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 Orth ...

. 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 do ...

*Venerable Avakum ( Deacon Avakum) – *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'', afte ...

(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 A hieromonk ( el, Ἱερομόναχος, Ieromonachos; ka, � ...

Branko Dobrosavljević – *Saint Basil of Ostrog – *Venerable Visarion Saraj – *Saint Vladislav (King Stefan Vladislav) – and *Martyr Vukašin of Klepci (Vukašin Mandrapa) – *Venerable Gabriel of Lesnovo – *Saint St. Gavrilo Rajić – *Hieromartyr Georgije (Đorđe) Bogić – *Venerable Grigorije of Gornjak – *Saint Grigorije or Bishop Grigorije II of Ras – *Venerable David ( Dmitar Nemanjić) – *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 (

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 ...

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 – 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) – *Saint Jelena (

Helen of Anjou Helen of Anjou ( sr, Јелена Анжујска / Jelena Anžujska, ; c. 1235 – 8 February 1314) was the queen consort of the Kingdom of Serbia (medieval), Serbian Kingdom, as the spouse of King Stefan Uroš I, who ruled from 1243 to 1276. T ...

) – *Venerable Jelisaveta (Princess Jelena Štiljanović) – *Saint Jefrem ( Jefrem) – *Venerable Jefrosinija (Jevgenija) (Princess Milica of Serbia) – *Venerable Jeftimije of Dečani – *Venerable Joachim of Osogovo – *Venerable Joanikije of Devič – *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) * Joa ...

of Serbia) – *Hieromartyr Joanikije Lipovac (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 t ...

(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 Riv ...

) – *Saint Jovan the New (Despot Jovan Branković) – *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 Lazar (Prince Lazar of Serbia) – *Saint Makarije (Patriarch Makarije Sokolović) – *Saint Maksim (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 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 o ...

of Ohrid and Žiča- *Hieromartyr Petar Zimonjić (Metropolitan Bishop of Dabar-Bosnia) – *Saint Petar of Koriša – , see: Peter of Koriša *Saint Peter of Cetinje, the Wonderworker ( Petar I Petrović-Njegoš) – *Hieromartyr Platon Jovanović (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. ...

) – *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 its conquest in the Byzantine Empire. ...

– , 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 low ...

of Šišatovac monastery) – *Saint Sava I (First Archbishop of Serbia) – *Saint Sava II (Archbishop of Serbia) – *Saint Sava II Branković (Metropolitan Bishop of Erdély) – *Saint Sava III (Archbishop of Serbia) – *Hieromartyr Sava Trlajić (Bishop of Upper Karlovac) or

- *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 Nema ...

) – *Venerable Simeon the Monk (King Stefan the First-Crowned) – *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 Stefan the Blind (Despot Stefan Branković) – *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 Ser ...

) – *Saint Stefan Urošic Nemanjić – *Saint Stefan Štiljanović – *Hieromartyr Teodor Nestorović (Bishop of

Vršac Vršac ( sr-cyr, Вршац, ; hu, Versec; ro, Vârșeț) is a 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 population of 35,701, while ...

) – *Holy Martyr Teodor (Sladić) of Komogovo – Theodore's sathurday, first Saturday of Great Lent *Venerable Teoktist ( Stephen Dragutin of Serbia) –

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Saints 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 Orth ...