 Arsenije III always spoke strongly in favor of the expulsion of the Turks from the Balkans and it was chiefly through his influence that the support of the Serbian people was given to Đorđe Branković (1645-1711), the leader of the 1683 Serbian uprising against the Ottoman Empire.Upon his return, in 1683, Arsenije III was in Nikolje Monastery where he received news of the Battle of Vienna (12 September 1683).The battle placed forces of the Ottoman Empire under Kara Mustafa Pasha against forces of the Holy League under John III Sobieski.