 He is a descendant of vojvoda Mina Radović who participated in the unification of the Morača tribe with the Principality of Montenegro in 1820.He studied at St. Sava Seminary and graduated from the Faculty of Theology in Belgrade in 1962.During his time as a seminarian in the late 1950s, Amfilohije knew Justin Popović, a SOC cleric and admired the uncompromising position he held toward modern civilisation.