Svetosavlje
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Svetosavlje is an Orthodox Christianity of Serbian style and experience based on the character and work of Saint Sava and the Serbian folk religious tradition. The term would roughly translate to Saint Savianism in English.
Svetosavlje differs from other Orthodox churches in that it nurtures customs related to the slava (the presence of žito (koljivo) and the slavski kolač) and the badnjak. While Greek Orthodox Christians, Russian Orthodox Christians and others celebrate name days, Svetosavlje does not have that custom, except among monks.
History[edit]
Svetosavlje as a philosophy of life and as a theological orientation originated in the 1930s in the Kingdom of Yugoslavia. Bishop Nikolaj Velimirović and Fr. Justin Popović stood out the most in establishing Svetosavlje and related literature. The term originated from younger professors and students of the Belgrade Orthodox Theological Faculty, and later came into general use.
G. Van Dartel points out that respect for Saint Sava developed already in the Metropolitanate of Karlovci, and that the idea of Svetosavlje arose to a certain extent as a reaction to Roman Catholic manipulations and abuses of the idea of Slavic saints Cyril and Methodius. In this Roman Catholic insistence, the Orthodox recognized an ideological background aimed at unification. The appropriation of Orthodox and All-Slavic apostles by the Roman Catholic Church had expansionist intentions. Svetosavlje, as a distinctly confessional phenomenon, clearly separates Orthodoxy from Latin, and above all from Uniate Roman Catholicism.[1]
Svetosavlje represents a direction in Serbian theological thought and spirituality in general, which developed under the great influence of Saint Sava, his saintly character and theological contribution. Svetosavlje, as a philosophy of life, means the most consistent application of Orthodox values both on the personal level and in the historical living reality of the Serbian people. Orthodoxy was not unknown among Serbs before Saint Sava, but it is believed that thanks to his zeal in enlightening the people, Orthodoxy permeated and spiritually revived the Serbian national being and enabled it to nurture authentic Christian culture.[2]
A whole series of theological texts has dealt with the study of Saint Sava (his life and activity) including literary analysis and interpretation of his writings. In the field of Saint Sava's literature, Bishop Nikolaj Velimirović and Archimandrite Justin Popović stood out the most, and more recently, theologians Dimitrije Bogdanović, Bishop Atanasije Jevtić and others.
In his book "Saint Sava as a Philosophy of Life", Fr. Justin Popović claims that two basic principles rule in Saint Sava's philosophy of the world: the world is an apparition to God (bogojavljenje) and man is to worship God (bogosluženje). According to him, the whole life of Saint Sava was built on these two principles: his life was a continuous service to God, because he considered this world to be a magnificent temple of God in which a continuous theophany is performed. Saint Sava is said to have become, and always remained, the wisest and greatest Serbian philosopher with his gospel works, who most fully and perfectly revealed to the Serbian soul the eternal divine meaning of both the world and man.[3]
References[edit]
- ↑ Radenkovic, Goran (2019). Orthodoxy, 1261, October 1, Saint Sava in the vision of the Holy Bishop Nikolaj Velimirović. Belgrade: Serbian Orthodox Church. p. 30.
- ↑ Beseda speech
- ↑ Speech
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