ni pri Sabornoj crkvi Svetog Spasa u Herceg Novom, gradu koji je njegovu prvu učionicu nedavno pretvo- rio u muzej. Te 1825. godine sinovac mitropolita Pe- tra Prvog Petrovića došao je u Toplu, u Herceg Novi, da bi se školovao i pripremio za naslednika. Njegov je stric verovao da je mladi Rade „čovek od posla i razu- ma“ i da može biti dostojanstven naslednik i vladika. A mi smo došli da osetimo deo tih početaka. Ispred hrama Svetog Spasa dočekuje nas starešina hrama, protojerej Radomir Nikčević, koji je bio glavni pokretač obnove Njegoševe škole, uz nesebičnu podrš- ku sadašnje gradske Uprave. Sa ponosom priča o slav- nim vremenima koja su iznedrila takvog pesnika i vla- diku kakav je bio Njegoš, ali i o vremenu kada je još u dečačkom uzrastu, bio toliko naočit da su se za njim svi okretali. Predodređen da postane velik. – I duhom i rastom bio je oformljen kao čovek, imao je skoro dva metra već tada, a opisi njegovog druga iz klupe svedoče da je imao oštre crte, bio punačak, sporo hodao krupnim korakom, a da se narod za njim okretao jer je bio neobična pojava, tako mlad, a tako gorostasan. U crnogorskoj nošnji sa Cetinja – priča otac Nikčević. Škola u kojoj je proveo dve godine rekonstruisa- na je po uzoru na to kako je izgledala u vreme kada je Njegoš sticao opšte obrazovanje pod budnom pažnjom starešine hrama Svetoga Spasa i upravnika ove ško- le, savinskog jeromonaha Josifa Tropovića. On je bio obrazovan čovek na dobrom glasu, a danas je upravo najpoznatiji po tome što je bio prvi značajniji učitelj mladog Njegoša. Škola je obnovljena godinu i po pre vladikinog rođenja, 1812, te smeštena u jednom od zdanja pri topaljskoj crkvi. – Učio je matematiku, italijanski, ono što je bilo
to acquiring his first official education at the age of 12 at the Church of the Holy Saviour in Herceg Novi, a city that recently converted his first classroom into a muse- um. It was in that 1825 that the nephew of Metropolitan Petar I Petrović arrived in the Herceg Novi neighbour- hood of Topla to study and prepare for his succession. His uncle believed that young Rade [Njegoš was born Radivoje “Rade” Petrović] was “a man of work and rea- son” and that he could be a dignified successor and bish- op. And we’ve come to feel part of those beginnings… We’re awaited in front of the Church of the Holy Saviour by the elder of the temple, protoiereus Radomir Nikčević, who was the main driving force behind the restoration of Njegoš’s school, with altruistic support from the current city administration. He speaks proud- ly about the glorious times that spawned such a poet and bishop as Njegoš, but also about the times when he was just a boy, but already such a striking figure that all heads turned to see him. Destined to become great… “Both in spirit and growth he was already formed as a man, he was almost two metres tall even then, and the testimony of his school bench friend describes him as having sharp features, being stout, walking slowly with a broad stride, and that people turned their heads to see him because he was an unusual phenomenon - so young, yet so huge, dressed in a Montenegrin cos- tume from Cetinje,” says Father Nikčević. The school where he spent two years was recon- structed on the basis of how it looked during Njegoš’s time, when he completed his basic schooling under the watchful eye of the elder of the Church of the Holy Saviour and the school’s administrator, Savina Monas- tery’s hieromonk Josif Tropović. He was an educated man of good repute who is today best known as being the first significant teacher of the young Njegoš. The
Arhijerejski namesnik Radomir Nikčević, koji je bio glavni pokretač obnove Njegoševe škole deputy archbishop Radomir Nikčević, who has been the main driver of the restoration of Njegoš’s school
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