Temple of St. Sava
Description:
The Church of St. Sava is an Orthodox church dedicated to its Serbian founder. It is built on the site where its remains were burned by the Ottoman Turks in 1595.
Saint Sava was the son of Stefan Nemanja, the great Serbian ruler. When Savva was a boy, he aspired to a spiritual life, so he fled to the Holy Mount Athos, where he lived as a hermit and prayed diligently.
Together with his father, Savva built the monastery of Hilandar and many other monasteries, churches and schools throughout Serbia. He reconciled his brothers fighting for power with their neighbors, and through the creation of the Church, strengthened Serbian statehood and culture. He brought peace to all Balkan peoples, gave them hope for the future and faith in their own strength.