Joanikije was born in the vicinity of Prizren, an important town in the Kingdom of Serbia. His family was Christian.
Joanikije served as a logotet, royal chancellor, to the Serbian King Stefan Uroš IV Dušan (r. 1331-1346; afterwards as Emperor until 1355).
Archbishop Danilo II died on December 19, 1337.[1] Joanikije was elected Serbian Archbishop on January 3, 1338.[1] He continued the Christian work of his predecessors, and had the Monastery of Peć, which was the seat of the Archbishop built by Nikodim and Danilo I, further worked on, adding icons and frescoes and other things.
King Dušan had expanded his territory into the deep Greek (Byzantine) south in the 1340s. Joanikije was elevated to Patriarch on Palm Sunday, April 6, 1346, done in order for Joanikije to crown King Stefan Uroš IV Dušan as Emperor on Easter of 1346 with the approval of the Patriarch of Trnovo, Archbishop of Ohrid, and community of Mount Athos.
Joanikije II continued a tradition of church building, and built, among others, two churches in the Holy Land: the Church of St. Elias on Mount Carmel and the Church of St. Nicholas on Mount Tabor.
Joanikije II died on September 3, 1354, which is his feast day. He was buried in the Monastery of Peć.
Annotations
- Name: His name was Joanikije (Greek: Joanikios, Latin: Joanicius). His patronymic or surname is unknown.
References
- ^ a b Miodrag Al Purković; Miodrag M. Purković (1976). Srpski patrijarsi Srednjega veka. Srpska pravoslavna eparhija zapadnoevropska. p. 27.
Sources
- This article incorporates text from Joanikije II at OrthodoxWiki which is licensed under the CC-BY-SA and GFDL.
- Л. Мирковић. Архиепископ Данило (и његови настављачи): Животи краљева и архиепископа Српских. СКЗ.
