Irinej
Sign in to saveAlso known as Miroslav Gavrilovic, Irinej, Serbian Patriarch
Serbian patriarch (1930-2020)
Key facts
- Church
- Serbian Orthodox Church
- See
- Belgrade
- Installed
- 23 January 2010
- Term ended
- 20 November 2020
- Predecessor
- Pavle
- Successor
- Porfirije
- Ordination
- 24 October 1959
- Consecration
- 1 May 1974
- Born
- ( 1930-08-28 ) 28 August 1930, Vidova , Kingdom of Yugoslavia
- Died
- ( 2020-11-20 ) 20 November 2020, Belgrade , Serbia
- Buried
- Church of Saint Sava , Belgrade
- Denomination
- Eastern Orthodoxy
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Serbia
- Place of birth
- Vidova
- Place of death
- Belgrade
- Occupation
- Eastern Orthodox priest
- Educated at
- University of Belgrade
- Languages spoken
- Serbian
- Religion
- Eastern Orthodoxy
- Image
- Патриарх Сербский Ириней 2019.jpg
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- Commons category
- Patriarch Irenaeus of Serbia
- date of birth
- 1930-08-28
- birth name
- Miroslav Gavrilović
- consecrator
- Patriarch German of Serbia
- date of death
- 2020-11-20
- cause of death
- COVID-19
- manner of death
- natural causes
- name in native language
- Патријарх Иринеј
- place of burial
- Church of Saint Sava
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Encyclopedic overview
Irinej (Serbian: Иринеј, English: Irenaeus; born Miroslav Gavrilović; 28 August 1930 – 20 November 2020) was the 45th Patriarch of the Serbian Orthodox Church, serving from 2010 until his death in 2020.
Early life
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