In the

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the term "Venerable" is commonly used as the English-language translation for the title that is given to

monastic Monasticism (from Ancient Greek , , from , , 'alone'), also referred to as monachism, or monkhood, is a religion, religious way of life in which one renounces world (theology), worldly pursuits to devote oneself fully to spiritual work. Monastic ...

saints (

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: ''Hosios'',

Church Slavonic Church Slavonic (, , literally "Church-Slavonic language"), also known as Church Slavic, New Church Slavonic or New Church Slavic, is the conservative Slavic liturgical language used by the Eastern Orthodox Church in Belarus, Bosnia and Herzeg ...

: ''Prepodobny'').

Serbian

*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) - *Venerable Anastasia of Serbia (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 *Venerable Visarion Saraj - *Venerable

Gavrilo 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 ...

- *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 ...

- *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 ...

) - *Venerable Jelena of Dečani (

Ana-Neda 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 daug ...

) - *Venerable Jelisaveta (Princess Jelena Štiljanović) - *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

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 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) * Joa ...

- *Venerable Joasaph, Serbian

Meteorite A meteorite is a solid piece of debris from an object, such as a comet, asteroid, or meteoroid, that originates in outer space and survives its passage through the atmosphere to reach the surface of a planet or Natural satellite, moon. When the ...

- *Venerable Nestor of Dečani - *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 140 ...

(Nikodim Grčić) - *Venerable Prohor Pčinjski - *Venerable Rafailo of Banat - *Venerable Simeon the Monk (

Stefan Nemanjić 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 firs ...

) - *Venerable Sinaites:

Romylos of Vidin Romylos of Vidin also known as Romylos of Ravanica or Romylus the Athonite (''Romil Svetogorac'', ''Romil Svetogorski''); ( bg, Ромил Бдински; sr, Ромил Раванички) was a 14th-century Bulgarian cleric, a disciple of Gre ...

, Roman, Nestor, Martirije, Sisoje, Zosim of Tuman and Jov - *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 ...

- *Venerable Teoktist (

Stefan Dragutin 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 ...

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Serbian list by title

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