Vladika or Wladika ( sr, владика) is a Slavic title and address of bishops in the

Eastern Orthodox Church The Eastern Orthodox Church, also called the Orthodox Church, is the second-largest Christian church, with approximately 220 million baptized members. It operates as a communion of autocephalous churches, each governed by its bishops vi ...

. In Old Church Slavonic, the meaning of the word is ''Mr.'' From the early-16th to the mid-19th century in

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, the title referred to the bishop of Cetinje, who also served as the spiritual leader and the prince of the

Prince-Bishopric of Montenegro The Prince-Bishopric of Montenegro ( sr, Митрополство Црногорско, Mitropolstvo Crnogorsko) was an ecclesiastical principality that existed from 1516 until 1852. The principality was located around modern-day Montenegro. It ...

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