RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Irinej, Serbian Patriarch

1930 - 2020

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Irinej (Serbian Cyrillic: Иринеј, pronounced [irǐneːj], English: Irenaeus; born Miroslav Gavrilović; 28 August 1930 – 20 November 2020) was the head of the Serbian Orthodox Church from 2010 until his death in 2020. He had first been the bishop of Niš between 1975 and 2010, and then the patriarch of the Serbian Orthodox Church from 22 January 2010 succeeding Pavle, until his death. He was considered, both abroad and at home, to be a moderate traditionalist, open to global inter-religious dialogue. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Irinej, Serbian Patriarch is the 1,382nd most popular religious figure (down from 1,164th in 2019), the 106th most popular biography from Serbia (down from 97th in 2019) and the 5th most popular Serbian Religious Figure.

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Irinej, Serbian Patriarch ranks 1,382 out of 3,187Before him are Ignatius IV of Antioch, Shamgar, Muhammad ibn Ya'qub al-Kulayni, Cristóvão Ferreira, Sultan Walad, and Laurent Monsengwo Pasinya. After him are Vitalis of Milan, Gisela, Abbess of Chelles, Henri Estienne, Claudio Acquaviva, Joseph Franklin Rutherford, and Suhayb ar-Rumi.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1930, Irinej, Serbian Patriarch ranks 138Before him are Lina Kostenko, John Romita Sr., Eugenio Castellotti, Igor Netto, Ornette Coleman, and Michel Rocard. After him are Colin Dexter, Jasper Johns, Ted Hughes, Miljan Miljanić, Dave Sexton, and Son Sen. Among people deceased in 2020, Irinej, Serbian Patriarch ranks 138Before him are Marian Jaworski, Michel Hidalgo, Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, Agne Simonsson, Genesis P-Orridge, and Ilija Petković. After him are Mesut Yılmaz, Miloš Jakeš, Alejandro Sabella, Charles Moore, Princess María Teresa of Bourbon-Parma, and Mory Kanté.

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In Serbia

Among people born in Serbia, Irinej, Serbian Patriarch ranks 106 out of 661Before him are Koča Popović (1908), Stepa Stepanović (1856), Bata Živojinović (1933), Ilija Garašanin (1812), Ivan Stambolić (1936), and Jovan Cvijić (1865). After him are Dimitrije Ljotić (1891), Dušan Makavejev (1932), Nikola Jokić (1995), Monica Seles (1973), Đorđe Balašević (1953), and Enki Bilal (1951).

Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Serbia

Among religious figures born in Serbia, Irinej, Serbian Patriarch ranks 5Before him are Jerome (345), Saint Sava (1169), Martin of Braga (520), and Nikolaj Velimirović (1880). After him are Sava II (1199), Porfirije, Serbian Patriarch (1961), Szilárd Bogdánffy (1911), and Robert Zollitsch (1938).