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Saint Joanikije II Јоаникије II
Joanikije II, fresco from the Church of St. Demetrius
Archbishop of All Serbian and Maritime Lands
Venerated in	Eastern Orthodox Church
Church	Serbian Orthodox Church
Metropolis	Serbian Patriarchate of Peć
See	Patriarchal Monastery 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	Patriarchal 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 Patriarchal Monastery 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. Joanikije was elected Serbian Archbishop on January 3, 1338. 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. In 1346, the king convened a regional assembly of church leaders, which declared the independence of the Serbian Church and elevated it to a Patriarchate. Joanikije was designated 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 Patriarchal Monastery of Peć.

Annotations

• Name: His name was Joanikije (Greek: Joanikios, Latin: Joanicius). His family surname is unknown.

References

1. ^ Miodrag Al Purković; Miodrag M. Purković (1976). Srpski patrijarsi Srednjega veka. Srpska pravoslavna eparhija zapadnoevropska. p. 27.
2. Melton, J. Gordon. Faiths Across Time: 5,000 Years of Religious History, ABC-CLIO, 2014 ISBN 9781610690263, p. 912

Sources

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• Л. Мирковић. Архиепископ Данило (и његови настављачи): Животи краљева и архиепископа Српских. СКЗ.

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