page_title: Melentije Pavlović
section_title: Early life
hierarchical_section_title: Melentije Pavlović / Biography / Early life
caption_attribution_description: Српски / srpski: Композиција "Таковски устанак", дело Петра Убавкића. Рађена за светску изложбу у Паризу 1900. године. Постављена у Београду 2004. године. На композицији су приказани кнез Милош и архимандрит Мелентије.
context_page_description: Melentije Pavlović was the first Serb Metropolitan of Belgrade, head of the Serbian Orthodox Church in the Principality of Serbia from 1831 until his death in 1833, as well as a participant in the Second Serbian Uprising.
context_section_description: He was born in Gornja Vrbava, a village near present-day Gornji Milanovac. He joined the monastery before 1810, in March of that year he became Hegumen of the Vraćevšnica monastery. He did not take part in the First Serbian Uprising, but he joined the Second Serbian Uprising, participated in the Takovo Meeting and distinguished himself in the battles of Ljubić and Palež. Thanks to his personal courage, Melentije gained the respect of Prince Miloš Obrenović, who in 1818 appointed him a personal confessor of the Obrenović dynasty. With time, Melentije became his adviser, initially in religious matters and later also in general political matters. In 1823, the Prince entrusted him with the organization of a state school system.
caption: Monument Takovo Uprising by Petar Ubavkić, created for the Exposition Universelle (1900). Installed in Belgrade near 20 Kneza Miloša Street in 2004, it depicts Prince Miloš (with a sabre in his right arm) and Metropolitan Melentije.
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