Atanasije I ( sr-cyr, Атанасије I) was the

Archbishop of Peć and Serbian Patriarch This article lists the heads of the Serbian Orthodox Church, since the establishment of the church as an autocephalous archbishopric in 1219 to today's patriarchate. The list includes all the archbishops and patriarchs that led the Serbian Ortho ...

, head of the Serbian Orthodox Church from 1711 until 1712. Before he became

Serbian Patriarch This article lists the heads of the Serbian Orthodox Church, since the establishment of the church as an autocephalous archbishopric in 1219 to today's patriarchate. The list includes all the archbishops and patriarchs that led the Serbian Ortho ...

, Atanasije served as Metropolitan of Skopje, from 1706, under Serbian Patriarch Kalinik I. That was a very prominent position, so when old patriarch died in 1710, Atanasije was elected as his successor in 1711. His seat was in the

Patriarchal Monastery of Peć Patriarchy is a social system in which positions of dominance and privilege are primarily held by men. It is used, both as a technical anthropological term for families or clans controlled by the father or eldest male or group of males a ...

. As new

, he strengthened ties with newly created Metropolitanate of Krušedol, an autonomous ecclesiastical province of

Serbian Patriarchate of Peć The Serbian Patriarchate of Peć ( sr, Српска патријаршија у Пећи, ''Srpska patrijaršija u Peći'') or just Patriarchate of Peć ( sr, Пећка патријаршија, ''Pećka patrijaršija''), was an autocephalous ...

in Habsburg monarchy. His rule was not long, since he died on 23 April 1712.

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Official site of the Serbian Orthodox Church: Serbian Archbishops and Patriarchs
{{authority control Atanasije I Serbian Orthodox metropolitans of Skopje Eastern Orthodox Christians from Serbia 18th-century Eastern Orthodox archbishops 18th-century Serbian people Serbs from the Ottoman Empire