Joanikije II

Saint Joanikije II
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 posts	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.

Tomb of Joanikije II in the Monastery of Peć.

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

1 2 Miodrag Al Purković; Miodrag M. Purković (1976). Srpski patrijarsi Srednjega veka. Srpska pravoslavna eparhija zapadnoevropska. p. 27.

Sources

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Eastern Orthodox Church titles
Preceded by Danilo II	Archbishop of Serbs January 3, 1338 – April 6, 1346	Succeeded by None
Preceded by None	Patriarch of Serbs and Greeks April 6, 1346 – September 3, 1354	Succeeded by Sava IV

Spiritual leaders of the Serbian Orthodox Church

Archbishops

1219–1346	Sava (St.) Arsenije Sremac (St.) Sava II (St.) Danilo I (St.) Joanikije I (St.) Jevstatije I (St.) Jakov (St.) Jevstatije II (St.) Sava III (St.) Nikodim I (St.) Danilo II (St.) Joanikije II (St.)

Patriarchs (since 1346)

1346–1463	Joanikije II (St.) Sava IV Jefrem (St.) Spiridon (St.) Danilo III Sava V Danilo IV Kirilo I (St.) Nikon I (St.) Teofan I Nikodim II Arsenije II

1557–1766	Makarije Sokolović (St.) Antonije Sokolović Gerasim Sokolović Savatije Sokolović Nikanor Jerotej Filip Sokolović Jovan Pajsije I Gavrilo I (St.) Maksim I Arsenije III Kalinik I Atanasije I Mojsije I Arsenije IV Joanikije III Atanasije II Gavrilo II Gavrilo III Vikentije I Pajsije II Gavrilo IV Kirilo II Vasilije I Kalinik II

since 1920	Dimitrije Varnava Gavrilo Vikentije German Pavle Irinej

Heads of the Serbian Orthodox Church in the Habsburg Monarchy (1690–1920)

Metropolitans of Karlovci 1690–1726	Arsenije III Čarnojević Isaija Đaković Sofronije Podgoričanin Vikentije Popović

Metropolitan of Belgrade 1718–1726	Mojsije Petrović

Metropolitans of Belgrade and Karlovci 1726–1739	Mojsije Petrović Vićentije Jovanović Arsenije IV Jovanović Šakabenta

Metropolitans of Karlovci 1739–1848	Arsenije IV Jovanović Šakabenta Isaija Antonović Pavle Nenadović Jovan Đorđević Vićentije Jovanović Vidak Mojisije Putnik Stefan Stratimirović Stefan Stanković Josif Rajačić

Metropolitans and Patriarchs of Karlovci 1848–1920	Josif Rajačić Samuilo Maširević Prokopije Ivačković German Anđelić Georgije Branković Lukijan Bogdanović

Metropolitans of Belgrade

1831–1920	Melentije Pavlović Petar Jovanović Mihailo Jovanović Teodosije Mraović Inokentije Pavlović Dimitrije Pavlović

Metropolitans of Montenegro

1766–1920	Sava Petrović Arsenije Plamenac Petar I Petar II Danilo II Nikanor Ivanović Ilarion Roganović Visarion Ljubiša Mitrofan Ban

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