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St. Nikolai Velimirović
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St. Nikolai Velimirović

1880–1956 · Žiča Monastery · Feast March 18

Nikolai was a brilliant preacher and scholar who studied in Switzerland and Oxford. He became bishop of Ohrid and then of Žiča, wrote The Prologue of Ohrid, a book of saints and homilies for every day, and inspired a great revival among Serbian villagers. The Nazis imprisoned him in Dachau. He died in exile at St. Tikhon’s Monastery in Pennsylvania, and his relics were returned to Serbia in 1991.

  • Feast: March 18 (New Calendar)
  • Lived: 1880–1956
  • Place: Žiča Monastery
  • Relics today: Lelić Monastery, Serbia
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