 The role of Amfilohije in the political and social life of Montenegro has been denounced as a supporter of "militant Greater Serbian politics" and "ideas that lead to war" by pro-independence intellectuals and politicians such as Slavko Perović and Miodrag Perović.In the rivalry between Amfilohije of the SOC and Metropolitan Mihailo Dedeić of the MOC have often exchanged personal slurs and both have become representatives of the Serbian and Montenegrin factions within the country.Opponents of Amfilohije in Montenegro have labelled him as "Risto Sotona" (Risto the Satan).