RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Nikolaj Velimirović

1880 - 1956

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Nikolaj Velimirović (Serbian Cyrillic: Николај Велимировић; 4 January 1881 [O.S. 23 December 1880] – 18 March [O.S. 5 March] 1956) was bishop of the eparchies of Ohrid and Žiča (1920–1956) in the Serbian Orthodox Church. An influential theological writer and a highly gifted orator, he was often referred to as the new John Chrysostom and historian Slobodan G. Markovich calls him "one of the most influential bishops of the Serbian Orthodox Church in the twentieth century". As a young man, he came close to dying of dysentery and decided that he would dedicate his life to God if he survived. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Nikolaj Velimirović has received more than 226,203 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Nikolaj Velimirović is the 1,227th most popular religious figure (up from 1,333rd in 2019), the 101st most popular biography from Serbia (up from 105th in 2019) and the 5th most popular Serbian Religious Figure.

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Nikolaj Velimirović ranks 1,227 out of 3,187. Before him are Lutgardis, Kevin Farrell, Saint Malachy, William Booth, Marc Ouellet, and Saichō. After him are Jozef Tomko, 'Abd Allah ibn Rawahah, Saint Homobonus, Gabriel of Our Lady of Sorrows, Maria Domenica Mazzarello, and Peter the Venerable.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1880, Nikolaj Velimirović ranks 60. Before him are Robert Stolz, Grock, Hajime Sugiyama, Mitsumasa Yonai, Abram Ioffe, and Margherita Sarfatti. After him are Osami Nagano, Alexander Grin, Gideon Sundback, Jacques Thibaud, Yōsuke Matsuoka, and Jan Kubelík. Among people deceased in 1956, Nikolaj Velimirović ranks 60. Before him are Max Emmerich, Drastamat Kanayan, Thomas J. Watson, Pío Baroja, Josep Puig i Cadafalch, and Michael Ventris. After him are Elpidio Quirino, Reşat Nuri Güntekin, Miklós Nyiszli, Mir Jafar Baghirov, Alexander Korda, and Erhard Raus.

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In Serbia

Among people born in Serbia, Nikolaj Velimirović ranks 101 out of 661. Before him are Željko Obradović (1960), Duško Popov (1912), Irinej, Serbian Patriarch (1930), Filip Vujanović (1954), Velibor Vasović (1939), and Dušan Makavejev (1932). After him are Beba Lončar (1943), Jovan Cvijić (1865), Dengizich (395), Ivan Stambolić (1936), Jovan Jovanović Zmaj (1833), and Desanka Maksimović (1898).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Serbia

Among religious figures born in Serbia, Nikolaj Velimirović ranks 5. Before him are Jerome (345), Saint Sava (1169), Martin of Braga (520), and Irinej, Serbian Patriarch (1930). After him are Sava II (1199), Porfirije, Serbian Patriarch (1961), Szilárd Bogdánffy (1911), and Robert Zollitsch (1938).

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