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Saint Platon was born in Belgrade, on [[September 29]], 1874. His parents Ilija Jovanović and Jelka (maiden name SokolovicSokolović) were from Herzegovina. He attended primary school in Vranje and Nis, and then continued his education in the Seminary in Belgrade. Milivoje took [[monasticism|monastic]] vows as the third-grade pupil of the Belgrade Seminary. Having completed [[seminary]], he was [[ordination|ordained]] a [[deacon]] and afterwards [[presbyter]]. In 1896, he was sent in the Serbian mission in Moscow, where he continued his theological education at the Moscow Theological Academy. He completed his studies in 1901.

In 1912, during the war, Archimandrite Platon was assigned as a brigade [[priest]]. During World War I, he was assigned as a military priest. For a short period of time Platon was an administrator of the Ochrid Diocese. He spent the period of occupation in Serbia, and with the help of his acquaintances abroad, he managed to render aid to all the people who suffered afflictions - especially orphans and widows. From 1932 to 1938 he was the manager of the monastery printing office in Sremski Karlovci, as well as the editor of the " Glasnik Srpske Patriaršije". Archimandrite Platon was also the head of the Krusedol Monastery. In 1936, he was elected Moravian Bishop. [[Patriarch]] Varnava ordained him in Sremski Karlovci that same year. In 1938, he was elected the Bishop of Ochrid-Bitolj, and a year later he was transferred to Banja Luka. Platon was the Bishop of Banja Luka when the World War II came in Yugoslavia.