Artemije Radosavljević
Artemije Radosavljević | |
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| Bishop | |
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| Church | Serbian Orthodox Church |
| Diocese | Eparchy of Raška and Prizren |
| Predecessor | Pavle |
| Successor | Teodosije Šibalić |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Marko Radosavljević 15 January 1935 |
| Denomination | Serbian Orthodox Christian |
Artemije Radosavljević (Serbian Cyrillic: Артемије Радосављевић; born 15 January 1935) is a Serbian Orthodox bishop who served as the head of the Eparchy of Raška and Prizren from 1991 until 2010.[1]
Life
Bishop Artemije was born as Marko Radosavljević in the village of Lelić (the same village that St. Nikolaj Velimirović was born in). In his youth, he met St. Justin Popović who was living in the Ćelije Monastery at the time. After finishing theology school, St. Justin allowed him to become a monk on November 20, 1960 in the Ćelije Monastery.
Upon graduating from the University of Belgrade Faculty of Orthodox Theology, he signed up for graduate school in Athens where he successfully defended his doctoral thesis with the topic titled The Secret of Salvation According to Saint Maximus the Confessor. He then retired to the Crna Reka Monastery where he spent the next thirteen years.
He was chosen as Bishop of the Eparchy of Raška and Prizren in May 1991.
Upon Joe Biden's visit to Serbia, Bishop Artemije did not give his blessing for Biden to visit the Visoki Dečani monastery. Artemije wrote and published a strongly worded letter titled Dečani and Bondsteel – first Tadić now Biden but the Holy Assembly of Bishops of the Serbian Orthodox Church denounced the decision and publicly expressed regret that Artemije made that decision.