Vasiljevich firstly resides in Petrovaradin, the center of Eparchy of Bačka, and upon the invitation of The Patriarch Arsenije IV Jovanovich, he arrives to Sremski Karlovci, Metropolitan headquarters, where he founded a school of painting. Patriarch Jovanovich declared a circular banning the work of ignorant painters after Jov's arrival. By that, the art practice of Jov Vasiljevich, his " Doctrine of icon painting of Arts", has been declared the official art of The Metropolitanate of Karlovci .