Over the history 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 ...
, the church has had many people who were venerated to
sainthood
In religious belief, a saint is a person who is recognized as having an exceptional degree of holiness, likeness, or closeness to God. However, the use of the term ''saint'' depends on the context and denomination. In Catholic, Eastern Ortho ...
. The list below contains some of those saints and their
feast day
The calendar of saints is the traditional Christian method of organizing a liturgical year by associating each day with one or more saints and referring to the day as the feast day or feast of said saint. The word "feast" in this context d ...
s.
*Venerable
Avakum
Deacon Avakum (Serbian Cyrillic: Ђакон Авакум; 1794 – 30 December 1814) was a Serbian Orthodox monk who inspired his people to rise against the Ottoman Empire and in so doing suffered a martyr's death. His name was added by the Serbian ...
(
Deacon Avakum
Deacon Avakum (Serbian Cyrillic alphabet, Serbian Cyrillic: Ђакон Авакум; 1794 – 30 December 1814) was a Serbian Orthodox monk who inspired his people to rise against the Ottoman Empire and in so doing suffered a martyr's death. His na ...
) –
*Venerable
Anastasia of Serbia
Ana ( sr-Cyrl, Ана); 1196–d. June 22, 1200) was the princess consort of the Serbian Principality as the wife of Stefan Nemanja (r. 1166–1196). She was of noble descent. Ana took monastic vows in 1196 and was baptized ''Anastasia'', after ...
(Ana Nemanjić) –
*Venerable
Angelina of Serbia
Angelina Branković ( sr-Cyrl, Ангелина Бранковић, sq, Angjelina Arianiti,; ca. 1440–1520), née Arianiti, was the Albanian Despotess consort of Serbian Despot Stefan Branković (r. 1458–1459), and a daughter of Prince Gjergj ...
(Angelina Branković) – and
*Saint
Arsenije I Sremac –
*
Hieromartyr
In the Eastern Orthodox tradition, a hieromartyr is a martyr (one who dies for his beliefs) who was a bishop or priest. Analogously, a monk who is a priest is known as a hieromonk.
See also
*New Martyr
The title of New Martyr or Neomartyr ( el ...
Branko Dobrosavljević
Branko Dobrosavljević (Serbian Cyrillic alphabet, Serbian Cyrillic: Бранко Добросављевић; 4 January 1886 — 7 May 1941) was a Serbian Orthodox priest who was killed by the Ustaše during the Genocide of Serbs in the Independe ...
–
*Saint
Basil of Ostrog
Saint Basil of Ostrog ( sr, Свети Василије Острошки/''Sveti Vasilije Ostroški'', , 28 December 1610 – 29 April 1671), also known as Vasilije, was a Serbian Orthodox bishop of Eparchy of Zahumlje and Herzegovina, Zahumlje ...
–
*Venerable
Visarion Saraj –
*Saint Vladislav (King
Stefan Vladislav
Stefan Vladislav ( sr-cyr, Стефан Владислав, ; – after 1264) was the King of Serbia from 1234 to 1243. He was the middle son of Stefan the First-Crowned of the Nemanjić dynasty, who ruled Serbia from 1196 to 1228. Radoslav ...
) – and
*Martyr
Vukašin of Klepci (Vukašin Mandrapa) –
*Venerable
Gabriel of Lesnovo
Venerable Gabriel of Lesnovo was a Bulgarian hermit and saint, companion of Saint John of Rila and Prohor of Pčinja. All three are venerated in Bulgaria, North Macedonia and Serbia. St. Gabriel's feast is January 15.
Biography
According to the ...
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*Saint
St. Gavrilo Rajić –
*Hieromartyr
Georgije (Đorđe) Bogić –
*Venerable
Grigorije of Gornjak
Grigorije of Gornjak ( sr, Григорије Горњачки, Григорије из Горњака; 1375–1379), also known as Grigorije the Younger () and Grigorije the Silent (), was Serbian Orthodox monk who was canonized as saint. He stud ...
–
*Saint Grigorije or Bishop
Grigorije II of Ras Grigorije II of Ras (c. 1250 – 1321), was a Serbian medieval monk-scribe whose writing flourished from 1282 to 1321. He is now venerated as a saint.
The Serbian Orthodox Church celebrates Grigorije as a saint during the holiday of the Assembly ...
–
*Venerable David (
Dmitar Nemanjić
Dmitar Nemanjić ( sr-cyr, Дмитар Немањић, also Dimitrije) was a Serbian Prince, the son of Vukan Nemanjić and the nephew of King Stefan II the First-Crowned. He is venerated as Saint David Nemanjić with the title of ''the Venera ...
) –
*Saint
Danilo II (Archbishop Danilo II of Serbia) –
*
Confessor
Confessor is a title used within Christianity in several ways.
Confessor of the Faith
Its oldest use is to indicate a saint who has suffered persecution and torture for the faith but not to the point of death.[Dositej Vasić
Dositej Vasić (Serbian Cyrillic: Доситеј Васић; 5 December 1878 – 13 January 1945) was the first Serbian Orthodox Metropolitan of Zagreb and a victim of the genocide of Serbs in the Independent State of Croatia.
Biography
Dragutin ...]
(
Metropolitan Bishop
In Christian churches with episcopal polity, the rank of metropolitan bishop, or simply metropolitan (alternative obsolete form: metropolite), pertains to the diocesan bishop or archbishop of a metropolis.
Originally, the term referred to the b ...
of
Zagreb
Zagreb ( , , , ) is the capital (political), capital and List of cities and towns in Croatia#List of cities and towns, largest city of Croatia. It is in the Northern Croatia, northwest of the country, along the Sava river, at the southern slop ...
) –
*Saint
New Martyr
The title of New Martyr or Neomartyr ( el, νεο-, ''neo''-, the prefix for "new"; and μάρτυς, ''martys'', "witness") is conferred in some denominations of Christianity to distinguish more recent martyrs and confessors from the old martyr ...
Đorđe Kratovac
Saint George of Kratovo ( mk, Свети Ѓорѓи Кратовски, sr, Свети Ђорђе Кратовац, bg, Георги Софийски Нови, translit=Georgi Sofiyski Novi) was a writer and silversmith from Kratovo.
Peja wro ...
– and
*Saint
Jakov Jakov ( sr-Cyrl, Јаков, ) is a Croatian and Serbian masculine given name, a variant of the biblical names ''Jacob'' and James. Often the nicknames of Jaki/Јаки, Jakša/Јакша and Jakica/Јакица will be used for people bearing the ...
(Archbishop Jakov of Serbia) –
*Saints and Martyrs of
Jasenovac-
*Saint
Jevstatije I
Jevstatije I ( sr, Јевстатије I) was the sixth Serbian Archbishop, holding the office from 1279 to 1286. He was born in the Budimlje parish, near Berane in Zeta. He took his monastics vows in Zeta, then left for the Hilandar monastery t ...
–
*Saint
Jevstatije II
Jevstatije II ( sr-cyr, Јевстатије II; 1292–d. 1309) was the Archbishop of Serbs from 1292 to 1309. In the times of his two predecessors, Serbia expanded significantly in territory. In 1282, Skoplje (future capital), Polog, Ovče Pol ...
–
*Venerable Jelena of Dečani (
Anna Neda of Serbia
Ana-Neda (Bulgarian and sr-cyr, Ана-Неда; fl. 1323–1324) was the Empress consort of Bulgaria briefly in 1323–1324 as the spouse of "Despot of Vidin" Michael Shishman who was elected as Emperor of Bulgaria in 1323. She was the daughte ...
) –
*Saint Jelena (
Helen of Anjou
Helen of Anjou ( sr, Јелена Анжујска / Jelena Anžujska, ; c. 1235 – 8 February 1314) was the queen consort of the Serbian Kingdom, as the spouse of King Stefan Uroš I, who ruled from 1243 to 1276. Their sons were later Serbian ...
) –
*Venerable
Jelisaveta (Princess
Jelena Štiljanović) –
*Saint Jefrem (
Jefrem) –
*Venerable Jefrosinija (Jevgenija) (Princess
Milica of Serbia
Princess Milica Hrebeljanović née Nemanjić ( sr, Милица Немањић Хребељановић · ca. 1335 – November 11, 1405) also known as Empress (''Tsaritsa'') Milica, was a royal consort of Serbia by marriage to Prince Lazar, ...
) –
*Venerable
Jeftimije of Dečani
Venerable Jeftimije of Dečani also Jeftimije Dečanski (Serbian: преподобни Јефтимије Дечански; 16th century) was a Serbian monk who became a martyr after the Ottomans invaded Medieval Serbia in the 16th century and he ...
–
*Venerable
Joachim of Osogovo
Joachim of Osogovo or Joachim Osogovski was a Bulgarian hermit, now a saint, a contemporary of Gabriel of Lesnovo and Prohor of Pčinja. Joachim was named after a mountain, the Osogovo, no differently than Prohor Pčinjski who, too, was named aft ...
–
*Venerable
Joanikije of Devič
Joanikije of Devič ( sr, Јоаникије Девички), archaically also Janićije (Јанићије) was a 15th-century Serbian Orthodox saint.
He was a native Serb from the Principality of Zeta or, according to another source, a Serb from ...
–
*Saint Joanikije (Patriarch
Joanikije II Joanikije ( sr-cyr, Јоаникије) is the Serbian variant of Greek name '' Ioannikios''. It may refer to:
*Joanikije I, Serbian Archbishop (1272–76)
*Joanikije II, Serbian Archbishop (1338–46) and first Serbian Patriarch (1346–54)
* Joan ...
of Serbia) –
*Hieromartyr
Joanikije Lipovac
Metropolitan Joanikije Lipovac (16 February 1890 – 18 June 1945) was the Metropolitan of the Diocese of Montenegro and the Littoral. He was executed by the Communist-led Yugoslav Partisans for his collaboration with occupying Axis powers duri ...
(Metropolitan Bishop of Montenegro and the Littoral) –
*Venerable
Joasaph of Meteora –
*Saint
Jovan Vladimir
Jovan Vladimir or John Vladimir ( sr-cyr, Јован Владимир; c. 990 – 22 May 1016) was the ruler of Duklja, the most powerful Serbian principality of the time, from around 1000 to 1016. He ruled during the protracted war between ...
(King of
Duklja
Duklja ( sh-Cyrl, Дукља; el, Διόκλεια, Diokleia; la, Dioclea) was a medieval South Slavic state which roughly encompassed the territories of modern-day southeastern Montenegro, from the Bay of Kotor in the west to the Bojana Ri ...
) –
*Saint Jovan the New (Despot
Jovan Branković
Jovan Branković ( sr-Cyrl, Јован Бранковић; ; c. 1465 – 10 December 1502) was the titular Despot of Serbia from 1493 until his death in 1502. The title of despot was given to him by Hungarian king Vladislas II of Hungary. From 1 ...
) –
*Saint Josif the New –
*Saint
Kirilo (
Kirilo I, Serbian Patriarch Kirilo I or Saint Kirilo of Serbia, was the patriarch of the Serbian Orthodox Church from 1407 to 1419.
Kirilo became head of the Serbian National Church after the death of Patriarch Danilo IV at a time when Medieval Serbia was still recovering fr ...
) –
*Saint
Great Martyr
A great martyr (also spelled greatmartyr or great-martyr) or megalomartyr (from Byzantine Greek , , from , 'great' + , 'martyr'; cu, великомꙋ́ченикъ; ro, mare mucenic; ka, დიდმოწამე) is a classification of s ...
Lazar (Prince
Lazar of Serbia
Lazar Hrebeljanović ( sr-cyr, Лазар Хребељановић; ca. 1329 – 15 June 1389) was a medieval Serbian ruler who created the largest and most powerful state on the territory of the disintegrated Serbian Empire. Lazar's state, ...
) –
*Saint Makarije (Patriarch
Makarije Sokolović
Makarije Sokolović ( sr-cyrl, Макарије Соколовић ; died 1574) was the Archbishop of Peć and Serbian Patriarch from 1557 to 1571. He was the first head of the restored Serbian Patriarchate of Peć, after its lapse in 1463 that r ...
) –
*Saint
Maksim
Maxim (also Maksim, “Maxym”, or Maksym) is a male first name of Roman origin. It is common in Slavic-speaking countries, mainly in Belarus, Bulgaria, Macedonia, Montenegro, Russia, Serbia, and Ukraine. The name is derived from the Latin fami ...
(Despot Đorđe Branković) –
*Saint King Milutin (
Stephen Uroš II Milutin of Serbia
Stefan Uroš II Milutin ( sr-cyr, Стефан Урош II Милутин, Stefan Uroš II Milutin; 1253 – 29 October 1321), known as Stefan Milutin ( sr-cyr, Стефан Милутин, Stefan Milutin), was the King of Serbia between 1282&nd ...
) –
*Venerable
Nestor of Dečani –
*Saint Nikodim (Archbishop
Nikodim I of Peć) –
*Venerable
Nicodemus of Tismana
Nikodim Tismanski, also known as Nikodim Osvećeni, Nikodim Vratnenski, Nikodim Grčić, and in Romanian, Nikodim de la Tismana (Prilep, today in North Macedonia, then Byzantine Empire, c. 1320 – Tismana, Walachia, now Romania, 26 December 1406) ...
(Nikodim Grčić) –
*Saint Nikon (Patriarch Nikon of Serbia) –
*Saint
Nikolaj Velimirović
Nikolaj Velimirović (Serbian Cyrillic: Николај Велимировић; – ) was bishop of the eparchies of Ohrid and Žiča (1920–1956) in the Serbian Orthodox Church. An influential theological writer and a highly gifted orato ...
of Ohrid and Žiča-
*Hieromartyr
Petar Zimonjić
Petar Zimonjić ( sr-cyr, Петар Зимоњић; 24 June 1866 – June 1941) was a bishop of the Serbian Orthodox Church serving as the metropolitan of Dabar-Bosnia in the Kingdom of Yugoslavia from 1920 until the beginning of World War II.
...
(Metropolitan Bishop of Dabar-Bosnia) –
*Saint
Petar of Koriša Petar Koriški (in Serbian: Петар Коришки; lived in the 13th century) was the first anachoretic saint of Medieval Kingdom of Serbia, who lived in a cave on Rusenica mountain, part of the Šar Mountains range, where he gained fame as an ...
– , see:
Peter of Koriša
*Saint Peter of Cetinje, the Wonderworker (
Petar I Petrović-Njegoš
Petar I Petrović-Njegoš (Serbian Cyrillic: Петар I Петровић Његош; 1748 – 31 October 1830) was the ruler of the Prince-Bishopric of Montenegro as the Metropolitan (''vladika'') of Cetinje, and Exarch (legate) of the Serbi ...
) –
*Hieromartyr
Platon Jovanović
Hieromartyr Platon, Bishop of Banja Luka (born Milivoje Jovanović; 29 September 1874 – 5 May 1941) was a Serbian Orthodox cleric who served as the Bishop of Banja Luka between 1940 and 1941. His tenure ended in May 1941, when he was abducted ...
(Bishop of
Banja Luka
Banja Luka ( sr-Cyrl, Бања Лука, ) or Banjaluka ( sr-Cyrl, Бањалука, ) is the second largest city in Bosnia and Herzegovina and the largest city of Republika Srpska. Banja Luka is also the ''de facto'' capital of this entity. I ...
) –
*Venerable
Prohor of Pčinja
Venerable Prohor of Pčinja, also known as Saint Prohor Pčinjski, was a Christian monk and contemporary of St. Gavril of Lesnovo and St. John of Rila who lived in the eleventh century Bulgaria and after Byzantine conquest of Bulgaria, its conqu ...
– , see:
Prohor Pčinjski
*Venerable
Rafailo Banatski or Rafilo of Banat-
*Hieromartyr
Rafailo Momčilović (
Prior
Prior (or prioress) is an ecclesiastical title for a superior in some religious orders. The word is derived from the Latin for "earlier" or "first". Its earlier generic usage referred to any monastic superior. In abbeys, a prior would be l ...
of
Šišatovac monastery
Šišatovac () is a village located in the municipality of Sremska Mitrovica, Serbia. The village has a Serb ethnic majority and its population numbers 211 people (as of 2011). Near the village is the Šišatovac monastery, one of 16 Serbian Or ...
) –
*Saint
Sava I (First Archbishop of Serbia) –
*Saint
Sava II
Saint Sava II ( sr, Свети Сава II / ''Sveti Sava II''; 1201–1271) was the third archbishop of the Serbian Orthodox Church, serving from 1263 until his death in 1271. He was the middle son of King Stefan the First-Crowned of the Nemanji ...
(Archbishop of Serbia) –
*Saint
Sava II Branković
Sava II Branković, St. Sava II Branković or Sabbas Brancovici (Ineu, Principality of Transylvania, 1615 - Alba Iulia, Principality of Transylvania, 24 April 1683) was a hierarch of the Romanian Orthodox Church who was canonized for opposing the ...
(Metropolitan Bishop of
Erdély) –
*Saint
Sava III
Saint Sava III ( sr, Свети Сава III / ''Sveti Sava III''; died July 16, 1316) was the Archbishop of Serbs from 1309 to 1316. Upon completing his studies, he began as a hegumen in Hilandar, then became the Bishop of Prizren. During his o ...
(Archbishop of Serbia) –
*Hieromartyr
Sava Trlajić
Sava Trlajić (Serbian Cyrillic: Сава Трлајић; 19 July 1884 – August 1941) was a Bishop of the Serbian Orthodox Church serving as Bishop of the Eparchy of Gornji Karlovac in the Kingdom of Yugoslavia from 1938 until the beginning of W ...
(Bishop of Upper Karlovac) or
New Martyr
The title of New Martyr or Neomartyr ( el, νεο-, ''neo''-, the prefix for "new"; and μάρτυς, ''martys'', "witness") is conferred in some denominations of Christianity to distinguish more recent martyrs and confessors from the old martyr ...
-
*Saint Simeon the Myrrh-streaming (Grand Prince
Stefan Nemanja
Stefan Nemanja (Serbian Cyrillic: , ; – 13 February 1199) was the Grand Prince ( Veliki Župan) of the Serbian Grand Principality (also known as Raška, lat. ) from 1166 to 1196. A member of the Vukanović dynasty, Nemanja founded the Nemanji ...
) –
*Venerable Simeon the Monk (King
Stefan the First-Crowned
Stefan Nemanja II ( sr-Cyrl, Стефан Немања II, ), or Stephen the First-Crowned ( sr, / , ; – 24 September 1228), was the Grand Prince of Serbia from 1196 and the King of Serbia from 1217 until his death in 1228. He was the first ...
) –
*Venerable Sinaites:
Romylos of Ravanica, Roman, Nestor, Martirije, Sisoje, Zosim of Tuman and Jov –
*Saint
Spiridon (Serbian Patriarch) –
*Saint Stefan of Dečani (King
Stefan Uroš III
Stefan may refer to:
* Stefan (given name)
* Stefan (surname)
* Ștefan, a Romanian given name and a surname
* Štefan, a Slavic given name and surname
* Stefan (footballer) (born 1988), Brazilian footballer
* Stefan Heym, pseudonym of German writ ...
) –
*Saint
Stefan Lazarević
Stefan Lazarević ( sr-Cyrl, Стефан Лазаревић, 1377 – 19 July 1427), also known as Stefan the Tall ( sr, Стефан Високи / ''Stefan Visoki''), was the ruler of Serbia as prince (1389–1402) and despot (1402–1427), ...
(Despot Stefan) –
*Venerable
Stephen of Piperi
Saint Stephen of Piperi () (died May 20, 1697) is a Saint of the Serbian Orthodox Church.
He was born into the Nikšić clan in the village of Kuti in Župa of poor but devout parents, Radoje and Jaćima Krulanović. According to tradition, he fir ...
–
*Saint Stefan the Blind (Despot
Stefan Branković
Stefan Branković ( sr-Cyrl, Стефан Бранковић; c. 1417 – 9 October 1476), also known in historiography as Stefan the Blind (Стефан Слепи), was briefly the despot (ruler) of the Serbian Despotate between 1458 and 1459, m ...
) –
*Saint Stefan Uroš (
Stefan Uroš V
Saint Stefan Uroš V ( sr-cyrl, Свети Стефан Урош V, ; 13362/4 December 1371), known in historiography and folk tradition as Uroš the Weak ( sr-cyr, Урош Нејаки, Uroš Nejaki), was the second Emperor (Tsar) of the Serb ...
) –
*Saint Stefan Urošic Nemanjić –
*Saint
Stefan Štiljanović
Stefan Štiljanović ( sr-cyr, Стефан Штиљановић; fl. 1498 – 1543) was the last prominent Serbian nobleman of the History of Ottoman Serbia, period of Ottoman subjugation of Serbia, and according to folklore, he was the last ...
–
*Hieromartyr
Teodor Nestorović
Teodor is a masculine given name. In English, it is a cognate of Theodore. Notable people with the name include:
*Teodor Muzaka III, Albanian nobleman who was born in 1393.
* Teodor Andrault de Langeron (19th century), President of Warsaw
* Teod ...
(Bishop of
Vršac
Vršac ( sr-cyr, Вршац, ; hu, Versec; ro, Vârșeț) is a List of cities in Serbia, city and the administrative centre of the South Banat District in the autonomous province of Vojvodina, Serbia. As of 2011, the city urban area had a pop ...
) –
*Holy Martyr
Teodor (Sladić) of Komogovo – Theodore's sathurday, first Saturday of Great Lent
*Venerable Teoktist (
Stephen Dragutin of Serbia
Stefan Dragutin ( sr-cyr, Стефан Драгутин, hu, Dragutin István; 1244 – 12 March 1316) was King of Serbia from 1276 to 1282. From 1282, he ruled a separate kingdom which included northern Serbia, and (from 1284) the neig ...
) –
References
* Svetosavlje
СРБИ СВЕТИТЕЉИ (''Serbian Saints'')
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Saints
In religious belief, a saint is a person who is recognized as having an exceptional degree of holiness
Sacred describes something that is dedicated or set apart for the service or worship of a deity; is considered worthy of spiritual res ...
Saints
In religious belief, a saint is a person who is recognized as having an exceptional degree of holiness
Sacred describes something that is dedicated or set apart for the service or worship of a deity; is considered worthy of spiritual res ...