Arsenije IV Jovanović Šakabenta

Arsenije IV Jovanović Šakabenta (Serbian Cyrillic: Арсеније IV Јовановић Шакабента, Serbian pronunciation: [ǎrseːnije t͡ʃětʋr̩ːtiː]; 1698 – 18 January 1748) was the Patriarch of the Serbian Patriarchate of Peć from 1724 to 1737 and head of the Serbian Church in Habsburg Monarchy from 1737 to his death in 1748.

He opened the first official Academy of Painting on the territory of the Metropolitanate of Karlovci after the artistic and cultural reforms were commenced under the auspices and blessing of Vikentije Jovanović, his predecessor. He commissioned the Slavic heraldic bearings called Stemmatographia. He was succeeded by patriarch Joannicius III.

Life

In 1724, the ailing Serbian patriarch Mojsije I (d. 1730) decided to step down from the patriarchal throne, and was succeeded by Arsenije, the metropolitan of Raška, who became the new Serbian patriarch as Arsenije IV, with seat in Peć.

In 1737, during the Habsburg-Ottoman War patriarch Arsenije IV moved from Peć to Belgrade, and remained there until 1739. With the Treaty of Belgrade (1739) which ended the war, the Habsburg-held Kingdom of Serbia ceased to exist. The Ottoman sultan deposed the pro-Habsburg patriarch Arsenije IV and in his place appointed Joanikije III, who was a Greek.

Patriarch Arsenije IV thus remained in the Habsburg monarchy along with many Serbs, who accompanied him during the Second Serbian Migration. Arsenije IV became Metropolitan of Karlovci, maintaining however deep connections with the Serbs who remained in the Ottoman Empire, now under the jurisdiction of Joannicius III, who remained Patriarch of Peć until 1746, when, burdened with debts due to his high-living, he was forced to sell the title to pay his creditors.