Gerasim Adamović (Serbian: Герасим Адамовић, Romanian: Gherasim Adamovici; 1733–1796) was Serbia-born Eastern Orthodox bishop of Transylvania (1789–1796) when it was under Austria-Hungary rule.[1][2][3]
Biography
editGerasim Adamović was born in a Serbian city of Šikloš (now is Southern Hungary).[4]
During 1779–1783 he was archimandrite of the Sveti Đurađ monastery in Birda (Манастир Светог великомученика Георгија, also Шенђурац на Брзави).[3][2] He was also archimandrite of the Serbian Bezdin Monastery (1783–1789).[4]
He was one of the signatories of the second, expanded version of Supplex Libellus Valachorum, a petition for Romanians (valachorum) of Transylvania to be equal in political, economic and religious rights to the privileged groups: Transylvanian nobles, Transylvanian Saxons (Germans), and Székelys (Hungarians).[2][5]
Adamović was the last Serbian Bishop of Transylvania.[2] He had residence in the village of Rășinari near Sibiu[1]
References
edit- ^ a b Герасим Адамовић, from Народна енциклопедија српско-хрватско-словеначка, прва књига, 1929.
- ^ a b c d Ljubivoje Cerović, "SÂRBII DIN ROMÂNIA. Din evul mediu timpuriu până în zilele noastre" (Translated from Serbian book: Љубивоје Церовић, Срби у Румунији од раног средњег века до данашњег времена, Савез Срба у Румунији, Темишвар, 2000.), 2005,
- ^ a b Иван М. (игуман Јустин) Стојановић, МАНАСТИРИ ТЕМИШВАРСКЕ ЕПАРХИЈЕ – ЦЕНТРИ ВЕРСКОГ И КУЛТУРНОГ ЖИВОТА СРБА У РУМУНИЈИ doi:10.46630/ish.8.2022.18, p.287
- ^ a b Ljubomir Stepanov, Stevan Bugarski, Manastir Bezdin. Kratki prikaz, 2003, ISBN 9738402182, p.49
- ^ Ioan Lupaș, Misiunea episcopilor Gherasim Adamovici și Ioan Bob la Curtea din Viena în anul 1792, Sibiu, 1912