Nikodim I

Serbian archbishop and saint (d. 1325)

Saint Nikodim I of Peć Никодим I Пећки
Coronation of Stefan Dečanski
His Holiness Metropolitan of Peć and Archbishop of Serbs Archbishop of All Serbian and Maritime Lands

Church	Serbian Orthodox Church
See	Metropolitanate of Peć
Installed	1316
Term ended	1324
Predecessor	Sava III
Successor	Danilo II
Personal details
Died	1325
Nationality	Serb
Denomination	Eastern Orthodox Christian
Sainthood
Feast day	May 11/24
Canonized	by Serbian Orthodox Church

Nikodim I of Peć and Nikodim of Hilandar (Serbian: Никодим I Пећки) was a monk-scribe at Hilandar before becoming the 10th Serbian Archbishop from 1316 to 1324, he died in the year 1325. He is a Serbian saint and the Eastern Orthodox Church celebrates his feast day on May 11/24.^[1] Nikodim is the author of Rodoslov: srpskih kraljeva i vladika (The Lives of Serbian Kings and Bishops).

Life

In 1314, heir apparent Stefan Uroš III was exiled to Constantinople after quarrels with his father, king Stefan Milutin. In 1317, Uroš III asked Nikodim to intervene between him and his father. Nikodim's autobiographical note was inscribed in a manuscript entitled "A Visit to Constantinople" in the year 1318 and 1319. In 1320, Milutin allowed Uroš III to return upon the persuasion of Nikodim.^[2] Stefan Konstantin, Uroš's half-brother and heir to the throne, was crowned king upon the death of Milutin in 1321.^[3] Civil war erupted when Konstantin refused to submit to Uroš III, who then invaded Zeta, and in the ensuing battle, Konstantin was killed.^[3] After the victory, on January 6, 1322, Nikodim crowned Uroš King and Dušan Young King.^[4]

While he was the Abbot of his alma mater Hilandar,^[5] Nikodim requested that a certain protos (monk-priests) of Mt. Athos by the name of Theophanes issues an edict (gramma) wherein he grants to the monks of the Kelion of Saint Sava in Karyes, Mount Athos, a piece of land and an abandoned monastery. With the statement of the month, indiction, year, and the signatures of the Protos and the witnesses. Although the language is coarse and abounds in solecisms and "barbarisms", making it difficult to read, it was copied in skilled handwriting.

He co-founded 14th century Serbian Orthodox Vratna monastery alongside Serbian king Stefan Milutin (1282–1321) of the Nemanjić dynasty.^[6]

References

^ (in Greek) Ὁ Ἅγιος Νικόδημος Ἀρχιεπίσκοπος Σερβίας. 11 Μαΐου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
^ Fine 1994, p. 262.
^ ^a ^b Fine 1994, p. 264.
^ Fine 1994, p. 263.
^ Upadhya, Om Datt (1994). The Art of Ajanta and Sopoćani: A Comparative Study : An Enquiry in Prāṇa Aesthetics. ISBN 9788120809901.
^ "The Vratna Nunnery | Travel Serbia". Travel.rs. 2010-07-08. Retrieved 2014-02-17.

Sources

Fine, John Van Antwerp Jr. (1994). The Late Medieval Balkans: A Critical Survey from the Late Twelfth Century to the Ottoman Conquest. University of Michigan Press. ISBN 978-0-472-08260-5.
G. Subotić (1982). "Pećki Parijarh i ohridski arhiepiskop Nikodim". ZRVI. 21: 213–236.

External links

"ARHIEPISKOP NIKODIM: Pomirio kraljeve i gradio crkve".

Eastern Orthodox Church titles
Preceded by Sava III	Archbishop of Serbs 1316–1324	Succeeded by Danilo II

Saints of the Serbian Orthodox Church

Primates of the Serbian Orthodox Church

List of heads of the Serbian Orthodox Church
Archbishops

1219–1346	Sava (St.) Arsenije Sremac (St.) Sava II (St.) Danilo I (St.) Joanikije I (St.) Jevstatije I (St.) Jakov (St.) Jevstatije II (St.) Sava III (St.) Nikodim I (St.) Danilo II (St.) Joanikije II (St.)

Patriarchs (since 1346)

1346–1463	Joanikije II (St.) Sava IV Jefrem (St.) Spiridon (St.) Danilo III Sava V Danilo IV Kirilo I (St.) Nikon I (St.) Teofan I Nikodim II Arsenije II
1557–1766	Makarije I (St.) Antonije I Gerasim I Savatije I Nikanor I Jerotej I Filip I Jovan II Pajsije I Gavrilo I (St.) Maksim I Arsenije III Kalinik I Atanasije I Mojsije I Arsenije IV Joanikije III Atanasije II Gavrilo II Gavrilo III Vikentije I Pajsije II Gavrilo IV Kirilo II Vasilije Kalinik II
since 1920	Dimitrije Varnava Gavrilo V Vikentije II German Pavle Irinej Porfirije

Heads of the Serbian Orthodox Church in the Habsburg monarchy (1690–1920)

Metropolitans of Karlovci 1690–1848	Arsenije III Čarnojević Isaija Đaković Sofronije Podgoričanin Vikentije Popović-Hadžilavić of Belgrade and Karlovci: Mojsije Petrović Vikentije Jovanović Arsenije IV Jovanović Šakabenta Isaija Antonović Pavle Nenadović Jovan Georgijević Vićentije Jovanović Vidak Mojsije Putnik Stefan Stratimirović Stefan Stanković Josif Rajačić
Metropolitans and Patriarchs of Karlovci 1848–1920	Josif Rajačić Samuilo Maširević Prokopije Ivačković German Anđelić Georgije Branković Lukijan Bogdanović