Dionysius Pantelić

Dionysius Pantelić was a Serbian Eastern Orthodox theologian and archimandrite. He was a priest and was the hegumen of from 1974 to 2005.

Biography

Born in Riđevštica on 16 October 1932, Pantelić began attending monastery at the age of 14. He was ordained a monk on 16 October 1949, his 17th birthday. He was ordained a hierodeacon on 5 November 1950 in Niš and was sent to the Naupara monastery the following year. He then stayed in the Divljana Monastery until his military service, and subsequently was sent to the, where he stayed from 1958 to 1974.
Pantelić arrived at the Lipovac Monastery under the blessing of Bishop, where he was hegumen from 1974 to 2005. That year, he was succeeded by. From 2005 to 2023, he was hieromonk of the monastery. On 25 March 2022, he was made a by Bishop Arsenije Glavčić.
Dionysius Pantelić died at the Lipovac Monastery on 3 June 2023, at the age of 90. He was buried on 6 June, with the funeral service performed by Bishop of Kruševac, Bishop Arsenije Glavčić of Niš, and Bishop of Polog and Kumanovo.