Background
Bulović was born as Mirko to parents Mihailo and Zorka on 11 February 1947, in Stanišić near Sombor in Serbia (then DFR Yugoslavia).
Bulović was born as Mirko to parents Mihailo and Zorka on 11 February 1947, in Stanišić near Sombor in Serbia (then DFR Yugoslavia).
He graduated from the Faculty of Theology in Belgrade in 1969.
He serves as а professor of the New Testament exegesis and Greek language on the Faculty of Theology of the University of Belgrade. While a student, he took monastic vows from his mentor Justin Popović and then took monastic name of Irinej (Irenaeus). In 1969, Pavle, then bishop of Ras and Prizren (later Patriarch of Serbia) ordained Bulović as hierodeacon and later hieromonk.
Foreign two years (1969-1970) he lived in the Ostrog Monastery where he was a teacher in the monastic school.
He completed his post-graduate studies in 1970-1980 at the School of Theology of the University of Athens, Greece, where he gained the doctor of theology degree in June 1980. In 1981, he was appointed a professor of the New Testament exegesis on the Faculty of Theology in Belgrade, a position he still holds as of 2014.
He repeatedly attends on an international ecumenical meetings and is recognized ecumenical worker