He was born in Njeguši in 1749, and became a monk at the age of 12. After the death of Metropolitan Arsenij (Plamenac), in 1782, he became Metropolitan and Lord of Montenegro. He spent his life "with a sword in one hand and a cross in the other", fighting to preserve the freedom of the Montenegrin people, which he governed, and to establish the Orthodox faith in them. At the same time, he reconciled the quarreling Montenegrin tribes, and fought against the Turks and the French. He is considered the founder of Montenegrin statehood. Although he was the spiritual and worldly leader of his people, he lived in an anxious, cold cell, pleasing God with a monastic feat. He died in 1830. His miraculous relics rest in the Cetinje Monastery, where he spent his earthly life.

Holy apostle and evangelist Luke. Saint Julian and Didymus the Blind.