Dionysius Pantelić

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 Monastery of the Holy Mother of God in Visočka Ržana [sr], where he stayed from 1958 to 1974.^[1]

Pantelić arrived at the Lipovac Monastery under the blessing of Bishop Jovan Ilić [sr], where he was hegumen from 1974 to 2005.^[2] That year, he was succeeded by Melanija Pantelić [sr].[3] From 2005 to 2023, he was hieromonk of the monastery.^[3] On 25 March 2022, he was made a Great Schema [sr] by Bishop Arsenije Glavčić.^[4]

Dionysius Pantelić died at the Lipovac Monastery on 3 June 2023,^{[failed verification]} at the age of 90.^[5] He was buried on 6 June, with the funeral service performed by Bishop David Perović [sr] of Kruševac, Bishop Arsenije Glavčić of Niš, and Bishop Joakim Jovčevski [sr] of Polog and Kumanovo.^[6]