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Our father among the [[saint]]s '''Metropolitan Joanikije (baptismal name JovanLipovac), the son of Spiro and Marija ''' (maiden name Damjanovic''in Serbian:'''''Свети свештеномучуник Јоаникије Црногорско-приморски''') was born in Stoliva in the bay Metropolitan of the Diocese of Boka Kotorska, on February 16, 1880Montenegro and the Littoral in Yugoslavia as it became a battleground during World War II. He completed primary school in Prcanj, Grammar school in Kotor, Orthodox Theological Institute in Zadar, attempted to maintain the [[diocese]] as the area transitioned between German and communist rule. With the Philosophical Faculty in Belgradeascendency of communist control he attempted to leave the area with many of his [[priest]]s. The attempt was unsuccessful and he and his party of priests were brutally killed. He also passed an exam for In 1999, his name was added to the professorship list of theological subjectsSerbian [[saint]]s.

==Life==The future metropolitan was born Jovan was ordained deacon on November 8 Lipovac into the family of Špiro and hieromonk Marija Lipovac on November 10[[February 16]], 1912, by Rt. Rev. Vladimir, Bishop 1880 in Stoliva on the Bay of Boka Kotorska and Dubrovnik. In the period 1912-1918 he His mother's maiden name was a chaplain Damjanovic. Jovan completed primary school education in KotorPrcanj, and afterwards a parish priest followed by grammar school in LastvaKotor. From 1919 to 1925 he performed Jovan began his theological studies at the job of assistant professor Orthodox Theological Institute in the Grammar School on CetinjeZadar, and afterwards continued at the Philosophical Faculty in Lower-grade Female School, Female Teachers School, and the Cetinje SeminaryBelgrade. From 1925 to 1940, he was a professor in He also passed an exam for the First Male Grammar School in Belgradeprofessorship of theological subjects.

Being Jovan was [[ordination|ordained]] deacon on [[November 8]], 1912 and as a priest on [[November 10]] by Bishop Vladimir of Boka Kotorska and Dubrovnik. During the period 1912-1918 he was a widower[[chaplain]] in Kotor before becoming a [[parish]] priest in Laštva. From 1919 to 1925 he was an assistant professor in the grammar school in Cetinje, before assignment to the lower-grade Female School, Female Teachers School, and the Cetinje Seminary. From 1925 to 1940, he was a professor in the First Male Grammar School in Belgrade. After the death of his wife, he was elected Auxiliary Bishop of Budimlje in at the end of 1939. He , then, took [[monasticism|monastic ]] vows and with the name Joanikije in at the Rakovica Monastery, in Skopje, Metropolitan Josif then serving. Joanikije was ordained consecrated [[bishop ]] on [[February 11]], 1940 by Metropolitan Josif in the Belgrade Cathedral. That same yearLater, on [[December 10]], 1940, he was elected the Metropolitan of Montenegro and the Littoral at an extraordinary session of the Holy Assembly of Bishops.

 Metropolitan Joanikije managed the Diocese of Montenegro and the Littoral in a very difficult period. By his effortsIn 1999, the Cetinje Seminary functioned and existed even in the hardest times of war. On July 20, 1942, he said to his priests: "to avoid any kind of political engagement and to take care of their duties and dignity". Due to arresting and persecuting of his clergymen, he tried to leave the country together with seventy priests. Unfortunately, he did not succeed; all of them were captured near Zidani Most. The priests were shot, and Metropolitan Joanikije was taken to Arandjelovac, where the Communists viciously killed him. The site of his remains is still unknown. At at the regular session of the Holy Assembly of Bishops in 1999of Serbia, Joanikije, Metropolitan of Montenegro and the Littoral , was canonized and his name was entered into the List of Names of the Serbian Church Saints.

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