List of saints of the Serbian Orthodox Church

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Over the history of the Serbian Orthodox Church , the church has had many people who were venerated to sainthood. The list below contains some of those saints and their feast days.

Saint Sava I, fresco in the King's Church, Studenica Monastery, Serbia. Sveti Sava Kraljeva Crkva.jpg
Saint Sava I, fresco in the King's Church, Studenica Monastery, Serbia.
Saint Jovan Vladimir, Serbian Orthodox icon JovanVladimirSlika.jpg
Saint Jovan Vladimir, Serbian Orthodox icon
Saint Stefan Uros, fresco UrosV.jpg
Saint Stefan Uroš, fresco

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