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His Eminence '''Arsenije III Crnojević ''' (also ''Arsenius''; Serbian: '''Аесеније III Црнојевић''') was patriarch the [[Patriarch]] of Peć (1672-1691). He was one of the most significant figures of Serbian National national and Church Historyhistory. He was also the first autonomus Metropoliten [[autonomous]] [[metropolitan]] of the Serbian people in AustroAustria-Hungary (1690-1706).He is born in Cetinje, probabley 1633. He was member of one minor branch of famous Crnojevići noble family. In past his surname was writen and prononced Čarnojević, but it is on russism.

Arsenije came He was born in Peć as a boy and later was tonsured and ordained priest deacon and priest. In his early years he was elected archimandrite of Peć Monastery 1665. When Patriarch Maksim suffered stroke, Arsenije [[Archmandritew:Cetinje|Cetinje]] of Peć Monastery was elected for [[Metropolitan]] of Hvosno and coadjutor of Patriarch(in modern-day Montenegro) in about 1633. He is consecrated bishop by metropolitans was a member of sentence patriarchal synod on the Feast a minor branch of the [[Ascension]],1669famous Crnojevići noble family. Same year he visited Dečani Monastery in In the patriarchpast his surname has been written and pronounced ''Čarnojević's name. When it was clear that Patriarch condition won't be better, Arsenije was elected Patriarch 1672, probabley between Easter and Ascensionfrom Russian use.

Next The next year , the new Patriarch patriarch visited the Serbs in Caostlands, the coast lands who were under the control of Venice. He met the [[Roman Catholic Church|Roman Catholic]] archbishop of Bar , Andrija Zmajević, who was Serb, and also member of Crnojevici family, in order to contact with european European powers for the protection for of Christians under Turkish rule. He also visited his flock in Bosnia in 1674, and in Braničevo and Srem in 1676. Next zear The following year he was in went to Žiča Monastery, than then to Braničevo, again, He ; he also visited Smederevo in 1680. All this visitations these visits were in order to gave give spiritual support to the Serbian people spuritual support. In 1682 Arsenije decided to make pilgrimage a [[pilgrim]]age to Jerusalem. Before leaving , he visited Metropolitan Teofan of Skoplje Teofan and bishop Bishop Ananija of Karatovo.

When he arrived in Jerusalem , Arsenije was the guest of the famous [[Patriarch of Jerusalem Dositeus ]], [[Dositheus II Notarius of Jerusalem|Dositheos Notarios ]] (1669-1707). When While he was in the [[Holy Land ]], Arsenije was writing diarykept a journal.

After arriving home , he found his people in the midle middle of [the [[httpw://www.en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Turkish_WarGreat Turkish War|Great Turkish War]]. The Turks arrested him, and he had to pay 10000 talirs (6000 pounds of sterling) for his freedom. He was soon forced to leave Peć because the Turks tried to kill him. He came back returned after the Austrians captured Peć. Under great presure of pressure from the Austrians , he was forced to call all Serbs to joined Astrian join the Austrian army . About 20000 serbs 20,000 Serbs joined the Austrian army. But , but the Serbs and Austrians were defeated near Skoplje in the winter of 1689. Patriarch The patriarch, along with 90000 90,000 people , started retreating. Arsenije called an assembly of both Church and [[laity|lay]] leaders in Belgrade in July 1690. In this assembly Serbian noblemen, officers, popular leaders, metropolitans, bishops, archimandrites, [[igumen]]s, and [[protopresbyter]]s all participated. They decided to continue in the war as Austrian allies, but they demanded freedom of religion and freedom from serfdom. retreetingThe Serbs sent an envoy led by Bishop Isaija of Jenopolje, who was fluent in German. Emperor [[httpw://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leopold_I%2C_Holy_Roman_Emperor|LeopoldI]] I proclaimed an edict on [[August 21]] in wich which he gave the Serbian people and their Church special Privilegiesprivileges. They After this, Serbs populated Military Frontier southern Hungary, today Vojvodina in Serbia, and the military frontier in Croatia as Austrian soldiers. Serbs also participated in the decisive battle of Senta, in which the Turks were defeated. After this, a peace treaty was signed, and the Austrians recaptured Hungary and Transylvania.

From the begining he hed a lot beginning, Patr. Arsenije had many problems under Austrian rule. Hungarian nobility, Catholic [[clergy]], and German oficers officers were all they were hostile toward the Serbs. But , but the wise patriarch saved his people from catholic proselitismCatholic [[proselytism]]. He managed to negotiate with bishops who had signed the Union. After this, those bishops re-embraced Orthodoxy. Yet he failed in trying to re-establish an Orthodox bishopric in Transylvania (the Metropolitan of Transylvania signed the Union in 1699). He established relations with russian the Russian court. He also started to negotiate with the Turks in order to return to Peć. His greatest enemy was Cardinal Leopold Kolonić, state chancellor of Hungary. Arsenije established five new [[diocese]]s in Hungary and Croatia, and with these and three previously established ones, he established the Metropolitanate of Karlovci as an autonomous unit of the Peć Patriarchate.

Patriarch Arsenije died in Viena Vienna on [[October 27]], and was burried in VienaKrušedol Monastery in grave of Saint Maxim of Srem and Belgrade. He advised his bishops to reastablish broken re-establish relations with the Patriarch of Peć. Soon Metroplitanate the Metropolitanate of Karlovci is was formed as the autonomous unit of the Serbian Orthodox Church.

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