Vladika
Vladika
Slavonic honorific title of address for a bishop
Vladika or Wladika (Serbian: владика) is a Slavic title and address of bishops in the Eastern Orthodox Church. In Old Church Slavonic, the meaning of the word is equivalent to the English: Mister.
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From the early-16th to the mid-19th century in Montenegro, the title referred to the bishop of Cetinje, who also served as the spiritual leader and the prince of the Prince-Bishopric of Montenegro.