Patriarch Varnava Rosic (1880-1937)

Patriarch Varnava Rosic (Barnabas Rosych) was born in Pljevlja (Montenegro) at 29. July 1880. He was the Head of Serbian Orthodox Church between 1930 and 1937. Image File history File links Varnava. ... Mayor Radoman Gocic Area  - city  - municipality {{{city}}} km² {{{municipalaty}}} km² Population  - city  - municipality 27,000 in 2003 {{{municipility}}} Time zone Summer Time CET (UTC +1) CEST (UTC +2) Founded between VI - VII Latitude Longitude 43. ... Serbia and Montenegro  â€“ Serbia    â€“ Kosovo and Metohia        (UN administration)    â€“ Vojvodina  â€“ Montenegro Official language Serbian Capital Podgorica Former Royal Capital Cetinje President Filip Vujanović Prime Minister Milo Đukanović Area  â€“ Total  â€“ % water  13,812 km²  n/a Population  â€“ Total (2003)  â€“ Density  616,258  48. ... 1880 was a leap year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... The Serbian Orthodox Church (Serbian Cyrillic: Српска православна црква; SPC, SOC) or the Church of Serbia is one of the autocephalous Orthodox Christian churches, ranking seventh after Constantinople, Alexandria, Antioch, Jerusalem, Russia and Georgia . ... 1930 (MCMXXX) is a common year starting on Wednesday. ... 1937 (MCMXXXVII) was a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ...

During the archipastoral rule of Patriarch Varnava, dioceses of Zagreb and Mukacevo-Prjas (Mukachevo-Pryash) were formed. Between 1931 and 1947 Serbian Church consisted of 27 dioceses and a vicarate in Skadar (Scodra – Albania). Church life was on the move in all regions. Many monasteries, churches and church buildings were erected, some of these being the present Patriarchate building in Belgrade, monastery Vavedenje (Vavedenye, Entrance to the Theotokos into the Temple) etc. The construction of the edifice of the great Temple of Saint Sava was initiated in Belgrade (the biggest Orthodox Temple in Europe). Originally a patriarch was a man who exercised autocratic authority as a pater familias over an extended family. ... Pope Pius XI blesses Bishop Stephen Alencastre as fifth Apostolic Vicar of the Hawaiian Islands in a Cathedral of Our Lady of Peace window. ... Zagreb (pronounced: ) is the capital city of Croatia. ... Mukacheve (Мукачеве, Ruthenian: Мукачів (Mukachiv), Russian: Мукачево (Mukachevo), Hungarian: Munkács, Slovak and Czech: Mukačevo, German: Munkatsch, Yiddish: Munkacz) is a city in Zakarpattya region of southwestern Ukraine. ... 1931 (MCMXXXI) is a common year starting on Thursday. ... 1947 (MCMXLVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Shkodër (Albanian: Shkodër or Shkodra, Serbian Skadar, Latin Scutari, German Skutari) is a city located in North West Albania, in the District of Shkodër and it is the capital of the County of Shkodër. ... A monastery is the habitation of monks, derived from the Greek word for a hermits cell. ... A church building (or simply church) is a building used in Christian worship. ... [[Image:|Location of Belgrade]] Mayor Nenad Bogdanović Area 359. ... Theotokos of Kazan Theotokos (Greek Θεοτόκος) is a title of Mary, the mother of Jesus. ... The word temple has different meanings in the fields of architecture, religion, geography, anatomy, and education. ... The temple as of 2005. ... Separate articles treat Eastern Orthodox Christianity and Orthodox Judaism. ... World map showing Europe Europe is conventionally considered one of the seven continents which, in this case, is more a cultural and political distinction than a physiogeographic one. ...

Patriarch Varnava firmly resisted introduction of great privileges to the Roman Catholic Church in Yugoslavia (“The Concordat Crisis”). He maintained that these would certainly undermine positions of the Orthodox and those of other faiths in the country. He died unexpectedly during the night between June 23rd-24th 1937 when the Concordat legislation was carried to in Parliament. The Holy Synod was also against government pro-Concordat policy, and the government was soon forced to withdraw this new legislation. The Roman Catholic Church believes its founding was based on Jesus appointment of Saint Peter as the primary church leader, later Bishop of Rome. ... Yugoslavia (Jugoslavija in all south Slavic languages, in Cyrillic Југославија) is a term used for three separate but successive political entities that existed during most of the 20th century on the Balkan Peninsula in Europe. ... A concordat is an agreement between the pope and a government or sovereign on religious matters. ... An aerial view of Parliament of India at New Delhi. ...

Many people believed that Patriarch Varnava Rosic was poisoned because his struggle against Concordat. Anyway, his death is still unresolved.