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Saint
Nikolai
Velimirovich
of
Ohrid
and
Zicha
-
Serbian
His
formal
education
also
began
in
the
Celije
monastery
and
continued
in
Valjevo..
He
was
admitted
to
the
Seminary
of
Saint
Sava
in
Belgrade,
where
he
—
apart
from
the
standard
subjects
—
explored
a
significant
number
of
writings
of
both
Eastern
and
Western
theological
authors.
He
graduated
in
1902.
He
was
chosen
to
continue
his
studies
in
Russia
and
Western
Europe.
He
had
a
gift
for
languages
and
soon
possessed
a
good
knowledge
of
Russian,
French
and
German.
From
St.
Petersburg
he
went
to
Switzerland
and
obtained
his
doctorate
of
divinity
from
the
Old
Catholic
Theological
Faculty
at
the
University
of
Berne.
He
received
his
doctorate
in
Theology
in
1908,
with
the
dissertation
entitled
Faith
in
the
Resurrection
of
Christ
as
the
Foundation
of
the
Dogmas
of
the
Apostolic
Church.
This
original
work
was
written
in
German
and
published
in
Switzerland
in
1910,
and
later
translated
into
Serbian.
The
dissertation
for
his
doctor's
degree
in
philosophy
was
prepared
at
Oxford
and
defended
in
Geneva,
in
French.
The
Missions
during
World
War
I
In
his
lifetime,
Father
Nikolaj
visited
the
USA
four
times.
He
visited
England
in
1910.
He
studied
English
and
was
capable
of
addressing
an
audience
and
making
a
strong
impression
on
the
listeners.
Shortly
after
the
outbreak
of
World
War
I
this
contributed
to
his
appointment
by
the
Serbian
government
to
a
mission
in
the
United
States.
In
1915,
as
an
unknown
Serbian
monk,
he
toured
most
of
the
major
U.S.
cities,
where
he
held
numerous
lectures,
fighting
for
the
union
of
the
Serbs
and
South
Slavic
peoples.
This
mission
gained
grounds:
America
sent
over
20,000
volunteers
to
Europe,
most
of
whom
later
fought
on
the
Salonika
Front.
During
Velimirović's
US-campaign
occurred
the
great
retreat
of
the
Serbian
Army
through
the
mountains
of
Albania.
He
embarked
home
in
1916;
as
his
country
was
now
in
enemy
hands,
he
went
to
England
instead.
His
eloquence
and
character
made
him
an
unofficial
spokesman
of
his
people.
His
success
was
such
that
not
only
did
he
fulfill
his
mission,
but
he
was
also
awarded
a
Doctorate
of
Divinity
honoris
causa
from
the
University
of
Cambridge]
He
gave
a
series
of
notable
lectures
at
St.
Margaret's,
Westminster,
and
preached
in
St.
Paul's
Cathedral
as
well
as
in
other
cathedrals
and
churches
throughout
the
land.
In
1919
he
received
another
Honorary
Doctorate
of
Divinity
from
the
University
of
Glasgow.
From
Glasgow
his
repute
as
a
theological
scholar
and
preacher
spread
throughout
the
United
Kingdom.
After
the
war,
he
returned
to
Belgrade
in
April
1919
During
World
War
II,
in
1941,
as
soon
as
the
German
forces
occupied
Yugoslavia,
Bishop
Nikolaj
was
arrested
by
the
Nazis
in
the
Monastery
of
Zicha,
after
which
he
was
confined
in
the
Monastery
of
Ljubostinja.
Later
he
was
transferred
to
the
Monastery
of
Vojlovica
(near
Panchevo)
in
which
he
was
confined
together
with
the
Serbian
Patriarch
Gavrilo
V
until
the
end
of
1944.
On
15
September
1944,
both
Serbian
Patriarch
Gavrilo
V
(Dožić)
and
Bishop
Nikolaj
were
sent
to
Dachau
concentration
camp,
which
was
at
that
time
the
main
concentration
camp
for
clerics
arrested
by
the
Nazis.
He
was
allowed
to
spend
the
last
years
of
his
life
in
the
United
States,
only
returning
once
to
England
when
he
came
to
consecrate
the
Church
of
St
Sava
in
1952,
an
occasion
when
Serbs
in
the
thousands
rallied
from
the
mines
and
factories
of
England
to
the
walls
of
the
great
church
in
Ladbroke
Grove.
The
sacred
edifice
was
packed
and
the
overflow
crowd
streamed
all
the
way
to
the
London
Underground,
with
Velimirović's
voice
sounding
through
the
air
on
loudspeakers.
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