The Church in a Communist State
Justin Popovic (1894-1979) and the Struggle for Orthodoxy in Serbia/Yugoslavia
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 5707072 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Neven Vukic (0000-0002-1268-1371, BA, MA in Theology, University of Zagreb, Croatia, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2021 |
| Volume | 63 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 278-299 |
| Publication date | 2021-06-14 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Church and State (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0021-969X • E-ISSN: 2040-4867 |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1093/jcs/csaa033 |
| OpenAlex | W3035920155 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
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 the Bolshevik unrests, he was then further transferred to England where he continued his studies until 1919. Justin Popovic earned his doctorate in Athens in 1926, on the topic of person and knowledge in the works of St. Makarios of Egypt. After having occupied a missionary post in present-day...
Ancient history · Art · Martyr · Orthodoxy · Serbian · Theology · Balkan and Eastern European Studies · Balkans: History, Politics, Society · Classics · History · Philosophy · Religious, Philosophical, and Educational Studies
| Citations per year | 0.4 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2021 - 2025 (5) |
| Highly cited | No |