Stevan Dimitrijević (10 January 1866 in

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– 24 November 1953 in Belgrade) was a

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n theologian, historian and

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freedom-fighter in Ottoman-occupied

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and

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during the beginning of the 20th century.

Biography

He graduated from the theology department of the

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and the Kiev Theological Academy. Upon his return in 1894 he was a professor in

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and

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, the rector of the Theology school in

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, a full-time professor of the

from 1920 to 1936 and the founder and first dean of the Theological Faculty in Belgrade. His students include bishop

Nikolaj Velimirović Nikolaj Velimirović (Serbian Cyrillic: Николај Велимировић; – ) was bishop of the eparchies of Ohrid and Žiča (1920–1956) in the Serbian Orthodox Church. An influential theological writer and a highly gifted ora ...

, Varnava, Serbian Patriarch, Gavrilo V, Serbian Patriarch, German, Serbian Patriarch,

Pavle, Serbian Patriarch Pavle ( sr-cyr, Павле, ''Paul''; 11 September 1914 – 15 November 2009) was the patriarch of the Serbian Orthodox Church from 1990 to his death. His full title was ''His Holiness the Archbishop of Peć, Metropolitan of Belgrade and ...

and

John of Shanghai and San Francisco Saint John of Shanghai and San Francisco (russian: Иоанн Шанхайский и Сан Францисский, Ioann Shankhayskiyi i San Frantsiskyi; secular name Mikhail Borisovich Maximovitch, russian: Михаил Борисович М� ...

. In 1937 he was awarded an honorary doctorate of the

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. In Belgrade, in 1936, at Kolarac he was conferred an honorary doctorate in theology and became a member of the History institute of

Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts The Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts ( la, Academia Scientiarum et Artium Serbica, sr-Cyr, Српска академија наука и уметности, САНУ, Srpska akademija nauka i umetnosti, SANU) is a national academy and the ...

. During his service in Skopje, Salonica and Prizren he collected over 600 manuscripts and printed books, and gave them to the National Library in Belgrade. His major works were on Serbian church historiography. Dimitrijević is a recipient of numerous tributes and decorations-the fourth level Karađorđe's star, the third level White Eagle, the second level St. Sava for his work in the field of science and patriotism.

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Biography

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