Amfilohije Radović facts for kids

Metropolitan Amfilohije

Amfilohije Radović (Serbian Cyrillic: Амфилохије Радовић) was an important leader in the Serbian Orthodox Church. He was born on January 7, 1938, in a place called Bare Radovića, which was then part of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia.

He served as a bishop for many years. From 1985 to 1990, he was the Bishop of Banat. After that, he became the Metropolitan Bishop of Montenegro and the Littoral in 1990. He held this important position until he passed away.

Amfilohije Radović died on October 30, 2020, at the age of 82. He had tested positive for COVID-19 earlier that month. He passed away in a hospital in Podgorica, Montenegro.

Images for kids

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  Radović as a young student

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  Metropolitan Amfilohije in 2008.

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  First row: Metropolitans Vasilije Kačavenda (in red, left), Amfilohije (in white, centre) and Patriarch Irinej (in red, right).

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  Gathering of global Orthodox clergy: Amfilohije (in white, fourth from left), Patriarch Bartholomew I of Constantinople (in white and red, centre).

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  Dmitry Medvedev receives the Order of St. Sava from Metropolitan Amfilohije.

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  Amfilohije giving an speech at the anti-government rally in October 2015.

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  Protest prayer walks in front of the Cathedral of the Resurrection of Christ in Podgorica, on 26 January 2020.

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  Metropolitan Amfilohije's grave in the crypt of the Podgorica Cathedral.

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  Amfilohije in 2017.

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In Spanish: Amfilohije Radović para niños