Venerable Angelina and Saint Jovan the Despot

Life

Angelina was the daughter of the Albanian prince George Skanderbeg and wife of Stefan, the Serbian despot, son of George. She endured exile with her husband and shared with him every bitterness of life both in Serbia and in Albania and Italy. She raised her sons, Maksim and Jovan, in the true Christian spirit. After the death of her husband she became a nun and gave herself entirely to prayer, works of mercy, and the building and restoration of holy temples. A faithful spouse, excellent mother and perfect Christian, she truly deserved the title Mother Angelina, as the people still call her. Her wonder-working relics rest with the relics of her righteous husband Stefan and their consecrated sons, Maksim and Jovan, in the monastery of Krušedol (if they have not been destroyed by the Turks). She reposed at the beginning of the sixteenth century and passed into the immortal kingdom (see July 30).