About: Nikolaj Velimirović

Saint Nikolai Velimirovich of Ohrid and Zica or Nikolaj Velimirović was bishop of Ohrid and of Žiča of the Serbian Orthodox Church, an influential theological writer and an very gifted orator, therefore also known as The New Chrysostom. He was a political emigrant after the Communist takeover of Josip Broz Tito in Yugoslavia. Velimirović strongly supported the unity of all Orthodox churches and established particularly good relations with the Anglican and Episcopal Church.