__NOTOC__[[Image:Ignatije.JPG|right|thumb|155px|Bishop Ignatije (Midic) of Pozarevac and Branicevo]]His Eminence '''Ignatius''' or '''Ignatije (Midić)''' (Serbian: Игнатије/Игњатије Мидић) is the [[bishop]] of the [[diocese]] of Požarevac and Braničevo in [[Church of Serbia|Serbia]].  

He was born on [[October 17]], 1954, in Knez Selo, Nis, Serbia. His primary education start whan he was a young boy at a parent's home, local Church community and from ages seven to fourteen he attended local Primary School in his birthplace. After primary schoolPrimary School, his education continues and he enrolled in the theological Theological [[seminarySeminary]] of St. Sava in Belgrade in 1969, and he graduated in 1974. He then began attending the Faculty of Orthodox Theology of the University of Belgrade in 1980. From 1981 to 1987 he studied at the University of Athens' Department of Theology under the supervision of Professor [[John (Zizioulas) of Pergamon|John Zizioulas]]. In 1987 he completed his doctoral thesis on ''The Mystery of the Church: Systematic and Historical Presence of the Mystery of the Church by St [[Maximus the Confessor]]'' and was awarded the degree of Doctorate of Theology. After 1988 he taught as a professor of dogmatics and systematic theology at the Orthodox Theological Department in the University of Belgrade, Serbia.

In 1991 he entered the [[Monastery of the Presentation of the Most Holy Mother of God (Belgrade, Serbia)|Monastery of the Presentation of the Most Holy Mother of God]] (Manastir Vavedenja Presvete Bogorodice) in Belgrade, where he was [[tonsure]]d as a monk and later [[ordination|ordained]] a [[deacon]] and a [[presbyter|priest]]. Finally, he was elected bishop of Požarevac and Braničevo in 1994 by the [[Holy Synod|Holy Assembly]] of Bishops of the Serbian Orthodox Church. In the Church of Pozarevac on June 26, 1994, he was [[consecration of a bishop|consecrated]] by the His Holiness [[Pavle (Stojcevic) of Serbia|Pavle]], Metropolitan of Karlovac and [[Patriarch]] of Serbia in the [[cathedral]] of the Holy [[Archangel]]s [[Archangel Michael|Michael]] and [[Archangel Gabriel|Gabriel]] in Požarevac. Bishop Ignatije is the author of many studies, including the book books ''Remember the Future''and ''The Being as Eschatological Communion''. He appears, with Bishop Athanasius (Jevtic) and Bishop Maxim (Vasilijevic), as one of the main serbian disciples of Metropolitan John (Zizioulas).

*''"Remember the Future"'' by Bp. Ignatije (Midić) of Pozarevac and Branicevo*[http://sabornost.sabornost.org/episkop_knjiga.php ''"The Being as Eschatological Communion"'' by Bp. Ignatije (Midic) of Pozarevac and Branicevo]*[http://myriobiblos.gr/texts/greek/ignatios_skliris.html ''"Η Θεολογική Βάση της Ζωγραφικής του π. Σταμάτη Σκλήρη"'' Επίσκοπος Ποζάρεβατς και Μπρανιτσέβου Ιγνάτιος (Μίντιτς)]