Nikanor I, also referred to as Nikanor; Nikanor I, Serbian Patriarch; and Nicanor was a Serbian Orthodox prelate. Career He became the 17th Archbishop of Peć and Serbian Patriarch when he replaced Savatije Sokolović in 1588. Church records state that he was enthroned in 1588 but lack information about his term. Jerotej Sokolović succeeded him the following year. He came from Novo Brdo and was instrumental in establishing the first printing press in Serbia. While at the Gračanica Monastery, he was credited for producing manuscripts in the Serbian version of the Old Church Slavonic. As a Metropolitan, he was a donor of cathedra icons. See also List of heads of the Serbian Orthodox Church References 16th-century Serbian people 16th-century Eastern Orthodox archbishops 16th-century births Patriarchs of the Serbian Orthodox Church Ottoman Serbia Serbs from the Ottoman Empire 16th-century people from the Ottoman Empire