He was born on October 17, 1954, in Knez Selo, Nis, Serbia. His primary education start whan he was a young boy at a parent's home, local Church community and from ages seven to fourteen he attended local Primary School in his birthplace. After Primary School, his education continues and he enrolled in the Theological Seminary of St. Sava in Belgrade in 1969, and he graduated in 1974. He then began attending the Faculty of Orthodox Theology of the University of Belgrade in 1980. From 1981 to 1987 he studied at the University of Athens' Department of Theology under the supervision of Professor John Zizioulas. In 1987 he completed his doctoral thesis on The Mystery of the Church: Systematic and Historical Presence of the Mystery of the Church by St Maximus the Confessor and was awarded the d