Justin Popović


Justin of Ćelije
Saint Justin as a professor in Belgrade
Venerable father
BornBlagoje Popović
6 April 1894
Vranje, Kingdom of Serbia
Died7 April 1979(1979-04-07) (aged 85)
Ćelije Monastery, SR Serbia, SFR Yugoslavia
Venerated inEastern Orthodox Church
Canonized2 May 2010 by Serbian Orthodox Church
Major shrineĆelije Monastery
Feast14 June (O.S. 1 June)
AttributesShown holding a hagiography book

Justin Popović (Serbian Cyrillic: Јустин Поповић, Serbian pronunciation: [jǔstin pǒpoʋitɕ], secular name Blagoje Popović, Serbian Cyrillic: Благоје Поповић; 6 April 1894 – 7 April 1979) was a Serbian Orthodox theologian, archimandrite of the Ćelije Monastery, Dostoyevsky scholar, writer, anti-communist advocate and critic of the pragmatic church ecclesiastical life.

On 2 May 2010, he was canonized as a saint by the Holy Synod of the Serbian Orthodox Church. In English, his name is sometimes spelled "Iustin Popovich".