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  • Later a larger group of Serb protesters marched to the Orthodox Cathedral of St. Sava, where a huge outdoor prayer service was held.

    Kosovo: Independence or an international chess game of interests? 2008

  • Stephen was recrowned by St. Sava with a crown from Nicaea, thus reestablishing the Eastern orientation.

    1222 2001

  • In 1196 he retired to a monastery on Mt. Athos that had been founded by his son, St. Sava.

    f. Serbia 2001

  • In Serbia, where the spiritual has always outweighed the material, he was canonized and the maxim of St. Sava "by the excellence of your work you shall accomplish all things" became a precept for the guidance of youth.

    The Centennial of the University of Virginia, 1819-1921 1922

  • In 1883 when it became general for governments to recognize services through decorations, the cross of St. Sava was established as the Distinguished

    The Centennial of the University of Virginia, 1819-1921 1922

  • During this reign St. Sava, the king's brother, came back to Serbia and organized the national Church, founding also numerous monasteries and churches, as well as schools.

    The Birth of Yugoslavia, Volume 1 Henry Baerlein 1917

  • Durham plumes herself for having sent back to Belgrade the Order of St. Sava, and seeing that it is bestowed for learning she did well.

    The Birth of Yugoslavia, Volume 2 Henry Baerlein 1917

  • Sava and was to become the great St. Sava, had from his seventeenth year embraced the monastic life.

    The Birth of Yugoslavia, Volume 1 Henry Baerlein 1917

  • A small Serb school had recently been opened in Ochrida, and I was invited there to the Feast of St. Sava.

    Twenty Years Of Balkan Tangle 1903

  • Meanwhile, I am glad that the Order of St. Sava is not in my house.

    Twenty Years Of Balkan Tangle 1903

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