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{{english}}His Holiness '''Dimitrije (Pavlović)''' (in Serbian:'''Његова светост Димитрије патријарх српски''') was the first Patriarch of the restored [[List of Patriarchs of Serbia|Patriarch Patriarchate of Serbia]] since it had fallen into disuse after 1766.

He In 1846, Dimitrije was born in Požarevac in 1846 into the family of Stojan and Milosava Pavlović. He finished attended primary and high school in Belgrade. He and was graduated from the Old [[Seminary ]] in Belgrade in 1868. He was married. He worked as a teacher until 1870, when he was [[ordination|ordained]] a [[presbyter|priest]] and appointed as a chaplain in Lapovo.

After being widowed the death of his wife in 1873, he continued his education in at Belgrade University (in this time then called the ''Grand School'') . He graduated graduating with a degree in philology. Fr. Dimitrije was then a teacher in taught at the Belgrade Seminary from 1878 to 1884.

On [[November 8]], 1884, he Fr. Dimitrije was elected [[Bishop ]] of Niš, as part of the so-called ''uncanonical hierarchy''. Fr. Dimitrije , after which he was tonsured[[tonsure]]d a [[monk]]. He remained in this [[see ]] until 1898. When when Metropolitan Mihilo came back in returned to Serbia. Then, all the bishops from this uncanonical hierarchy retired their sees. Bishop At this time Bp. Dimitrije left for France, where he continued his studies.

Bp. Dimitrije came back returned to Serbia in 1899, becoming a state advisor and later Bishop of Šabac.He On [[August 19]], 1905, he was elected [[Metropolitan ]] of Belgrade and the Kingdom of Serbia on [[August 19]]. In 1915, 1905. Metropolitan he was forced to leave Serbia together with the king, government, and Serbian army when they were the country was overpowered by the joint forces of the German Empire, Austria-Hungary and Bulgaria in 1915. He returned to Serbia in 1918 with the victorious forces of Field Marshall Petar Bojović and the Prince Regent Aleksandar.

After the Serbian church was re-unified, Metropolitan Metr. Dimitrije was elected ''"Archbishop of Peć, Metropolitan of Belgrade and Karlovci, and Serbian Patriarch"''. His enthronement took place on [[October 31]], 1920. During his tenure three new dioceses [[diocese]]s were created (Czeh and Moravia, Bihać and Petrovac , and American-Canadian). In addition, and an he reestablished the old one reestablished (Braničevska)diocese. He also While patriarch he consecrated 16 new sixteen bishops.

He also opened established a Patriarchal Printing House in the Rakovica Monastery. Archimandrite with the help of [[Platon of Banja Luka|PlatonArchimandrite]] Platon (a future hieromartyrhiero[[martyr]]) helped him. Patriarch In 1927, Patr. Dimitrije wrote a ''Service to "Saint Stefan the Despot"'', whom he canonized, in 1927.

He was also a translator from [[Church Slavonic]]. He is and was the author of one of the best translations of the Hilandar Typikon. He established ''"Bogoslovlje"'', the magazine of Orthodox Theological Faculty in Belgrade.

Patriarch Patr. Dimitrije founded established a foundation for the support of orphans of priests and the Churches of Saint St. Demetrius in Ratkovići (where he was a teacher), and of the Holy Mother of God in Belgrade.

Patriarch Patr. Dimitrije died on [[April 6]], 1930 in Belgrade. He was buried in Rakovica Monastery according to his wishes.