Stefan Uros II Milutin

Milutin (Свети Краљ Стефан II Урош Милутин) was the son of King Stefan Uroš I -venerable Simeon (Стефан Урош I-Блажени Симеон) and Queen Jelena (venerable Jelena of Serbia) and brother of King Stefan Dragutin (Venerable Teoktist of Serbia). His son was Saint King Stefan Uros III of Serbia He fought many battles defending his Faith and his people. He fought against Emperor Michael VIII Palaeologus because Palaeologus accepted union with Rome and tried to force the Balkan peoples and the monks of Athos to recognize the pope. He fought against Shishman, King of Bulgaria, and Nogai, King of the Tartars, in order to defend his lands. All his wars were successful, for he constantly prayed to God and hoped in God. He built more than forty churches: beside those that he built in his own land-Treskavac, Gračanica, St. George in Nagoričino, the Church of the Holy Theotokos in Skoplje, Banjska (his memorial foundation) and so forth-he also built churches outside of his land, in Thessalonica, Sofia, Constantinople, Jerusalem and the Holy Mountain. He entered into rest in the Lord on October 29, 1320. His body was soon shown to be incorrupt and miracle-working; and as such, it reposes even today in the Church of the Holy King in Sofia, Bulgaria.