Mitropolit beogradski Inokentije

Inokentije Pavlović (baptised as Jakov Pavlović; 1 August 1840 – 19 May 1905) was the Metropolitan of Belgrade, head of the Serbian Orthodox Church in the Kingdom of Serbia from 1898 until his death in 1905. He is the father of war artist Dragoljub Pavlović (1875–1956) and Chetnik freedom-fighter Aleksandar "Aca" Pavlović who died in the Macedonian Struggle on 27 July 1907 in Kučevište.

Biography

Early life He was born as the son of protoiereus and political activist Jovan Pavlović. In his hometown of Šabac, he graduated from elementary school and four middle school grades. Then he went to Belgrade, where for two years he studied in the seminary (Bogoslovija). He continued his seminar course in Kyiv, where he also graduated from the Theological Academy. In 1863 he returned to Serbia and on July 31 of the same year, he was ordained presbyter as a married cleric. In the years 1864–1870 he was a military chaplain in Kragujevac and a lecturer at the First Kragujevac Gymnasium. In 1870 he became a professor of the Belgrade seminary and in January 1871 he became its rector. by the will of the King Alexander I Obrenović he became the new Metropolitan of Belgrade. The King's decision was determined by the fact that he was educated in the Russian Empire, which, according to the King, would allow him to win the favour for the Orthodox Church in the Kingdom of Serbia.