Great Martyr · 14th century
Right-believing Prince Lazar Great Martyr of Serbia
Also known as Lazar of Serbia · Tsar Lazar
The prince who gathered the Serbian people to defend their faith and land against the Ottoman host, and who, choosing the kingdom of heaven over the kingdom of earth, fell with his nobles at the Battle of Kosovo in 1389.
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Sources: OCA Synaxarion (oca.org), Lives of the Saints