Hierarch · 20th century
Nikolai of Zhicha
Also known as Nikolai Velimirovic · Nicholas of Zhicha · the Serbian Chrysostom
A Serbian bishop and prolific spiritual writer often called the Serbian Chrysostom, born in 1881. He was imprisoned in the Dachau concentration camp during the Second World War and later reposed in America in 1956. He is the author of the Prologue of Ohrid.
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Glorified 2003. Also commemorated on the translation of his relics (some calendars May 3).
Sources: OCA Synaxarion (oca.org), Lives of the Saints