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The Montenegrin Orthodox Church informs the public that it has received Decision No. UPUPV-10-081/23-85/41 of the Ministry of Justice, dated 29 June 2026, rejecting as unfounded the request submitted by Bojan (Boris) Bojović to remove Metropolitan Mihailo as the Head and authorized representative of the Montenegrin Orthodox Church and to register Bojović in his place. Anyone with even a basic level […]

Archbishop of Cetinje and Metropolitan of Montenegro Mihailo attended today, 11 July, the commemoration marking the 31st anniversary of the Srebrenica genocide, held at the Srebrenica-Potočari Memorial Center. His presence in Potočari carries particular historical significance. In 2005, Metropolitan Mihailo was, by all accounts, the first head of any Orthodox Church to visit Srebrenica, doing so together with Idriz Demirović, representative […]

Regarding the communiqué that has been circulating in public in recent days concerning the meeting with Mr. Milo Đukanović, and which is being attributed to the Montenegrin Orthodox Church, I hereby state that neither I personally nor the Montenegrin Orthodox Church as an institution have anything to do with it. I did not issue, sign, or approve it, nor does it […]

The Archbishop of Cetinje and Metropolitan of Montenegro, Mihailo, has sent an official letter to His Excellency Mr. Matei-Viorel Ardeleanu, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Romania to Montenegro. The letter concerns the uncanonical, unlawful and morally unacceptable activities of the defrocked layman Bojan Bojović, as well as the misuse of the name of the Montenegrin Orthodox Church on the canonical territory […]

At the invitation of the Embassy of the United States of America in Montenegro, the Archbishop of Cetinje and Metropolitan of Montenegro, His Eminence Mihailo, attended a ceremonial reception marking the 250th anniversary of the adoption of the Declaration of Independence of the United States of America, held in Podgorica. Remarks were delivered by the Chargé d’Affaires of the U.S. Embassy […]

The Montenegrin Orthodox Church has filed with the Basic State Prosecutor’s Office in Cetinje a supplement to the criminal complaint against Bojan Bojović, on the grounds of reasonable suspicion that he is committing the criminal offence of fraud as a continuing offence (Article 244 of the Criminal Code of Montenegro). The occasion is the statement of 6 June 2026, in which […]

His Beatitude the Archbishop of Cetinje and Metropolitan of Montenegro, Mr. Mihailo, together with his associates and members of the Supreme Council of the Montenegrin Orthodox Church, received today at the Episcopal Palace in Cetinje Mr. Michael Keays, Chargé d’Affaires ad interim at the Embassy of the United States of America in Podgorica, as well as Ms. Milena Labović, Political-Economic Assistant […]

His Beatitude the Archbishop of Cetinje and Metropolitan of Montenegro, Mr. Mihailo, together with associates and members of the Supreme Council of the Montenegrin Orthodox Church, yesterday received at the Episcopal Palace in Cetinje Ms. Caroline Tissot, United Nations Resident Coordinator for Montenegro, and Ms. Anjet Lanting, UN Human Rights Adviser in Montenegro. The visit is part of a round of […]

“Salvation belongeth unto the Lord: thy blessing is upon thy people” (Ps 3:8). During the Easter Liturgy served yesterday in the Chapel of Saint Peter of Cetinje the Miracle Worker, at the Episcopal Residence in Cetinje, His Beatitude, the Archbishop of Cetinje and Metropolitan of Montenegro, H.G. Mihailo, ordained subdeacon Ranko Kaljić from Herceg Novi to the rank of deacon. Mr. […]

To the Brother Hierarchs, clergy, monastics, and Orthodox faithful in Montenegro and the diaspora: Dear brothers and sisters in Christ, At the dawn of the greatest Christian feast — the Resurrection of our Lord Jesus Christ — we gather in faith, hope, and love, celebrating the victory of life over death and of truth over every deception. Before the glorious Resurrection […]