The National Library of Montenegro marked 270 years since the birth of the Montenegrin Metropolitan and Ruler Petar I Petrović Njegoš by exhibition of books and posters, by the authors Milenija Vračar, library consultant and Zorica Sjekloća, senior librarian.
Academician of the Doclean Academy of Science and Arts Sreten Perović said at the opening of the exhibition that Petar I was “a genius leader and Ruler of Montenegro, a wise and courageous Head of the autocephalous Montenegrin Orthodox Church”.
“Petar I, who was considered by Montenegrins as the Saint even during his life, certainly was not only a priest and statesman. He was a poet, historian, legislator, moralist, polyglot, and above all he was a man who knew well the nature of the Montenegrins, their vanity, aggressiveness, tendency to compete, and even plunder, and used his multiplied, especially moral authority to protect the reputation of the people and the country he represented”, Perović said.
“The Light of Glory which rightly belongs to St. Petar Cetinjski illuminates our time and our active homeland generations. And this is our great pledge to the rest of the world”, concluded Perović.
A documentary about Petar I from the series about Petrović dynasty, by authors Gojko Kastratović and Živko Andrijasevic, made in the production of RTCG, was projected within the program.
The National Library of Montenegro marked 270 years since the birth of the Montenegrin Metropolitan and Ruler Petar I Petrović Njegoš by exhibition of books and posters, by the authors Milenija Vračar, library consultant and Zorica Sjekloća, senior librarian.
Academician of the Doclean Academy of Science and Arts Sreten Perović said at the opening of the exhibition that Petar I was “a genius leader and Ruler of Montenegro, a wise and courageous Head of the autocephalous Montenegrin Orthodox Church”.
“Petar I, who was considered by Montenegrins as the Saint even during his life, certainly was not only a priest and statesman. He was a poet, historian, legislator, moralist, polyglot, and above all he was a man who knew well the nature of the Montenegrins, their vanity, aggressiveness, tendency to compete, and even plunder, and used his multiplied, especially moral authority to protect the reputation of the people and the country he represented”, Perović said.
“The Light of Glory which rightly belongs to St. Petar Cetinjski illuminates our time and our active homeland generations. And this is our great pledge to the rest of the world”, concluded Perović.
A documentary about Petar I from the series about Petrović dynasty, by authors Gojko Kastratović and Živko Andrijasevic, made in the production of RTCG, was projected within the program.