Georgije Branković

Georgije Branković

Georgije Branković (Serbian Cyrillic: Георгије Бранковић; 1830–1907) was the Patriarch of Karlovci—the spiritual leader of Habsburg Serbs—from 1890 until his death in 1907. He instigated a number of significant religious, educational and economic reforms within territories covered by the Patriarchate, and was a renowned patron of the arts.[1]

References

  1. Bojan Aleksov (2014). "The Serbian Orthodox Church". In Lucian N. Leustean. Orthodox Christianity and Nationalism in Nineteenth-Century Southeastern Europe. Oxford: Oxford University Press. p. 75. ISBN 978-0-823256-06-8.
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