Media: Fired Bishop Artemije died of coronavirus

The ousted bishop of Raska-Prizren and Kosovo-Metohija, Artemije Radosavljević, passed away today from the consequences caused by the coronavirus at the age of 85.

He was admitted to the Valjevo infectious diseases department on November 18, they write News.

It was confirmed for H1 in Valjevo that the former bishop died in the ambulance during transport to Belgrade.

The newspaper “Blic” previously announced, according to sources in Valjevo, where the former bishop was in recent years, that due to the deteriorating state of health, the dismissed bishop should have been transferred to Belgrade, to the KBC Dragisa Misovic.

Bishop Artemije was replaced by the Synod of the Serbian Orthodox Church in 2010 due to the financial and material management of the businesses of the Diocese of Raska and Prizren, and in 2015 he was expelled from the church, recalls RTV KiM.

Artemije (Marko) Radosavljevic was born in the village of Lelic near Valjevo. He became a monk in 1960 at the Ćelija monastery. He graduated from the Faculty of Theology in Athens, where he also received his doctorate. He was elected bishop of Raska and Prizren in 1991. This duty was performed by Patriarch Pavle before him. Due to affairs in the diocese, the Holy Synod of the Serbian Orthodox Church dissolved it in 2010. However, a few months later, Artemije formed the Diocese of Raska and Prizren in exile. He lived in the Šišatovac monastery in Fruška gora. The former vicar bishop of Lipljan, Teodosije, was appointed bishop of Raska and Prizren.

The president of the European Movement of Kosovo Serbs, Rada Trajković, posted the news of his death on her Twitter account. peace. “” Eternal memory and thanks to him, “Trajković wrote on Twitter.