Order_of_St._Sava

Order of St. Sava

Order of St. Sava

Serbian decoration (1883–1945, 1985–)


The Order of St. Sava (Serbian Cyrillic: Орден Светог Саве, romanized: Orden Svetog Save) is an ecclesiastic decoration conferred by the Serbian Orthodox Church and a dynastic order presented by the House of Karađorđević. It was previously a state order awarded by both the Kingdom of Serbia and the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes/Kingdom of Yugoslavia.

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The state order was awarded to nationals and foreigners for meritorious achievements in the field of religion, education, science and the arts as well as for social and relief work. It was abolished in 1945 with the proclamation of the People’s Federal Republic of Yugoslavia and the end of the monarchy, while continuing as a dynastic order, with appointments currently made by Alexander, Crown Prince of Yugoslavia.

The ecclesiastic order is awarded to ecclesiastic and secular persons with special merits.

History

The Order of Saint Sava was established by Milan I of Serbia, four years after the country gained independence and its transformation from a principality into a kingdom in March 1882. It was first awarded in January 1883 to recognised civilians for meritorious achievements benefitting the Church, the arts and sciences, the royal house, and the state. In 1914, a change to the Order was made to allow soldiers of the Serbian Army who served with distinction to receive the honour, as well as to women for war merit and humanity[1] The Order of St. Sava was thereafter awarded by the kings of Serbia and its successor Yugoslavia until the abolition of the monarchy in 1945.[2]

Five grades were awarded: Knight Grand Cross, Knight, Grand Officer, Commander and Officer.

The first grade was a jewel, worn with a sash over the shoulder and also with a breast star. The second and third-grade laureates wore the Order on a neckband. The fourth grade was a medal with a triangular suspension, a rosette attached to the ribbon above the medal. The fifth grade had a triangular suspension without a rosette. The medals of the fourth and fifth grades were worn on the breast. All white ribbons had two light blue stripes.[3][4]

Several Order of St. Sava were bestowed to members of the British medical team during the First World War for "humanity and gallantry performed under fire", after their volunteer medical units followed the Serbian army during the Great Retreat through the mountains of Albania.[1]

Since 1985, the Order has been awarded on the occasion of the 800th anniversary of St. Sava. This order is dedicated to ecclesiastic and secular persons, who have special merits for the Serbian Orthodox Church. According to the ordinance of the church, each person who received a medal of third grade may receive the medal of the higher grade as well as the first grade for future merits, provided that three years have passed at least since the previous award. The order is determined in three grades: the first one is white, the second red and the third blue coloured.[5]

Laureates

State order

Grand Cross badge of the Order of St. Sava, Tallinn Museum of Orders

Ecclesiastical order

See also


Notes

  1. Clarke, J. (2000). Gallantry Medals & Decorations of the World. Leo Cooper/Pen & Sword Books' Collectors. Leo Cooper. ISBN 978-0-85052-783-4.
  2. Orders & Medals Research Society (1967). Orders & Medals: The Journal of the Orders & Medals Research Society. Orders and Medals Research Society.
  3. Orders and Medals Society of America, Medal collector No. 20/1969, About the Order
  4. Official website of the Serbian Royal Family, About the Order Archived 2012-10-23 at the Wayback Machine
  5. "Foreign News-Belgrade". The Reform Advocate. Vol. LVI, no. 12. Chicago, I.L. 23 April 1921. p. 285 via Google Books.
  6. Burnand, Robert (1924). Qui êtes-vous? (in French). Paris: G. Ruffy. p. 19.
  7. Tremblay, Yves (2005). "BAYLOCK, HARRY WOODBURN". Dictionary of Canadian Biography. Vol. 15. University of Toronto/Université Laval.
  8. Acović 2013, p. 592
  9. Acović 2013, p. 596
  10. Acović 2013, p. 595
  11. for SRBIN info, Milica (2019-10-08). "Tesla, Palma, Djokovic, Kusturica, Karić: All Decorated With The Order Of Sv. Sava". СРБИН.ИНФО (in Serbian). Retrieved 2020-01-06.
  12. Acović 2013, p. 628
  13. "Alois Jirásek". www.payne.cz (in Czech). Retrieved 18 December 2023.
  14. Mandić, Hrvoje (2020). Hercegovačka franjevačka provincija u Drugom svjetskom ratu i poraću [Franciscan Province of Herzegovina in the Second World War and the Postwar period] (in Croatian). Zagreb: Sveučilište u Zagrebu. p. 27.
  15. Acović 2013, p. 344
  16. Barun, Anđelko (13 June 2018). "Franjevci biskupi iz BiH – poslije uspostave redovite crkvene hijerarhije" [Franciscan bishops from BiH - after the establishment of the regular church hierarchy]. Svjetlo riječi (in Croatian). Sarajevo. Archived from the original on 4 October 2022. Retrieved 22 January 2021.
  17. Radulovic, Nemanja. "Rerihov pokret u Kraljevini Jugoslaviji". Godišnjak Katedre za srpsku književnost sa južnoslovenskim književnostima, XI, 2016.
  18. Acović 2013, p. 369
  19. Tesla Society Switzerland, Man Who Illuminated The Planet, p. 7
  20. Association of Serbian Banks, Knight of Serbia, Georg I. Weifert p. 181
  21. Acović 2013, p. 601

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