Georgije Nikolajević
Then, in the fall of 1829, he went to Pest and enrolled in philosophy studies, but stayed there for a short time because he responded to Metropolitan Stefan's invitation to be a teacher in Dubrovnik.
On 1 June, Bishop Josif Rajačić issued him a sinjelija for the parish priest of Dubrovnik, and he was confirmed by the government on 16 October.
On 8 January 1836, the Bishop of Dalmatia, Pantelejmon Živković, awarded him a red belt for his zeal in the field of education and as an exemplary priest.
Apart from the priestly vocation of Georgije Nikolajević, he inspired and cultivated the Serb-Catholic Circle[3] and also wrote and edited for Serbian publications in Dubrovnik.
His most important work is a collection entitled Srpski spomenici ili stare risovule, diplome, povela i snošenja bosanski, serbski, hercegovački, dalmatinski i dubrovački kraleva, careva, banova, despota, knezeva, voivode, i vlastelina ("Serbian Monuments or old Chrysobulls, diplomas, charters, and relations of Bosnian, Serbian, Herzegovinian, Dalmatian, and Dubrovnik kings, emperors, bans, despots, and lords").
Due to his contribution in the field of literature, on 11 July 1842, he was elected a corresponding member of the Serbian Learned Society in Belgrade.
Among his friends, Vuk Karadžić,[9] Pavle Tvrtković,[10] Božidar Petranović, Serafim Perović, the writer Archimandrite Nićifor Dučić, the metropolitans: Stefan Stratimirović, Josif Rajačić, Petar II Petrović Njegoš, bishops Pantelejmon Živković, Jerotej Mutibarić stand out.
In 1852 he went to Belgrade and met with Serbia's prime minister Ilija Garašanin and had an audience with Prince Aleksandar Karađorđević at his invitation.
After 28 years of priestly service in Dubrovnik, Father Georgije Nikolajević was transferred to Zadar in 1858, where he was appointed professor at the seminary there.
As early as 29 April 1860, he was appointed a consistory archpriest, but he continued to serve as a professor at the theological institute.
On the occasion of the thousandth anniversary of the existence of Russia, the Tsar Aleksandar endowed him in 1862 with the Order of St. Anne of the III class.
By the imperial decision of December 27, 1873, he was appointed a member of the Provincial School Council of Dalmatia for six years, but his mandate was renewed once again.
During his time as Metropolitan Georgije Nikolajević, he did a lot for the church: he ordained 7 deacons, 2 hierodeacons, 75 priests, and 4 hieromonks.
He also produced 2 archdeacons, 2 sindjels, 1 abbot, 15 archpriests; 2 archimandrites, and 11 priests were decorated with a church belt.
Georgije Nikolajević solved this problem by reprinting Russian church books in Sarajevo at the expense of the state.
[15] On the eve of the Feast of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary in 1892, Metropolitan Nikolajević visited Bosanska Gradiška, where the parish clergy and the people prepared a magnificent welcome for him.
Touched by this welcome, he gave the citizens of Gradiška a foundation of 9,000 forints, which they used to erect a new parochial school building in the churchyard.
Metropolitan Georgije Nikolajević served his last hierarchical service on 21 November 1895, at the Introduction in the Old Church in Sarajevo.
Among other telegrams sent by: Serbian Royal Academy of Sciences, Matica Srpska, Minister Kalaj, Dubrovnik Municipality, Patriarchs of Constantinople, and Karlovac.
He was transferred to the Old Church on the 23 of February and Metropolitan Nikolaj (Mandić) of Tuzla served the Liturgy and the memorial service there.
Two metropolitans took part in the service: Serafim Perović from Herzegovina and Nikolaj Mandić (uncle of Nikola Tesla) of Tuzla, a couple of archimandrites and abbots, and more than 70 priests.
After the funeral, he was temporarily buried in the Koševo cemetery, until the church in Blažuj was built, where his remains were then transferred.
A member of the Académie Française, Henri Jean Baptiste Anatole Leroy-Beaulieu, was also present at the transfer of the remains to the Serbian Orthodox Church of Blažuj.
About the Austro-Hungarian Emperor Franz Joseph, the old man Georgije Nikolajević received the Order of the Iron Crown with a star and a ribbon for his merits.
