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41-464: It starts with Orlovača interchange in Belgrade's municipality of Čukarica and is going through several major municipalities such as Ljig , Gornji Milanovac , Preljina (town in the municipality of Čačak ), Kraljevo and Novi Pazar . In the southern section, highway goes in parallel to the upper course of the river Ibar , hence the name. Before the new road categorization regulation given in 2013,

82-678: A hierodeacon in Blagoveštenje, and later in Rača monastery between 1949 and 1955. In 1954, Pavle was ordained to the rank of hieromonk . The same year he was ordained as protosyncellus , and in 1957 as archimandrite . Between 1955 and 1957 Pavle took post-graduate studies in the Theological School of the University of Athens , Greece. He received a doctorate in New Testament and liturgy by

123-531: A car, he replied: "I will not purchase one until every Albanian and Serb household in Kosovo and Metohija has an automobile." Asked by foreign journalists about alleged Church support for the Greater Serbian project, Pavle answered: So I say: if a Great Serbia should be held by committing crime, I would never accept it; may Great Serbia disappear, but to hold it by crime - no. If it were necessary to hold only

164-535: A possible assassination of Pavle. The Patriarch and the Norwegian soldiers were attacked several times on their way. In 1997 Pavle took part in the massive anti-government protests in Belgrade. On 27 January ( St Sava Day) he led the protesters to break the police cordon in Kolarčeva Street. This was the first time that Pavle openly confronted Milošević's government. Although in following years he became close to

205-568: A siege on Goražde . Pavle met with Serb paramilitary leader Arkan , who he claimed was justified in his actions and presented him with an autographed icon of Saint Nicholas ; Arkan considered himself a favorite of Pavle and regarded the Patriarch as his "commander", stating that "we are fighting for our religion, the Serbian Orthodox Church ." On 13 December 1991, Pavle wrote a letter which circulated to all Orthodox churches urging for

246-439: A small Serbia by crime, I would not accept it. May small Serbia disappear, but to hold it by crime - no. And if there is only one Serb, and if I am that last Serb, to hold on by crime - I do not accept. May we disappear, but disappear as humans, because then we will not disappear, we will be alive in the hands of the living God. In his tenure as the Patriarch he healed the schism with the "Free Serbian Orthodox Church", now known as

287-530: Is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Pavle, Serbian Patriarch Pavle ( Serbian Cyrillic : 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 Karlovci , and Serbian Patriarch Pavle . Before his death, he

328-562: Is being built. In Interbellum , during the period of Kingdom of Yugoslavia , the local land was parceled and awarded by the royal Karađorđević dynasty to the recipients of the Order of the White Eagle . As the Serbian word for eagle is orao , the area became known as Orlovat. After 1945, new Communist authorities nationalized the land and the name in time morphed into Orlovača. Detailed plan for

369-536: Is bordered by the Rnjakovac Creek on the south. It is bounded by the fields of Mastirine on the north, Logorište on the southwest, Drenjak on the south and Prekoplandište on the southeast. Just north of the cemetery are the railway and a crossroad of the Ibar Highway and Kružni Put, semi-circular road connecting the entire southern edge of Belgrade. Parallel to Kružni Put, a southern section of the new Belgrade bypass

410-412: Is designed in the shape of a flower and was built on top of the chapels. The 10 m (33 ft)-diameter dome is made of glass, which allows for natural light to shines through. Original chapels were located in a temporary, adapted object which wasn't suited for the purpose. In 1998 Serbian Orthodox Church asked for a proper church and chapels to be built. Patriarch Pavle consecrated the location of

451-630: Is located in the eastern part of the Orlovača field, on the southern tip of the Belgrade's urban proper, alongside the Ibar highway , on the border of Čukarica and Rakovica municipalities. It is bounded by the creeks of Krušik on the south and Krušički Potok on the north, while the valley of the Kijevski Potok is to the east. It is situated between the neighborhoods of Železnik (northwest) and Petlovo Brdo (northeast). The field itself stretches to Železnik and

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492-457: Is not unseen. If features long stretches of straight road interrupted by dangerous curves. Speeding, DUI and other traffic offences are major causes of accidents, most of them occurring during the night. In three-year span from 2017 to 2019, a total of 1,736 traffic accidents happened on its route, with 86 deaths and 1,619 injured people. Before the completion of motorway on section from Belgrade to Čačak, with more than 18,000 vehicles passing

533-666: Is notorious for car accidents in this section. To prevent this from happening, a construction of new interchange began in March 2008. It will make a better access to Orlovača and increase the traffic on Ibar Highway as a present traffic light will be removed when interchange is finished. It will also provide an access to the future auto-base "Vrbin Potok" which is to be built in Orlovača, too. 44°42′34″N 20°24′29″E  /  44.70944°N 20.40806°E  / 44.70944; 20.40806 This Belgrade District , Serbia location article

574-742: The New Gračanica Metropolitanate , and he made efforts to heal the ongoing schism in Macedonia with the Macedonian Orthodox Church , which was considered uncanonical by the Ecumenical Patriarchate and all other Eastern Orthodox Churches. During his term, he visited numerous eparchies of the Serbian Orthodox Church abroad. He visited Australia , the United States , Canada and Western Europe. He visited Russia, and

615-526: The Vance-Owen peace plan and supported Karadžić in his claims that there were no Serbian rape camps that kept Muslim women, but accused Bosnian Muslims and Croats of the same thing. A famous photograph from this time is that of Karadžić kissing Pavle's hand. In May 1993, Pavle received a letter from Karadžić which thanked him for his "advice and support" in the Bosnian Serbs' "just battle". Karadžić regarded

656-566: The Vujan Monastery where he lived for some time isolated from other monks and managed to cure this disease. In gratitude, he carved and donated a wooden crucifix to the monastery. After the war, he worked in Belgrade as a construction worker , but because of his poor health he took monastic vows in Blagoveštenje monastery in Ovčar in 1946. His monastic name became Pavle (Paul). He served as

697-799: The Archangel in Belgrade. The Divine Liturgy was held on 19 November inside St. Michael's Cathedral (Saborna Crkva), with his All-Holiness, Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew presiding, while the funeral service was held outside of Cathedral of Saint Sava and he was laid to rest on 19 November, in Rakovica Monastery . The funeral was attended by Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I of Constantinople , Patriarch Daniel of Romania , Filaret, Metropolitan of Minsk and Slutsk , Archbishop Anastasios of Albania , Metropolitan Christopher of Prague and Roman Catholic Cardinal Angelo Sodano . The Government of Serbia announced three days of national mourning over

738-669: The Church and the government were good, but gradually eroded because of the Yugoslav Wars and ongoing crisis in Serbia. Pavle had connections to the Karić family and had numerous meetings with Milošević and Mira Marković , but also with the leaders of the opposition. In 1993 Pavle wrote a letter to Milošević urging him to release Vuk Drašković from prison. During the Yugoslav Wars, the Patriarch and

779-576: The Church gave support to the leaders of the Bosnian Serbs (in Republika Srpska ) and Croatian Serbs (in the Republic of Srpska Krajina ). Patriarch Pavle had been heavily criticized for his actions during the wars. The Orthodox church has been viewed as promoters of Serbian nationalism by many Bosnian Muslims and Croats . Pavle visited the cities of Knin , Pale while Serbian troops carried out

820-496: The Hague tribunal. Pavle urged Belgrade not to give up Karadžić and Mladić, indicted for war crimes, to the ICTY. He and other nationalist intellectuals also signed a declaration demanding their pardon. In 1998, Pavle was invited to Zagreb by Croatian Archbishop Josip Bozanić for talks on peace where he was snubbed by several leading Croatian party members and Christian groups for his and

861-490: The Ibar Highway, the new A2 motorway is under construction from Čačak to border with Montenegro. The section from Belgrade bypass to Čačak was completed in 2019, and since then the traffic over the highway on section from Belgrade to Čačak was significantly reduced. A single-lane carriageway, it bears heavy car and truck traffic between major cities of Belgrade, Čačak, Kraljevo and Novi Pazar, as well as transit traffic towards Montenegro, and occasional agricultural machinery

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902-570: The Krajina capital Knin with Ratko Mladić to assure the rebel Serbs of military and religious support. However, the Republic of Krajina ceased to exist just three months later, following Operation Storm which resulted in 200,000–250,000 Serbian refugees. In September 1997, Pavle signed a declaration to the UN Security Council which demanded suspension of the proceedings against Karadžić before

943-575: The Orthodox Church's role with the rebel Serbs during the war. After the launch of NATO deployment into Kosovo and Pristina in June 1999, Norwegian special force soldiers escorted Pavle from Pristina to the Patriarchal Monastery of Peć in the city of Peć . The escort mission was regarded to be possibly provocative so soon after the atrocities in the area in question and there were fears of

984-746: The Serbian Church as the "only spiritual force capable of uniting the Serb nation, regardless of borders." In 1994, Pavle claimed that Serbs were native to Bosnia and Herzegovina and that Bosniaks had only arrived there when the Ottomans invaded. When a swift Croatian offensive in May 1995 put the Western Slavonia region back into Croatian control, he urgently called Slobodan Milošević , asking if he will defend Serbia's "brethren in need". On 31 July 1995, he traveled to

1025-751: The Theological Academy in Athens. After returning from Greece, he was elected the Bishop of Ras and Prizren (the eparchy which includes all of Kosovo ) in 1957. He held that position for 33 years before he was elected Patriarch. As Bishop of Ras and Prizren Pavle built numerous new churches and aided the reconstruction of old ones. He spent a lot of time traveling and meeting with his eparchy 's believers. He also wrote books and gave lectures on Church music and Church Slavonic . After spending 34 years in Kosovo, Pavle

1066-518: The Yugoslav catastrophe and asked him to resign. After the change of power in Serbia , Pavle continued to cooperate with the government, and was a frequent guest at various political ceremonies. Pavle was referred to by some as the "walking saint" based on his simple lifestyle and personal humility. All of the bishops of the Serbian Orthodox Church had cars, which they used to travel through their dioceses, except Pavle. When asked why he' had never owned

1107-815: The death of Patriarch Pavle, while Republika Srpska , the City of Belgrade and Brčko District declared the funeral day as the official day of mourning. President Boris Tadić said that the Patriarch's death was an "irredeemable loss for the entire Serbian nation." Condolences to the Serbian Church, people and officials were sent by Russian Patriarch Kirill of Moscow , Bulgarian Orthodox Church , Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I of Constantinople and Archbishop Ieronymos II of Athens held memorial service , Patriarch Daniel of Romania , Pope Benedict XVI , Cardinal Walter Kasper , Presidents and heads of Government of Russia, Belarus , Ukraine , Germany and France as well as leaders of countries that are territorially part of

1148-463: The future cemetery was finished in 1985. Head of the architectural team was Mirjana Lukić and the design was done by the Institute for Urbanism. It included ideas for all parts of the cemetery, except for the future church. Construction began in 1988 and the cemetery became operational in 1991. The latest architectural works were done in 2008 when the dome was built over the main building. The main building

1189-599: The future church on 2 June 1998. Construction of the Church of the Hieromartyr Procopius began in January 1999 and was finished and consecrated in 2001. It was designed by architect Ljubica Bošnjak, frescoes are work of Mićo Beloćević, while iconostasis was painted by a group of artists from Herzegovina . The cemetery is accessible by the public transportation lines, buses number 531, 532 (weekends only) and 533 (all week days). Ibar Highway, which passes next to Orlovača,

1230-491: The highway daily (as of 2016), it was one of the most frequent roads in Serbia. Often called the "black highway", it is considered the most dangerous road in Serbia, averaging several hundreds traffic accidents annually. Orlova%C4%8Da Orlovača ( Serbian Cyrillic : Орловача) is one of major cemeteries in Belgrade , the capital of Serbia . It is located in the Belgrade's municipality of Čukarica . Orlovača cemetery

1271-412: The opposition leaders and confronted Milošević, Pavle took part in the 1999 Republic Day celebration where he congratulated Milošević. Pavle later apologized and said that it was misinterpreted. After this, the relations between Pavle and Milošević hit new lows. In 2000, Milošević didn't send Pavle Christmas congratulations for the first time. Pavle later called Milošević and his government responsible for

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1312-706: The polls. On 27 April 2007, the Holy Synod announced that it had named the Metropolitan of Zagreb, Ljubljana and all Italy, Jovan, as the Guardian of the Throne (taking over the Patriarch's duties temporarily) while Patriarch Pavle was recovering in Sveti Sava Hospital. He was discharged on 1 May and returned to his duties on 14 May. The Patriarch's health worsened and he was restricted to a wheelchair. On 13 November 2007 Pavle

1353-671: The protection of Croatian Serbs from "the Croatian neo-fascist regime - the successor of the Ustašas who massacred 700,000 Orthodox Serbs in World War II ." He openly referred to the Republic of Croatia as the "new Independent State of Croatia " and justified the war as " righteous ". During the Bosnian War , Pavle supported the President of Republika Srpska, Radovan Karadžić , in his rejection of

1394-412: The route wore the following names: M 22 and M 2 (before 2012) / A2 , A4 , 15 and 32 (after 2012). The road is a part of the following European routes: E65 and E80 ( Bregovi – Mehov Krš), E761 (Preljina – Kraljevo) and E763 (Belgrade – Preljina). In order to provide the safer and faster traffic link of Belgrade with Western Serbia and Montenegrin coast , and to alleviate the dangers of

1435-537: Was admitted to a medical clinic, and the Metropolitan of Montenegro and the Littoral Amfilohije Radović , as the oldest member, was elected by the Holy Synod to conduct the duties of the Patriarch. On 20 November 2007 it was announced that his life was in danger. On 17 May 2008 the Holy Synod took over all Patriarch Pavle's duties owing to his inability to carry out his functions. On 12 October 2008 Pavle

1476-651: Was also a guest at the United Nations Headquarters in New York City and at the White House . Patriarch Pavle was the oldest among all living Patriarchs. He was especially devoted to and fond of the words of the Apostle Paul , his namesake, whom he often quoted and expressed admiration for. In October 2004, Pavle wrote an open letter in which he denounced the elections in Kosovo and urged Serbs to boycott

1517-573: Was elected the Serbian Patriarch in 1990, succeeding the ill Serbian Patriarch German , and moved to Belgrade. He was ordained as the Patriarch in the St. Michael's Cathedral in Belgrade on 2 December 1990, and in the Patriarchal Monastery of Peć , the ancient seat of the Serbian Church, on 22 May 1994. Six days after his election, the parliamentary election was held in Serbia, in which Slobodan Milošević 's SPS came to power. At first, relations between

1558-509: Was employed as a teacher and educator at the refugee children's home in Bosnia in Banja Koviljača . Once, when the children were running in the river, one boy began to drown and Gojko jumped into the cold water to help him. Soon he became seriously ill "on the lungs" and doctors believed that his illness was tuberculosis and they predicted he had another three months left to live. He then went to

1599-694: Was raised by an aunt. After finishing elementary school, Pavle graduated from a gymnasium in Belgrade, then studied at the seminary in Sarajevo . After completing seminary, Gojko entered the University of Belgrade where he studied theology and medicine in parallel. He quit medicine, but graduated with a Theology degree in 1942. During the Second World War he took refuge in the Holy Trinity Monastery in Ovčar and later moved to Belgrade. During 1944, he

1640-557: Was reported to have asked the Holy Synod to accept his resignation because of declining physical ability. On 11 November 2008, the Holy Synod decided to turn down his request and to ask him to remain on the throne for life. Pavle died on 15 November 2009, after more than two years spent in the Military Medical Academy in Belgrade. Citizens were able to pay tribute to Patriarch Pavle at the Cathedral Church of St. Michael

1681-426: Was the oldest living leader of an Eastern Orthodox church . Because of poor health, he spent his last years in the Military Medical Academy in Belgrade, while his duties were carried out by Metropolitan Amfilohije . Pavle was born as Gojko Stojčević (Гојко Стојчевић) in the village of Kućanci near Magadenovac , then part of Austria-Hungary (present-day Croatia ). He lost both of his parents in childhood, and

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