Career
He was an orphan adopted by the Abramović family as a child. His past is shrouded in mystery for the simple reason that he would not speak of his childhood to anyone, stating only that he was an orphan and that "Abramović" was his adopted name. As a teenager he left the Abramović household in Montenegro and took monastic vows and the monastic name of "Antonije" at Decani, the Serbian Monastery in Kosovo, in 1933.
Antonije remained at Visoki Dečani throughout World World War II, somehow surviving German, Italian, Albanian and Bulgarian raids.
There is no record of him being a candidate for the position of Metropolitan of the Metropolitanate of Montenegro and the Littoral in 1961. In fact, in 1961 he fled from Communist Yugoslavia to Greece and from there came to Canada.
Apparently, the parishioners were not pleased with his behavior. Forced to leave, he returned to Montreal where the Russian Metropolia, then unrecognized, graciously took him back into their fold.
Years later, his behavior again got him into trouble with the Russians.
In 1986 he retired. On 3 November, 1996 he suddenly sustained a heart attack and died.