The Archimandrite St. Justin Popović (born April 7th 1894, died April 7th 1979, proclaimed saint on 2nd May 2010) belongs to the group of most discernible and outstanding representatives of the Serbian Orthodox theologians. The author of approximately 50 books, Popović is a very cultivated theologian, poet, distinguished expert of Dostojevski, as well as a fervent monk and venerator of Saints. But he affirms that there is no possibility for the Unity of Christians outside the Orthodox Church. Regretfully, his ideas are anti–oecumenical, with a strong criticism of the occidental humanism. Prof. Franc Perko, the former Archbishop in Belgrade, wrote: »I can not understand that this man, a thinker, philosopher, theologian, who lived as a Saint, was so unilateral, sometimes, so blind and unjust in his estimation of the occidental Christianity.« (1997, 5)
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