Amfilohije Radović
| Amfilohije | |
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| Metropolitan of Montenegro and the Littoral | |
Metropolitan Amfilohije
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| Native name | Амфилохије |
| Church | Serbian Orthodox Church |
| Diocese | Metropolitanate of Montenegro and the Littoral |
| Installed | 1991 |
| Personal details | |
| Birth name | Risto Radović |
| Born |
7 January 1938 Bare Radovića, Kingdom of Yugoslavia |
| Nationality | Montenegrin |
| Denomination | Eastern Orthodoxy |
| Residence | Cetinje Monastery |
| Alma mater |
University of Belgrade Faculty of Theology Sapienza University of Athens |
Metropolitan Amfilohije Radović (Serbian Cyrillic: Амфилохије Радовић; pronounced [amfilɔ̌xijɛ râːdɔv̞itɕ]; born January 7, 1938) is a Serbian Orthodox bishop, the current Metropolitan bishop of Montenegro and the Littoral, making him the head of the Serbian Orthodox Church in Montenegro.
Amfilohije was born Risto Radović (Ристо Радовић) in Bare Radovića in Lower Morača, Kingdom of Yugoslavia (now Montenegro). He is a descendant of vojvoda Mina Radović who participated in the unification of the Morača tribe with the Principality of Montenegro in 1820. He graduated from the Faculty of Theology in Belgrade in 1962. He also studied classical philosophy at the University of Belgrade. He completed his postgraduate studies in Bern and Rome, and then moved to Greece where he lived for seven years, took monastic vows and worked as a hieromonk of the Greek Orthodox Church. In Athens, he completed his doctoral thesis on Saint Gregory Palamas and earned a doctor of theology degree. After spending one year at Mount Athos, he moved to Paris and worked as a professor at the St. Sergius Orthodox Theological Institute. In 1976 he became a docent and later professor of Orthodox catechesis at the Faculty of Theology in Belgrade. He is a honorary doctor of the Moscow Theological Academy since 2006 and of the Institute of Theology of the Belarusian State University since 2008. He also speaks Greek, Russian, Italian, German and French. He was a member of the Association of Writers of Serbia and Montenegro.
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