Gojko Perović (; born September 8, 1972) is

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- stavrophore of

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Kolašin Kolašin (Cyrillic script, Cyrillic: Колашин, ) is a town in northern Montenegro. It has a population of 2,989 (2003 census). Kolašin is the centre of Kolašin Municipality (population 9,949) and an unofficial centre of Morača region, nam ...

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of Church of St. George in

, and former Rector of

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After graduating from a Gymnasium in

Herceg Novi Herceg Novi (Cyrillic script, Cyrillic: Херцег Нови, ) is a town in Coastal Montenegro, Coastal region of Montenegro located at the Western entrance to the Bay of Kotor and at the foot of Mount Orjen. It is the administrative center of ...

, he graduated in 1999 at the Faculty of Orthodox Theology in Belgrade and thereafter graduated in philosophy at the

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. He was ordained

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in 1999, on The Sunday of Orthodoxy, and ordained

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on the Feast of

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on October 14, 2000, in

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. He was promoted to

on the Feast of St. Luka, October 31st, 2003, and was awarded with the right to wear a

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on December 30, 2010. From October 10th, 1999, until the appointment of as the Rector at Cetinje seminary, he was the editor-in-chief of Radio Svetigora. Perović has been teaching

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and

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at the Cetinje seminary since September 1st, 1998. At the May session of the

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of the

in 2002, at the suggestion of the Metropolitan of Montenegro and the Littoral Amfilohije, Perović was appointed as acting Rector of Cetinje Seminary, starting with September 1st, 2002, and appointed as permanent Rector in May 2016. Perović was removed from the post of the Rector and appointed to the Church of St. George in

at the end of July 2021. On Oct 1st, 2021, he was appointed the Dean of

Deanery.

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Свештеник говори реч Господњу („Политика”, 9. фебруар 2020)

{{DEFAULTSORT:Perovic, Gojko 1972 births Living people Serbian Orthodox clergy People from Kotor

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