The Superiors of Manasija Monastery Through History

III · 1905 – 1955
from the beginning to the middle of the 20th century
From Syncellus Ruvim to Archimandrite Pavle Panić
1. 1905
  Syncellus Ruvim
2. 1906
  Archimandrite Melentije
3. 1908
  Abbot Nikanor Miljković
4. 1910–1911
  1 year
  Hieromonk Nikanor
5. 1919–1924
  5 years
  Hieromonk Sofronije Mihajlović
6. 1924
  Abbot Sergije Janaćević
7. 1925–1927
  2 years
  Hieromonk Amfilohije Bedričić
8. 1928
  Abbot Lukijan Birčanin
9. 1928–1929
  1 year
  Hieromonk Zosim Valjajev
10. 1929 Saint Hieromartyr Mitrofan Matić was tonsured a monk in Manasija Monastery
11. 1929
  Hieromonk Mojsej
12. 1932 at the latest – c. 1943
  Hieromonk Pavle Panić; abbot from 1935
13. 1943
  Hieromonk Nikanor
14. 1945–1948
  3 years
  Syncellus Metodije
15. 1948–1955
  7 years
  Abbot Pavle Panić; archimandrite from 1955
IV · 1953 – 2023
from the middle of the 20th to the beginning of the 21st century
A convent, and from 2022 a men's monastery once again
1. 1953–1955 Manasija Monastery turned into a convent
2. 1956–1999
  43 years
  Abbess Paraskeva Jovanović
3. during the administration of Abbess Paraskeva, Saint Elder Sophrony Sakharov stayed in the monastery for some time
4. 1995–2001
  6 years
  Superior, the nun Anastasija Simeonović
5. 2001–2005
  4 years
  Mother Angelina Radosavljević
6. 2005–2011
  6 years
  Mother Varvara Trifunović
7. 2011–2022
  11 years
  Mother Pavla Petrović
8. 2022 Manasija Monastery restored to the status of a men's monastery
9. 2022–2023
  1 year
  the abbot of Tumane, Archimandrite Dimitrije Plećević
10. 2023–
  Protosyncellus Pavle Mirković

Abbreviations

For the expansion of the abbreviations, see Abbreviations at the bottom of the page presenting the brief history of Manasija Monastery.

from the beginning to the middle of the 20th century

from the middle of the 20th to the beginning of the 21st century

Abbreviations