Lelić is a
village
A village is a human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet but smaller than a town with a population typically ranging from a few hundred to a few thousand. Although villages are often located in rural areas, the term urban v ...
in the
municipality
A municipality is usually a single administrative division having municipal corporation, corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate.
The term ''municipality' ...
of
Valjevo
Valjevo (Serbian Cyrillic: Ваљево, ) is a List of cities in Serbia, city and the administrative center of the Kolubara District in western Serbia. According to the 2022 census, the city itself has a population of 56,145 while the city admini ...
,
Serbia
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. According to the 2002 census, the village has a population of 568 people.
[Popis stanovništva, domaćinstava i Stanova 2002. Knjiga 1: Nacionalna ili etnička pripadnost po naseljima. Republika Srbija, Republički zavod za statistiku Beograd 2003. ] Saint Nikolai Velimirovich of Ohrid and Žiča of the
Serbian Orthodox Church
The Serbian Orthodox Church ( sr-Cyrl-Latn, Српска православна црква, Srpska pravoslavna crkva) is one of the autocephalous (ecclesiastically independent) Eastern Orthodoxy, Eastern Orthodox Eastern Orthodox Church#Constit ...
is buried there, next to his parents and nephew.
Several historical Orthodox Christian monasteries are located near Lelić.
Gallery
File:Lelic - opština Valjevo - zapadna Srbija - panorama 1.jpg, Lelic - Panorama
File:Lelic - opština Valjevo - zapadna Srbija - panorama 16.jpg, Lelic - Panorama
File:Lelic - opština Valjevo - zapadna Srbija - panorama 19.jpg, Lelic - Panorama
File:Lelic - opština Valjevo - zapadna Srbija - panorama 20.jpg, Lelic - Panorama
File:Lelic - opština Valjevo - zapadna Srbija - panorama 3.jpg, Lelic - Panorama
File:Lelic - opština Valjevo - zapadna Srbija - panorama 5.jpg, Lelic - Panorama
Notable people
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Nikolaj Velimirović
Nikolaj Velimirović (Serbian Cyrillic: Николај Велимировић; – ) was a Serbian Orthodox prelate who served as Bishop of Ohrid and Žiča from 1920 to 1956. An influential theological writer and a highly gifted orator, h ...
, Serbian Orthodox Bishop
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Artemije Radosavljević
Artemije Radosavljević ( sr-Cyrl, Артемије Радосављевић; 15 January 193521 November 2020) was a Serbian Orthodox bishop who served as the head of the Eparchy of Raška and Prizren from 1991 until his removal in 2010.
He was ...
, Serbian Orthodox Bishop
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Danial Jahić, Serbian long jumper
References
External links
Populated places in Kolubara District
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