Miraš Dedeić
| Metropolitan Mihailo (Miraš Dedeić) | |
|---|---|
| Born |
8 November 1938 Ramovo Ždrijelo, Kingdom of Yugoslavia |
Miraš Dedeić (Montenegrin: Mihailo, Miraš Dedeić), also known as Metropolitan Mihailo (b. 8 November 1938), is the head of the uncanonical Montenegrin Orthodox Church since 1997. He has the self-styled title of Archbishop of Cetinje and the Montenegrin Metropolinate.
Miraš Dedeić was born on 8 November 1938 in the village Ramovo Ždrijelo in the Zeta Banovina of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia, to Mlađen Dedeić and Saveta Delibašić. Dedeić's family is from Njegovuđe, but their ancestors, originally of the Drobnjak clan, moved to Dobrilovina in the early 16th century. On 20 November 1938 he was baptized by a Serbian Orthodox priest by the name of Niko Pavičić in the Church of Saint Transfiguration of Lord in the not far away village of Krš. His godfather was Krsto Bajčeta. Miraš finished the elementary school in Tomaševo-Šahovići. At the age of 21, after World War II, he joined the Seminary in Prizren. He finished only two grades studying separately from normal class, today he claims he was forced to abandon education allegedly because he identified as a Montenegrin, and not a Serb. Instead, he finished the Real Classical High School of Prizren. He afterwards enrolled in the study of pedagogy at the University of Priština, but always remained wishful for a theological life and asked the bishop of Raška-Prizren Pavle of the Serbian Orthodox Church for assistance, who gave him a blessing and he joined the Theological Faculty of the University of Belgrade on 16 September 1965. He studied as an irregular student and finished exams under professor Čedomir Drašković. Dedeić graduated in 1969.
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