Saint Uroš, Serbian Emperor

Life

Uroš was the son of Emperor Dušan. He reigned in the difficult time of the disintegration of the Serbian empire. Meek, pious, and gentle, he did not wish to subdue by force the unrestrained nobles, among whom the most unrestrained was Vukašin, who came to the good emperor's head. The good Uroš suffered martyrically on December 2, 1367, in his thirty-first year. Slain by men, he was glorified by God. His wonder-working relics rested in the Jaska monastery in Fruška Gora, from where during the Second World War (in the year 1942) they were transferred to Belgrade and placed in the Cathedral church beside the body of Prince Lazar and Despot Stefan Štiljanović. During the time of this good emperor the monastery of Saint Nahum was built on Lake Ohrid; Uroš's noble Grgur built it.