His Holiness, the Archbishop of Peć, Metropolitan of Belgrade and Karlovci, Serbian Patriarch German '''(Serbian Cyrillic: Његова светост Герман Архиепископ пећки, Митрополит београдско-карловачки и Патријарх српски)''' (August 19, 1899, '''Jošanička Banja, Serbia''' - August 27, 1991, '''Belgrade, Serbia''') was the patriarch of the Serbian Orthodox Church from 1958 to 1990.he was successful in revitalizing the Serbian Orthodox Church to a certain extent during the Communist period, despite two schisms that occurred during his tenure.