- Antonije Abramović
Infobox Person
name = Metropolitan Antonije (Antonije Abramović)
caption = Metropolitan Antonije on the MOC logo
birth_date = birth date|1919|10|31|df=y
birth_place =Dobrota ,Kotor ,Montenegro
death_date = 1996
death_place =Podgorica ,Montenegro Metropolitan Antonije, (born Antonije Abramović, Montenegrin
Cyrillic : Антоније Абрамовић,31 October 1919 —1996) was the first Metropolitan of the uncanonicalMontenegrin Orthodox Church and self-proclaimed Metropolitan of Montenegro.He was a candidate for the position of Metropolitan of the
Metropolitanate of Montenegro and the Littoral in 1961. After that, he was picked to be a cleric of theRussian Orthodox Church inCanada .He was elected the Metropolitan of the just gathered See of the new Montenegrin Orthodox Church by traditional
acclamation onOctober 3 1993 inCetinje . Before that, he served as a priest forOrthodox Church in America inCanada . He died in 1996 and was succeeded by Miraš Dedeić.
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