Varnava, Serbian Patriarch

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Varnava Rosić (Serbian Cyrillic: Варнава Росић; September 11, 1880 – July 23, 1937) was the Patriarch of the Serbian Orthodox Church from 1930 to 1937.^[1] He was born Petar Rosić in Pljevlja, belonging at that time to the Ottoman Empire, on August 29, 1880.

Life

Since Metropolitan Parthenios of

Varnava firmly resisted the introduction of legislation giving greater privileges to the Roman Catholic Church not in Yugoslavia in general, but in Serbia in particular (hence The Concordat Crisis). He maintained that these would certainly undermine the positions of both the Serbian Orthodox Church and those of other faiths in the country. He died unexpectedly during the night between July 23–24, 1937 when the Concordat legislation was carried into Parliament.^[2] The Holy Synod was also against government pro-Concordat policy, and the government was soon forced to withdraw this new legislation.

It is believed that Patriarch Varnava was poisoned because of his struggle against Concordat, and his death is still unresolved.

He was the great-uncle of performance artist Marina Abramović.^[3][4]

Patriarch Varnava was awarded Order of the White Eagle and a number of other decorations.^[5]

See also

• List of 20th-century religious leaders

References

Sources

• Слијепчевић, Ђоко М. (1966). Историја Српске православне цркве
  . Vol. књ. 2. Минхен: Искра.
• Слијепчевић, Ђоко М. (1986). Историја Српске православне цркве
  . Vol. књ. 3. Келн: Искра.
• Вуковић, Сава (1996). Српски јерарси од деветог до двадесетог века (Serbian Hierarchs from the 9th to the 20th Century). Београд: Евро.

External links

• Prayerful remembrance of Patriarch Varnava Rosić
• Ђоко Слијепчевић (2008). "Конкордат и смрт патријарха Варнаве". Rastko.

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