Georgije Hranislav

Georgije Hransislav (secular Gavrilo Hranislav; 8 November 1775 - 22 June 1843) was the bishop of the Serbian Orthodox Church.

[1][2] Bishop Georgije was born as Gavrilo Hranislav in Ruma on 8 November 1775, to father Pavle and mother Alka.

He studied high school in Karlovac and Novi Sad, and then was at the academy in Varaždin, listening to philosophy.

[3] From 1804, Gavrilo Hranislav was a professor at the grammar school in Karlovac until 1812, when Metropolitan Stefan Stratimirović promoted him to the rank of deacon on 6 October, and then protodeacon on 31 January 1813 and archdeacon on 21 November 1814.

Bishop Georgije was a very educated man of his time and had a penchant for literature, translating, writing and collecting books.