Serbian Orthodox Church elects Joanikije to serve as Metropolitan of Montenegro

The assembly of the Serbian Orthodox Church (SPC) said that it filled the vacant dioceses and that the former head of the Eparchy of Budimlja and Niksic, Joanikije, had been elected Metropolitan of Montenegro and the Littoral, while his former post was taken over by Metodije of Dioclea and the Eparchy of Valjevo was taken over by Isihije of Mohacs.

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Patriarch Porfirije was also elected head of the Holy Synod, the highest executive and judicial authority in the SPC.

The SPC assembly said that in its latest meeting in Belgrade it discussed “phenomena that endanger, and in some cases violate the unity of the Orthodox Church.”

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