Post by Svetlana H.

"and for some time, this too high lord king fell into a bitter disease, and began to suffer in his royal court, called Nerodimlje, and this blessed and too high king understood in advance that he would not escape death in that disease ... And there was no voice or hearing And when the most holy bishop saw that his soul was separated from his body, and commanded that the tombstones should begin ... And at the time when his soul was separated from his body, he saw his face as the face of God, for he was enlightened more than the ancient Moses. " Lives of Serbian kings and archbishops, by Archbishop Danilo II. On this day, October 29, 1321, 700 years ago, one of the most important Serbian rulers, the king of the Serbian and maritime lands, Stefan Uroš II Milutin, died. After his death, he was proclaimed a saint, and the Serbian Orthodox Church celebrates him on November 12 (October 30 according to the Julian calendar). Photo of King Milutin in the church of the Gracanica monastery