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''.