The Mystery and Meaning of the Battle of Kosovo: Selected Writings of Bishop Nikolai Velimirovich and Archimandrite Justin Popovich

Publication Data: Grayslake, IL: The Serbian Orthodox Metropolitanate of New Gracanica, 1999
Format: softcover
Number of Pages: xiv + 127
Dimensions (l × w × h): 22.9 cm × 15.4 cm × 1.1 cm
Additional Information: black-and-white illustrations

   
Second Edition

Translated in honor of the 600th Anniversary of the Battle of Kosovo by Rt. Rev. Todor Mika, S.T.M., and Rev. Stevan Scott, Ph.D.

Volume III of A Treasury of Serbian Orthodox Spirituality

“[...T]he battle of Kosovo was, in the eyes of the world, a disastrous defeat for the Serbs. But in the eyes of heaven and of those who understand the mystery and meaning of the Battle of Kosovo, it was a glorious victory. It marked the day when the Serbian people ceased to trust in the material things of the kingdom of this world, and began to set their hope on the spiritual values of the heavenly kingdom. It marked the day when the Serbs voluntarily had sacrificed their glorious earthly kingdom and even themselves for Christ their God, so that they might be partakers of the incomparably more glorious heavenly kingdom of Christ. [...]To grasp The Mystery and the Meaning of the Battle of Kosovo fully, one must read the pages that follow in this marvelous book[...]. In this volume are contained three magnificent works by two of the most gifted spiritual writers in the history of the Serbian Orthodox Church.”
—“Foreword”

CONTENTS

Foreword by Metropolitan IRINEY
Translators’ Preface
Pronunciation Table
THE LIFE OF THE HOLY AND GREAT MARTYR TSAR LAZAR OF SERBIA
by Archimandrite Justin Popovich
THE TSAR’S TESTAMENT
by Bishop Nikolai Velimirovich
SAINT LAZAR’S VICTORY
by Bishop Nikolai Velimirovich
Troparia and Kontakia for Vidovdan