Mojsije of Dečani (; 1536–1545) was a printer of srbulje liturgical books and Orthodox hierodeacon.
Biography Mojsije was born to a Serbian family in Budimlja, part of the Sanjak of Scutari of the Ottoman Empire (modern-day Montenegro). He took monastic vows and was a monk at the monastery of Visoki Dečani (in Kosovo).
In the period of 1536–1538, Mojsije was a printer at the Vuković printing house in Venice, Republic of Venice. Besides Mojsije, typographers who worked at the printing house of Vićenco Vuković included also Hieromonk Pahomije, priests Genadije and Teodosije, and laity like Stefan Marinović and Jakov Krajkov.
In 1536, Mojsije printed Zbornik za putnike and in 1537, he participated in printing of the Octoechos. In 1538, Mojsije printed the most luxurious and lengthiest edition of Praznični minej.
When Dimitrije Ljubavić went to Târgoviște in Wallachia he brought with him Mojsije. In 1545, Mojsije, now a hieromonk, printed the first book in Ljubavić's printing house.
Annotations In Serbian, he is simply known with his monastic rank as "Hierodeacon Mojsije" (). His name translated into English is "Mojsije of Dečani" (). He is also scarcely called "Mojsije of Budimlja" ().
See also Đurađ Crnojević Stefan Marinović Hieromonk Makarije Hieromonk Mardarije Hegumen Mardarije Božidar Vuković Vićenco Vuković Hieromonk Pahomije Trojan Gundulić Andrija Paltašić Jakov of Kamena Reka Bartolomeo Ginammi who followed Zagurović's footsteps reprinting Serbian books. Dimitrije Ljubavić, Božidar Goraždanin's grandson Inok Sava Stefan Paštrović
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