Religion and Nationality in Serbia

by Nicholai Velimirovic

Publisher:

J. Nisbet & Co.

, 1915

Overview

As R. W. Seton-Watson indicates in the preface, Velimirovic’s aim in this “remarkable pamphlet” is to “emphasize the great work performed by the Orthodox and Catholic clergy in kindling the flame of national feeling among the Southern Slavs, alike in free Serbia and Montenegro and in the unredeemed provinces of the Dual Monarchy.”

Product Details

• Title: Religion and Nationality in Serbia
• Author: Nicholai Velimirovic
• Publisher: J. Nisbet & Co.
• Print Publication Date: 1915
• Logos Release Date: 2015
• Language: English
• Resources: 1
• Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
• Subjects: Nationalism › Serbia; Serbia › Religion
• Resource ID: LLS:RLGNNTNLTYSRB
• Resource Type: Monograph
• Metadata Last Updated: 2022-02-12T05:26:14Z

About Nicholai Velimirovic

Saint Nikolai Velimirovich of Ohrid and Žiča or Nikolaj Velimirović (Serbian Cyrillic: Николај Велимировић; January 4 1881 [O.S. December 23, 1880] – March 18 [O.S. March 5] 1956) was bishop of Ohrid and of Žiča in the Serbian Orthodox Church, an influential theological writer and a very gifted orator, therefore also known as The New Chrysostom.

His birth name was Nikola. As a young man, he came close to dying of dysentery, and decided that he would dedicate his life to God if he survived. He did survive, and was tonsured as a monk under the name Nikolaj. He was also ordained into the clergy, and quickly became an important leader and spokesperson for the Serbian Orthodox Church, especially in its relations with the West. When the Germans occupied Yugoslavia in World War II, Nikolaj Velimirović was imprisoned and eventually taken to a camp in Austria. After being liberated by the Allies at the end of the war, he chose not to return to Yugoslavia (which had a Communist government by that time). Instead, he spent some time in Europe and moved to the United States in 1946, where he remained for the rest of his life.

Velimirović strongly supported the unity of all Orthodox churches and established particularly good relations with the Anglican and Episcopal Church.

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