Radoslav Grujic

Radoslav Grujić (Zemun, 29 June 1878 - Hvar, 25 May 1955) was a Serbian Orthodox theologian, historian, university professor and academic.
== Biography ==
He was born in Zemun in a teacher's family to father Miloš and mother Mileva nee Ilić.Радован Сремац: О породици проф. Радослава Грујића (1878-1955) (Порекло, 23. август 2021)
== Education ==
After graduating from high school in Zemun, he was a student of the seminary in Sremski Karlovci (1899). He studied law in Vienna in 1908 and philosophy in Zagreb in 1911. During his studies, he worked as an assistant parish priest in Zemun, and then as a catechist professor at the high school in Bjelovar.
During the First World War, the Austro-Hungarian authorities arrested him as a traitor (1914),then imprisoned him, and then confined for a long time. He was released adter the war. Then, he resumed his post-graduate studies and went on to defend his doctoral dissertation at the University of Zagreb in 1919.
==Interwar period==
In 1919-1920 he worked as a professor at the University of Belgrade, and then he moved to the newly-established Faculty of Philosophy in Skopje, where he taught national history (1920-1937). In the periods 1930-1933 and 1935-1937, he was also the dean of that faculty. He started and edited the Gazette of the Skopje Scientific Society, founded the Museum of Southern Serbia and started its newsletter. His involvement in the realization of the then state policy towards North Macedonia did not tend to color his scientific works.Текст др Симе Ћирковића академика САНУ уни. проф Економског факултета у Београду: Енциклопедија Југославије ЈЛЗ „Мирослав Крлежа“ Загреб 1986. том 4 pp. 623In 1927, in the ruins of the monastery of the Holy Archangels in Prizren, he found the remains of Emperor Dušan, which are now in the St. Mark's Church, Belgrade. Научници који су спасли арханђеле („Вечерње новости“, 13. октобар 2012), Приступљено 24 April 2013.
Since 1937, he was a professor of history of the Serbian Orthodox Church at the Bogoslovija. He was a corresponding member of the Serbian Academy of Arts and Sciences since 1939. In 1945, the communist government removed him from his post at the University of Belgrade. He went on to publish over 270 scientific papers, many of which relate to the general history of the Christian Church. His textbook, "Old and Modern Christian Church", Belgrade 1920, is well known.
After arriving in Belgrade, he started collecting materials for the museum collection and recording church and art objects in the country and abroad. Archpriests Lazar Mirković and Radoslav Grujić visited Romania and Hungary in 1937, with the material help of the Serbian Orthodox Church, and registered the most important Serbian monuments and other artistic values ​​in those countries. At the beginning of 1940, showcases were purchased for exhibiting museum exhibits, and the opening of the Museum's exhibition was scheduled for October 1940. New pre-war circumstances hindered the realization of this idea, and in June of the same year all Church Museum staff were relieved of their duties. This lasted for a short time, because already in 1942, Radoslav Grujić was re-appointed as the manager of the Museum, and he remained in that position until 1948, when he was succeeded by Svetozar Dušanić (director of the Museum from 1948 to 1990).
==Second World War==
During World War II, he worked to take care of Serb refugees from war zones and to collect materials and testimonies about the genocide of Serbs.
In April 1942, together with the curator of the Prince Paul Museum, Miodrag Grbić, using personal acquaintance and kindness, war adviser at the Administrative Staff for Serbia, Major Johan Albrecht von Reiswitz, they managed to transfer the relics of Serbian saints Prince Lazar from the Bešenovo monastery, relics of Stefan Uroš V from the Jazak Monastery and despot Stefan Štiljanović from the Šišatovac Monastery, in occupied Belgrade. On that occasion, it was stated that all valuables that were with the relics were looted.
==Church treasures disappeared during the war==
At the beginning of 1946, he proposed to the highest church authorities to ask the state authorities to transfer to Belgrade all the cultural and historical treasures of the Serbian Church that were taken from the churches and monasteries of the Serbian Orthodox Church from the NDH during World War II. This proposal of Radoslav Grujić was accepted by the Holy Synod of the Serbian Orthodox Church of Bishops and at the same time he asked him to make an elaboration on the manner of registering and returning the taken church and art objects. A commission was soon formed, composed of representatives of church and state authorities, which was supposed to identify all the valuables that were transferred to Zagreb in forty wagons during the Second World War.
By the order of the Ministry of Education (Serbia), from October 1945, all those artistic treasures were to be returned to the Serbian Orthodox Church. However, during the work of the Commission, a subsequent order was issued by the Committee for Culture and Arts within the Government of the Federal People's Republic of Yugoslavia "to hand over to the Serbian Orthodox Church only cultural-historical and other items of the Serbian Orthodox Church, monasteries, etc.". Serbia and its areas (Vojvodina), and are now stored in Zagreb. Items from the territory of the People's Republic of Croatia still remain in the same area. "
The church valuables, the return of which was approved, were delivered in April 1946, in eleven carriages, to Belgrade. The units that belonged to individual monasteries and churches - such as iconostasis - were returned, where possible, to their original places, and other items were deposited in special rooms of the Patriarchate.
== Post-war period ==
He was sentenced to be removed from the University of Belgrade by a verdict of 3 April 1945. The verdict cites as key evidence of collaboration with the occupier his proposal to Nedić's government to organize a committee to register and describe Serbian national treasures destroyed during World War II.
He was deprived of the Serbian national unit on 1 September 1945, because his lectures at Kolarac University were broadcast on Radio Belgrade, then in the service of the German occupation authorities.
At the request of the Ministry of Education of Serbia, the Ministry of Finance of Serbia made a decision in May 1946 to terminate the contract with the Serbian Orthodox Church regarding the use of the Residence of Princess Ljubica, where the Church Museum was located. At the end of the same year, the Konak was handed over, and then the preserved museum objects were transferred to the Patriarchate building.
He spent the post-war years in great material scarcity. Until the end of his life, he researched the history of the church in the Museum of the Serbian Church and the Patriarchal Library, but few of his works have been published.
He died in 1955 during medical treatment on th island of Hvar.
He was buried at the Belgrade New Cemetery. The funeral service was held by Vikentije II, Serbian Patriarch Vicentius II, in the presence of ten bishops. At his own request, the remains of him and his wife were transferred to the Grgeteg Monastery in 1992.
The procedure for his rehabilitation was initiated in January 2013. Request for rehabilitation of Radoslav Grujić ("Večernje novosti", January 28, 2013), Accessed April 24, 2013. 
He was rehabilitated by the decision of the High Court in Belgrade on March 14, 2014. 
A street on Vračar in Belgrade bears his name, and a bust was erected in Zemun in 2020 in his honor.Видовдан у Лазарици у Земун Пољу: Освештање бисте протојереја Радослава Грујића (СПЦ, 29. јун 2020)
== Selection from the bibliography ==
*Grujić, Radoslav (1906). Kako se postupalo sa srpskim molbama na dvoru ćesara avstrijskog poslednje godine života patrijarha Arsenija III. Čarnojevića. Novi Sad: Matica srpska.
*Grujić, Radoslav (1906). Prilozi istoriji odnošaja naših s Rumunima u XVIII veku. Sremski Karlovci: Srpska manastirska štamparija.
*Grujić, Radoslav (1906). Prilošci istoriji srp. banatskih manastira u drugoj polovini XVIII-tog veka. Sremski Karlovci: Srpska manastirska štamparija.
*Grujić, Radoslav (1908). Propast manastira Marče. Zagreb: Srpska štamparija.
*Grujić, Radoslav (1908). Srpske škole (od 1718-1739 g.): Prilog kulturnoj istoriji srpskoga naroda. Beograd: Zadužbina I. M. Kolarca.
*Grujić, Radoslav (1909). Apologija srpskoga naroda u Hrvatskoj i Slavoniji i njegovih glavnih obeležja. Novi Sad.
*Grujić, Radoslav (1910). Prota Ruvarac i crkvena istorija. Zagreb: Srpska štamparija.
*Grujić, Radoslav (1914). Prilozi za istoriju Srbije u doba austrijske okupacije (1718—1739). Beograd: Državna štamparija Kraljevine Srbije.
*Grujić, Radoslav (1920). Pravoslavna srpska crkva. Beograd: Izdavačka knjižarnica Gece Kona.
*Grujić, Radoslav (1930). Spomenica o Srpskom pravoslavnom vladičanstvu pakračkom. Pakrac: Izdanje sveštenstva Vladičanstva pakračkog.
*Grujić, Radoslav (1931). Pakračka eparhija: Istorisko-statistički pregled. Novi Sad.
*Grujić, Radoslav (1933). Pološko-tetovska eparhija i manastir Lešak. Skoplje.
*Grujić, Radoslav (1935). Skopska mitropolija: Istoriski pregled do obnovljenja Srpske patrijaršije 1920 g. Skoplje.
*Radoslav Grujić, Građa za istoriju Pakračkog Vladičanstva, Bogoslovski glasnik V / 9, Sremski Karlovci 1906, 233-281.
*Radoslav Grujić, Građa za istoriju Pakračkog Vladičanstva, Bogoslovski glasnik V / 10, Sremski Karlovci 1906, 3-24.
*Radoslav Grujić, Građa za istoriju Pakračkog Vladičanstva, Bogoslovski glasnik VI / 11, Sremski Karlovci 1907, 57-67.
*Grujić, Radoslav (1913). „Tri pisma ćesara Leopolda I carigradskim patrijarsima”. Spomenik SKA. 51: 13—15.
*Grujić, Radoslav (1913). „Prilozi za istoriju Srba u Austro-Ugarskoj”. Spomenik SKA. 51: 16—42.
*Grujić, Radoslav (1913). „Sedam pisama pećskog patrijarha Vasilija Brkića”. Spomenik SKA. 51: 79—86.
*Grujić, Radoslav (1913). „Pisma pećskih patrijaraha iz drugog i trećeg decenija XVIII-tog veka”. Spomenik SKA. 51: 105—134.
*Grujić, Radoslav (1927). „Prva srpska gimnazija u Novom Sadu 1731—1775”. Letopis Matice srpske. 313: 364—375.
*Grujić, Radoslav (1928). „O manastiru Krušedolu pod Turcima oko 1670 godine”. Glasnik Istoriskog društva u Novom Sadu. 1: 116—117.
*Grujić, Radoslav (1929). „Problemi istorije Karlovačke mitropolije”. Glasnik Istoriskog društva u Novom Sadu. 2: 53—65, 194—204, 365—379.
*Grujić, Radoslav (1929). „Tužbe Srba iz Hrvatske i drugih krajeva sa sabora u Beogradu 1730 na predstavnike austriskih državnih vlasti”. Glasnik Istoriskog društva u Novom Sadu. 2: 408—411.
*Grujić, Radoslav (1930). „Borbe s Turcima u Banatu 1738 i 1739”. Glasnik Istoriskog društva u Novom Sadu. 3: 106—107.
*Grujić, Radoslav (1930). „Oko sabora u Karlovcima 1715”. Glasnik Istoriskog društva u Novom Sadu. 3: 463—464.
*Grujić, Radoslav (1930). „Iz pisama Nikole Dimitrijevića, episkopa temišvarskog, 1737, 1738 i 1739 godine”. Glasnik Istoriskog društva u Novom Sadu. 3: 468—471.
*Grujić, Radoslav (1931). „Pećki patrijarsi i karlovački mitropoliti u 18 veku”. Glasnik Istoriskog društva u Novom Sadu. 4: 13—34, 224—240.
*Grujić, Radoslav (1931). „Jedan papski inkvizitor 15 veka u Vojvodini”. Glasnik Istoriskog društva u Novom Sadu. 4: 437—440.
*Radoslav M. Grujić, Kult Svetog Save u Karlovačkoj mitropoliji XVIII i XIX veka, Bogoslovlje, 10 / 2-3, Beograd, 1935, str. 133-170.
*Grujić, Radoslav (1939). „Duhovni život”. Vojvodina. 1. Novi Sad: Istorisko društvo. str. 330—414.
*Grujić, Radoslav (2008) [1940-1941]. „Duhovni život”. Vojvodina. 2. Novi Sad: Prometej. str. 367—416.
*Grujić, Radoslav (1926). „Beogradska episkopija”. Narodna enciklopedija srpsko-hrvatsko-slovenačka (PDF). 1. Zagreb: Bibliografski zavod. str. 155—156.
*Grujić, Radoslav (1926). „Gornjo-karlovačka eparhija”. Narodna enciklopedija srpsko-hrvatsko-slovenačka (PDF). 1. Zagreb: Bibliografski zavod. str. 500.
*Grujić, Radoslav (1926). „Dabarska eparhija”. Narodna enciklopedija srpsko-hrvatsko-slovenačka (PDF). 1. Zagreb: Bibliografski zavod. str. 539.
*Grujić, Radoslav (1926). „Dabrobosanska eparhija”. Narodna enciklopedija srpsko-hrvatsko-slovenačka (PDF). 1. Zagreb: Bibliografski zavod. str. 540.
*Grujić, Radoslav (1926). „Debarska eparhija”. Narodna enciklopedija srpsko-hrvatsko-slovenačka (PDF). 1. Zagreb: Bibliografski zavod. str. 566.
*Grujić, Radoslav (1926). „Zahumska eparhija”. Narodna enciklopedija srpsko-hrvatsko-slovenačka (PDF). 1. Zagreb: Bibliografski zavod. str. 797—798.
*Grujić, Radoslav (1926). „Zvornička eparhija”. Narodna enciklopedija srpsko-hrvatsko-slovenačka (PDF). 1. Zagreb: Bibliografski zavod. str. 806.
*Grujić, Radoslav (1927). „Karlovačka mitropolija”. Narodna enciklopedija srpsko-hrvatsko-slovenačka (PDF). 2. Zagreb: Bibliografski zavod. str. 249—257.
*Grujić, Radoslav (1927). „Krušedolska mitropolija”. Narodna enciklopedija srpsko-hrvatsko-slovenačka (PDF). 2. Zagreb: Bibliografski zavod. str. 477.
*Grujić, Radoslav (1927). „Marčanska eparhija”. Narodna enciklopedija srpsko-hrvatsko-slovenačka (PDF). 2. Zagreb: Bibliografski zavod. str. 698—699.
*Grujić, Radoslav (1927). „Monaštvo i manastiri kod pravoslavnih Srba”. Narodna enciklopedija srpsko-hrvatsko-slovenačka (PDF). 2. Zagreb: Bibliografski zavod. str. 869—877.
*Grujić, Radoslav (1927). „Moravička eparhija”. Narodna enciklopedija srpsko-hrvatsko-slovenačka (PDF). 2. Zagreb: Bibliografski zavod. str. 882—883.
*Grujić, Radoslav (1928). „Pakračka eparhija”. Narodna enciklopedija srpsko-hrvatsko-slovenačka (PDF). 3. Zagreb: Bibliografski zavod. str. 277.
*Grujić, Radoslav (1929). „Sremsko-karlovačka eparhija”. Narodna enciklopedija srpsko-hrvatsko-slovenačka (PDF). 4. Zagreb: Bibliografski zavod. str. 341.
*Grujić, Radoslav (1929). „Temišvarsko-velikokikindska eparhija”. Narodna enciklopedija srpsko-hrvatsko-slovenačka (PDF). 4. Zagreb: Bibliografski zavod. str. 532—533.
*Grujić, Radoslav (1929). „Hercegovačko-zahumska eparhija”. Narodna enciklopedija srpsko-hrvatsko-slovenačka (PDF). 4. Zagreb: Bibliografski zavod. str. 792—793.
*Grujić, Radoslav (1929). „Humska eparhija”. Narodna enciklopedija srpsko-hrvatsko-slovenačka (PDF). 4. Zagreb: Bibliografski zavod. str. 854.
*Grujić, Radoslav (1929). „Cetinjska eparhija”. Narodna enciklopedija srpsko-hrvatsko-slovenačka (PDF). 4. Zagreb: Bibliografski zavod. str. 894—895.
*Grujić, Radoslav (1929). „Crnogorska mitropolija”. Narodna enciklopedija srpsko-hrvatsko-slovenačka (PDF). 4. Zagreb: Bibliografski zavod. str. 923—924.
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