Saint Nikolai Velimirović of Žiča

Saint Nikolai Velimirović of Žiča ( March 18 )


Reference materials for this episode:
https://orthochristian.com/46256.html - biography
https://www.oca.org/saints/lives/2024/03/18/100825-repose-of-saint-nikolai-of-zhicha - biography
http://orthodoxclergy.blogspot.com/2018/02/a-statement-concerning-sin-of-racism.html
“Prayers by the Lake”
A Treasury of Serbian Orthodox Spirituality Vol 5
Translated by Archimandrite Todor Milka & Rev Dr Stevan Scott
Free Serbian Orthodox Diocese
Great Lakes Graphics Inc. Skokie, IL
1989
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gNOZeg_n2ks
- the above is an interview with a Jewish woman whose family was assisted by Saint Nikolai in escaping Serbia before they could be taken by Nazis to The Camps
https://www-serbianholocaust-org.translate.goog/Ela%20Trifunovic/elatrifunovic.html?_x_tr_sch=http&_x_tr_sl=sr&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en&_x_tr_pto=sc
- the above is a translated transcript of the interview
http://www.bio-orthodoxy.com/2020/01/a-meeting-between-saint-nikolai.html


Scripture citations for this episode:
John 15:18-27 - the world will hate you
Matthew 7:6 - do not put pearls before swine

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