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MONTENEGRIN ORTHODOX CHURCH Prof. Dr. Nedžad-ef. Grabus Newly elected Reis-ul-Ulemaof the Islamic Community in Bosnia and Herzegovina Esteemed Reis-ul-Ulema, On the occasion of Your election as Reis-ul-Ulema of the Islamic Community in Bosnia and Herzegovina, I offer You my sincere congratulations and best wishes for the successful fulfilment of this responsible and honourable duty. I am convinced that mutual respect, dialogue […]

MONTENEGRIN ORTHODOX CHURCH Cetinje, 18 October 2026 Holy Father, During Your recovery following surgery, I wish to join my voice and that of the beloved people of Montenegro with the voices of all those throughout the world who are praying and offering their best wishes for Your Holiness’s health and a swift and complete recovery. As a brother in the episcopate, […]

Archbishop of Cetinje and Metropolitan of Montenegro Mihailo has sent an open letter to the European Union Ambassador and the ambassadors of the Quint countries, asking a fundamental question: “Who in the European Union changed its policy so that deadlines and membership are placed above European values?” We publish the letter in full below. Your Excellencies, The Montenegrin people and the […]

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 […]