Head of Serbian Orthodox Church in Montenegro dies with coronavirus

Bishop Amfilohije (Darko Vojinovic/AP)

The head of the Serbian Orthodox Church in Montenegro, which led months of protests against the small Balkan state’s pro-Western government that was voted out of power at elections in August, has died in hospital after contracting coronavirus, the church said.

The condition of Bishop Amfilohije deteriorated on Thursday after he developed heavy breathing and chest pains, doctors said. He had been taken to a hospital in the capital Podgorica earlier in October after testing positive for the virus.