Serbian Saints
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Over the history of the Serbian Orthodox Church
, the church has had many people who were venerated to sainthood. The list below is made up of Holy Serbs and their feast days - according to the Gregorian calendar
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Serbian Orthodox Church
The Serbian Orthodox Church is one of the autocephalous Orthodox Christian churches, ranking sixth in order of seniority after Constantinople, Alexandria, Antioch, Jerusalem, and Russia...
, the church has had many people who were venerated to sainthood. The list below is made up of Holy Serbs and their feast days - according to the Gregorian calendar
Gregorian calendar
The Gregorian calendar, also known as the Western calendar, or Christian calendar, is the internationally accepted civil calendar. It was introduced by Pope Gregory XIII, after whom the calendar was named, by a decree signed on 24 February 1582, a papal bull known by its opening words Inter...
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Serbian Saints
- AnastasijaSaint AnastasijaAna Nemanjić, also known as Saint Anastasija was the princess consort of the Serbian Principality as the wife of Stefan Nemanja . She was of noble descent. Ana took monastic vows in 1196 and was baptized Anastasia, after Anastasia of Sirmium. Her feast day is June 22 .Her origins have never been...
, venerable – Ana, St. Sava’s Mother (6 July) - Angelina of Serbia, venerable – despotess (12 August, 23 December)
- Arsenije SremacSaint Arsenije I SremacArsenije Sremac or Arsenius was the second archbishop of the Serbian Orthodox Church and a disciple of Saint Sava of Serbia.- Early life :...
(Arsenius of Syrmia), saint – archbishop (10 November) - Danilo IISaint Danilo IISaint Danilo II the Serb is a saint of the Serbian Orthodox Church. He was originally an archbishop during the heyday of the Serb Nemanjić state under Tsar Dušan Silni in the 14th century...
, Daniel II, saint – archbishop (2 January) - ĐorđeGeorge, Prince of RasciaĐurađ Branković , also known under the patronymic Vuković and frequently called George Branković in English-language sources, was a Serbian despot from 1427 to 1456 and a baron of the Kingdom of Hungary...
, George – despot (see Maksim) - Đorđe Kratovac, George of Kratovo, holy new-martyr (24 February, 8 June)
- Gavrilo I, Gabriel I, hieromartyr – patriarch (26 December)
- Gavrilo Lesnovski, Gabriel of Lesnovo, venerable (28 January)
- Grigorije Molčalnik (Gornjački), Gregory the Hesychast (of Gornjak), venerable (20 December)
- Grigorije, Gregory, saint – bishop of Raška (Rashka) (12 September)
- Jakov, James, saint – archbishop (16 February)
- Jefrem, Ephraim, saint – patriarch (28 June)
- Jefrosinija, Euphrosyne, venerable – Milica (Militsa) (1 August)
- Jeftimije Dečanski, Euthymius of Dečani, venerable (24 November)
- Jelena Dečanska, Helen of Dečani (Dechani), venerable - tzarina Neda (3 June)
- Jelena, Helen, saint – queen (12 November)
- Jelisaveta, Elisabeth, venerable – Jelena Štiljanović (Yelena Shtilyanovich) (17 October)
- Jevgenija, Eugenia, (see Jefrosinija, Euphrosyne)
- Jevstatije I, Eustace I, saint – archbishop (17 January)
- Jevstatije II, Eustace II, saint – archbishop (29 August)
- Joanikije Devički, Joannicius of Dević (Devich) venerable (7 May, 15 December)
- Joanikije, Joannicius, saint – patriarch (16 September)
- Joasaf srpski Meteorita, Joasaph of Serbia the Meteorite, venerable – the last of the Nemanjić dynasty (3 May)
- Josif Novi, Joseph the New, saint (28 September)
- Jov, Job (see Sinaiti)
- Jovan Novi (Branković), John the New (Brankovich), holy – despot (23 December)
- Jovan VladimirJovan VladimirJovan Vladimir or John Vladimir was ruler of Duklja, the most powerful Serbian principality of the time, from around 1000 to 1016. He ruled during the protracted war between the Byzantine Empire and the First Bulgarian Empire...
, John Vladimir, holy – king of Zeta (4 June) - Kirilo, Cyril, saint – patriarch (12 September)
- MaksimGeorge, Prince of RasciaĐurađ Branković , also known under the patronymic Vuković and frequently called George Branković in English-language sources, was a Serbian despot from 1427 to 1456 and a baron of the Kingdom of Hungary...
, Maximus, saint – archbishop – Đorđe Branković, despot – (31 January) - Martirije, Martyrius (see Sinaiti)
- Milica, see Jefrosinija
- Milutin, holyStefan Uroš II Milutin of SerbiaStefan Uroš II Milutin was a king of Serbia , and member of the House of Nemanjić.-Early:...
– king (12 November) - Nemanja (see Simeon Mirotočivi)
- Nestor Dečanski, Nestor of Dechani, venerable (4 November)
- Nestor, (see Sinaiti)
- Nikodim, Nicodemus, saint – archbishop (24 May)
- Nicodemus of Tismana , venerable (8 January)
- Nikon, Nicon, saint – patriarch (12 September)
- Nikola, NicholasSaint NicholasSaint Nicholas , also called Nikolaos of Myra, was a historic 4th-century saint and Greek Bishop of Myra . Because of the many miracles attributed to his intercession, he is also known as Nikolaos the Wonderworker...
, saint (19 December) - Nikolaj Velimirović, Saint Nikolai Velimirovich of Ohrid and Zica, - archbishop
- Petar Koriški, Peter of Korisha, saint (18 June)
- Petar Cetinjski Čudotvorac, Peter of Cetinje (Tsetinye) the Miracle-Worker, saint (31 October)
- Holy Mother Paraskeva (Petka)Parascheva of the BalkansSaint Parascheva of the Balkans was an ascetic female saint of the 11th century...
(27 October) - Prohor Pčinjski, Prochorus of Pčinja (Pchinya), venerable (1 November)
- Rafailo Banatski, Hilandarac, Raphael of Banat the Hilandarian, venerable (29 August)
- Roman, Romanus, (see Sinaiti)
- Romil Ravanički, Romulus of Ravanica (Ravanitsa), (see Sinaites)
- SavaSaint SavaSaint Sava was a Serbian Prince and Orthodox monk, the first Archbishop of the autocephalous Serbian Church, the founder of Serbian law and literature, and a diplomat. Sava was born Rastko Nemanjić , the youngest son of Serbian Grand Župan Stefan Nemanja , and ruled the appanage of Hum briefly in...
I, saint – archbishop (27 January) - Sava IISaint Sava IISaint Sava II was the 3rd Serbian Archbishop that held office from 1263 until his death in 1271. He was the middle son of King Stephen II Nemanjić and Eudokia Angelina, his two brothers were Stephen Radoslav and Stephen Vladislav I and he had a sister, Komnena Nemanjić...
, saint – archbishop (21 January) - Sava II Branković (Brankovich), saint – metropolitan (7 May)
- Sava III, saint – archbishop (8 August)
- Simeon Mirotočivi, Simeon the Myrovlytes (Myroblytes, Myrrhgusher), saint – Stefan Nemanja (Nemanya) (26 February)
- Simon monah, Simon the Monk, venerable – king, Stefan Prvovenčani (Prvovenchany), Stephen The First-Crowned) (7 October)
- Sinaiti, Sinaites*, venerable (19 May)
- Sisoj, Sisoes, (see Sinaiti)
- Spiridon, Spyridon, saint – patriarch (28 June)
- Stefan DečanskiStefan Uroš III Decanski of SerbiaStephen Uroš III of Dečani was King of Serbia from January 6, 1322 to 8 September 1331. He defeated and killed several of his family members who wanted to take the throne from him. He took his epithet Dečanski from the great monastery he built at Dečani.-Early:He was the son of King Stefan Uroš II...
, Stephen of Dečani, saint – *DragutinStefan Dragutin of SerbiaStephen Dragutin was a 13th and 14th-century Serb monarch, the King of Serbia from 1276 to 1282 and King of Syrmia from 1282 to 1316.He ruled Serbia until his abdication in 1282, when he became ill...
, holy – king (see Teoktist) - Stefan LazarevićStefan LazarevicStefan Lazarević known also as Stevan the Tall was a Serbian Despot, ruler of the Serbian Despotate between 1389 and 1427. He was the son and heir to Prince Lazar, who died at the Battle of Kosovo against the Turks in 1389, and Princess Milica from the subordinate branch of the Nemanjić dynasty...
, Stephen Lazarevich, holy – despot (11 August) - Stefan Nemanja of Serbia (see Simeon Mirotočivi)
- Stefan PiperskiStephen of PiperiSaint Stephen of Piperi is a Saint of the Serbian Orthodox Church.He was born into the Nikšič clan in the village of Župa of poor but devout parents, Radoje and Jacima. According to tradition, he first lived a life of asceticism in the Morača monastery where he was abbot...
, Stephen of Piperi, venerable (2 June) - Stefan PrvovenčaniStephen II of SerbiaStefan II Nemanjić or Stephen the First-Crowned was Grand Prince of Serbia from 1196, and the King of Serbia from 1217 until his death in 1228...
(Stephen the First-Crowned)I, (see Simon monah) - Stefan Slepi, Stephen the Blind, - despot (22 October)
- Stefan ŠtiljanovićStefan ŠtiljanovicStefan Štiljanović was the last prominent Serbian nobleman of the period of Ottoman subjugation of Serbia, and according to folklore, he was the last Despot of Serbia. He ruled a large territory under the Hungarian crown, due to his famed operations against the Ottoman Empire in the frontiers...
, saint – prince (17 October) - Stefan Uroš, holy – emperor (15 December)
- Stefan Uroš III, holy - king, (24 November)
- Stefan Urošica Nemanjić, holy – prince (24 November)
- VladislavStefan Vladislav I of SerbiaStefan Vladislav I was a Serbian king from 1233/4 to 1243, a son of Stefan Prvovenčani and a grandson of Grand Prince Stefan Nemanja and Anna, the granddaughter of Enrico Dandolo, Doge of Venice....
(Stephen Vladislav), holy - king (7 October) - Teodor KomogovinskiSt Theodor KomogovinskiHoly Martyr Teodor Komogovinski was born in a village in Kukuruzari into a humble family named Sladic. As a young man he went with a monk from Komogovina Monastery to Mostanica Monastery near Kozarska Dubica...
, Theodore of Komogovina, holy martyr - Teoktist, Theoctist, venerable – Dragutin, king (12 October)
- Vasilije Ostroški Čudotvorac, (Basil the Miracle-Worker), saint – bishop (12 May)
- Visarion Saraj, Bessarion Saray, venerable (3 November)