The Church in a Communist State: Justin Popovic (1894–1979) and the Struggle for Orthodoxy in Serbia/Yugoslavia

Justin Popovic (1894–1979) is a saint of the Serbian Orthodox Church (henceforth SOC) and one of its most accomplished theologians. He was born in the southern Serbian town of Vranje, into a priestly family, and was given the name Blagoje. Shortly after completing his nine-year education in Belgrade...

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Main Author: Vukic, Neven 1985- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Oxford University Press 2021
In: A journal of church and state
Year: 2021, Volume: 63, Issue: 2, Pages: 278-299
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Serbisch-orthodoxe Kirche / Communism / Popović, Blagoe 1894-1979
IxTheo Classification:KBK Europe (East)
SA Church law; state-church law
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Summary:Justin Popovic (1894–1979) is a saint of the Serbian Orthodox Church (henceforth SOC) and one of its most accomplished theologians. He was born in the southern Serbian town of Vranje, into a priestly family, and was given the name Blagoje. Shortly after completing his nine-year education in Belgrade, he served as a medic during the First World War. In 1916, Popovic was tonsured as a monk in Shkoder, Albania, taking on the monastic name Justin, after the second-century apologist St. Justin Martyr. Within the same year, he was first transferred to St. Petersburg for further education, and upon the outbreak of...
ISSN:2040-4867
Contains:Enthalten in: A journal of church and state
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1093/jcs/csaa033