[1] At the invitation of Prince Nikola Petrović, and on the recommendation of Prote Rajevskog, he went to Montenegro, and founded and edited the Cetinje seminary (1869).

He was ordained a priest in 1874 in Sentandreji, and in August of the same year he was elected archpriest in Becej.

He spoke Serbian, German, Russian, French, Hungarian, Latin, Greek and Church Slavonic.

He collaborated in Danica, Javor, Srpskoj zori, Starmalom Rodoljubu, Pedagogijumuand Školskom list.

For the work "Schools in Montenegro" he received monetary award Serbian Academy in the amount of 30 ducats.