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==Life==
Bishop George was born into the pious family of father Hadzi-Krsta and mother Krunija in 1949 in the town of G. Gorne Crnjelovo near Bijeljina, Yugoslavia, now Republika Srpska, an entity of Bosnia and Herzegovina formed after the breakup of Yugoslavia in the last decade of the twentieth century. Of his siblings one brother, Constantine, is [[bishop]] of Central Europe, another, Ljubomir, is a [[priest]] in Vrsanima near Bijeljina. His sister Nadežda is a nun at the [[Tavna Monastery]].
In 1962, Georgije joined the Tavna Monastery followed by his serving God at the monasteries at Ozren, Kosijerevo, Transfiguration (Ovcar Banja), Savina, and [[Studenica Monastery|Studenica]] before he completed his education at the monastic school at [[Ostrog Monastery]]. Georgije was [[tonsure]]d a [[monk]] at Ozren Monastery on [[February 11]], 1971.
