Venerable Jeftimije of Dečani also Jeftimije Dečanski (Serbian: преподобни Јефтимије Дечански; 16th century) was a Serbian monk who became a
martyr
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after the
Ottomans invaded
Medieval Serbia
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in the 16th century and he died a martyr's death.
Jeftimije of Dečani is celebrated on 24 November (
New Style
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) and 11 November (
Old Style
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) according to the calendar of the
Serbian Orthodox Church
The Serbian Orthodox Church ( sr-Cyrl, Српска православна црква, Srpska pravoslavna crkva) is one of the autocephalous (ecclesiastically independent) Eastern Orthodox Christian denomination, Christian churches.
The majori ...
.
See also
*
List of Serbian saints
Over the history of the Serbian Orthodox Church, the church has had many people who were venerated to sainthood. The list below contains some of those saints and their feast days.
*Venerable Avakum (Deacon Avakum) –
*Venerable Anastasia o ...
References
Date of death missing
Year of birth missing
Serbian saints of the Eastern Orthodox Church
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