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Joanikije I (Serbian: Јоаникије I) was the fifth Metropolitan of Peć and Archbishop of Serbs from when he replaced Archbishop Danilo I in 1272 to 1276.He was a disciple of Archbishop Sava II when Sava II was still a bishop. Together they went to the Holy Land and the Holy Mountain (Mount Athos) from whence they returned to Serbia.Joanikije departed again for the Holy Mountain to Hilandar monastery. He was an ekonom of the monastery around 1255/56 until he became the hegumen in 1257.