Justin Popović was a prominent 20th-century Serbian Orthodox theologian, monk, and archimandrite. Born in Vranje in 1894, he was educated in Belgrade and later studied in Russia and England. He became a distinguished scholar, known for his deep studies of Dostoevsky and his translations of the lives of saints. Following the establishment of the communist regime in Yugoslavia, he faced significant persecution, including imprisonment and surveillance, leading him to spend much of his later life at the Ćelije Monastery. He is recognized as a profound intellectual figure within the Orthodox tradition.