Hilandar
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The Hilandar Monastery is one of the twenty Eastern Orthodox monasteries in Mount Athos in Greece and the only Serbian Orthodox monastery there. It is ranked fourth in the Athonite hierarchy of 20 sov
Exterior view
Stefan Nemanja, Grand Prince of Serbia
Saint Sava, first archbishop of the Serbian Orthodox Church
Space next to the supper room in Hilandar.
Saint Sava
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Saint Sava, known as the Enlightener or the Illuminator, was a Serbian prince and Eastern Orthodox monk who became the first Archbishop of the autocephalous Serbian Church. He was also a writer, diplo
Hilandar
…The monastery was founded in 1198 by two Serbs from the Grand Principality of Serbia, Stefan Nemanja (Saint Simeon the Myrrh-streaming) and his son Saint Sava. Saint Simeon was the former Grand Prince of Serbia (1166–1196) who upon relinquishing his throne took monastic vows and became an ordinary monk. He…
Fresco depicting Saint Sava at the Patriarchate of Peć Monastery, Serbia
A fresco of Saint Sava, renouncing a return to his royal home, 1907, Stevan Todorović
Mosaic of St. Sava on the western wall, outside, of the Church of the Saint Simeon in Novi Beograd
Sava reconciling his quarreling brothers, Paja Jovanović (1901)