Arsenije Stojković
Arsenije Stojković (28 October 1804 - 29 March 1892) was bishop of the Serbian Orthodox Church, though elected Serbian patriarch he was never confirmed as such by the Austrian government. He held the office of Bishop of the Eparchy of Buda from 1853 to 1892. Biography Stojković was born on 28 October 1804 in Mokrin, where his father Trifun was a deacon and teacher. After graduating from the gymnasium, he taught at elementary school in Mokrin and Sentivan. He started teaching in high school in Szeged, and ended up in Timișoara. After completing his teacher training in Sombor, he completed the Theological Seminary in Vršac. After graduating from the Theological College he studied philosophy in Szeged and law in Pest. Monastic life He was tonsured at the Rakovac monastery by the hieromonk Panteleimon Živković, the deputy archimandrite of Rakovac Antonije Nako, the latter bishop of Timișoara. Upon his ordination to the rank of deacon, he was the associate deacon of Metropolitan Stefan Stratimirović and professor of Theology at the Clerical High School of Saint Arsenije in Sremski Karlovci. He was elevated to the rank of Protodeacon in 1831, and in the rank of archdeacon in 1833. For several years he