Belgrade - The head of Serbia's Orthodox Church, Patriarch Pavle, died at the age of 95 on Sunday, local media reports quoting the church said.

Pavle had led the church through its post-Communist resurgence and its troubled role in the Balkan wars.

He died at the military hospital to which he was admitted two years ago. Pavle leaves behind a church torn in a power struggle between reformists and dogmatics, who failed to agree on electing a new patriarch a year ago. (dpa)