Joanikije Mićović

Joanikije (Serbian: Епископ Јоаникије, secular name Jovan Mićović, Serbian Cyrillic: Јован Мићовић;[1] born 20 April 1959) is a Serbian Orthodox bishop who has served as the head of the Eparchy of Budimlja and Nikšić since 2002. Bishop Joanikije is the Administrator of the Metropolitanate of Montenegro and the Littoral since October 2020.[2][3]

His Grace

Joanikije (Mićović)
Bishop of Budimlja and Nikšić
Bishop Joanikije in 2014
ChurchSerbian Orthodox Church
DioceseEparchy of Budimlja and Nikšić
Installed31 May 2002
PredecessorEparchy renewed in 2001
Orders
Ordination1990
Consecration1999
Personal details
Birth nameJovan Mićović
Born (1959-04-20) 20 April 1959
Velimlje, Nikšić, FPR Yugoslavia
DenominationSerb Orthodox Christian
ResidenceBerane, Montenegro
Alma materUniversity of Belgrade

Biography

Early life and education

He finished his secondary education at the Nikšić Gymnasium. He graduated from the University of Belgrade Faculty of Orthodox Theology in 1990 and he finished his advanced studies at the University of Belgrade Faculty of Philosophy.[2] He was ordained a monk in the Ćelija Piperska Monastery on 30 October 1990. He was ordained a hierodeacon on 7 February 1991 and a hieromonk on 17 February 1991, taking the role of caretaker head of the Savina Monastery. On 1 September 1991 he became the head of the Cetinje Monastery and a teacher and main instructor in the re-formed Cetinje Seminary. In September 1995, he was promoted to the rank of protosyncellus and he was placed as the caretaker rector of the Cetinje Seminary.[2]

Bishop of Budimlja and Nikšić

During its regular session in May 1999, the Bishops' Council of the Serbian Orthodox Church chose him as the Budimlja vicar bishop. On 3 June 1999, he was consecrated a bishop in Cetinje by Patriarch Pavle with Metropolitan of Montenegro Amfilohije (Radović) and twelve other bishops serving.

On the recommendation of Metropolitan Amfilohije, the Bishops' Council during its regular session in May 2000 took sections of the Metropolitanate of Montenegro and the Littoral and re-made the old Eparchy of Zahumlje and Raška which stemmed from the Eparchy of Budimlja and later the Eparchy of Budimlja and Polimlje.[2]

He was a member of the Holy Synod of the Serbian Orthodox Church from 2004 to 2006.

In December 2019, Bishop Joanikije survived an assassination attempt in Belgrade, Serbia,[4] while he was in a meeting with Montenegrin-Serbian businessman and Church benefactor Miodrag Davidović.[5][6]

On 12 May 2020 during the Montenegrin religious crisis, Bishop Joanikije was arrested by Montenegrin police for leading a religious procession marking the day of Saint Basil of Ostrog.[7] On 16 May 2020, Bishop Joanikije and eight priests of the Orthodox Cathedral of St. Basil of Ostrog in Nikšić were released at around midnight after 72 hours spent in detention.[8]

On 3 November 2020 he was tested positive to COVID-19. His health had improved in the meantime, and on 28 November, the results of the tests performed showed that he was negative for COVID-19.[9]

References
  1. Zarić, Zorica. "To je OVAJ ČOVEK: Episkop Joanikije | Indeks" (in Serbian). Retrieved 21 May 2020.
  2. Eparhija.me. "Biografija" (in Serbian). Retrieved 15 May 2020.
  3. "Episkop Joanikije administrator Mitropolije nakon smrti Amfilohija". Al Jazeera Balkans (in Bosnian). 30 October 2020. Retrieved 31 October 2020.
  4. Бојовић, Александар. "Давидовић се опоравља, потрага за снајперистом". Politika Online.
  5. "Miodrag Daka Davidovic – Montenegrin Businessman with Powerful Foes". Balkan Insight. 11 December 2019.
  6. online, Monitor. "PUCANJ IZ SNAJPERA, OPET: Kome smeta Daka Davidović" (in Bosnian).
  7. Radio Free Europe (14 May 2020). "Montenegrin Police Detain 60 In Clashes Over Priests' Arrests". Retrieved 15 May 2020.
  8. "His Grace Joanikije, Bishop of Budimlye and Niksic, and priests released from detention". The Orthodox World. 17 May 2020. Retrieved 2 December 2020.
  9. Serbia, RTS, Radio televizija Srbije, Radio Television of. "Епископ Јоаникије позитиван на коронавирус". www.rts.rs. Retrieved 5 November 2020.
Serbian Orthodox Church titles
New diocese Bishop of Budimlja and Nikšić
2002 – present		 Incumbent
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