Sevastijan Dabović

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Žiča Monastery, Kraljevo, Kingdom of Yugoslavia
Venerated inEastern Orthodox Church
CanonizedMay 30, 2015, Church of Saint Sava, Belgrade, Serbia by the Serbian Orthodox Church
FeastNovember 30

Sevastijan Dabović (Serbian Cyrillic: Севастијан Дабовић; June 9, 1863 – November 30, 1940) was a Serbian-American monk and missionary who became the first Serbian Orthodox monk naturalized in North America. He is canonized as a Serbian Orthodox saint.[1][2]

Life

Icon of Sevastijan Dabović in the Church of Saint Jovan Vladimir in Bar, Montenegro
Dabović's relics are interned at the Church of St. Sava in Jackson, California

Sevastijan Dabović was born on 9 July 1863 in

Minneapolis, Minnesota, to replace Fr. Alexis Toth as the priest of St. Mary's Church there.[3][4]

The first Serbian Orthodox parish in the United States was founded by Dabović in Jackson, California, in 1892.[5] Dabović soon initiated the construction of the first Serbian Orthodox church in the United States, the Saint Sava Serbian Orthodox Church in Jackson, which was consecrated in 1894.[3][6] Dabović is also credited with founding several additional Serbian Orthodox churches in the United States.[7]

Dabović was appointed as a missionary in

St. Spiridon Cathedral), where he served as a temporary priest before Fr. Ambrose Vretta's arrival in November 1895; Portland, Oregon; and Butte, Montana
(the future Holy Trinity Church).

He was known as an apostle to émigré Serbs who settled in America.[8]

During the turn of the century, Sebastian corresponded with Rev.

Sitka deanery. While he was in Alaska, he helped establish Saint Sava Church in Douglas
.

From 1904 to 1910, he led the Serbian Mission from its center at the Holy Resurrection Serbian Orthodox Church in Chicago, where he also served as the parish priest.

Serbian army during World War I.[10]

Dabović also had ties to

Serbian American inventor who financially supported him.[11]

Dabović died on November 30, 1940, at the

Žiča Monastery in Kraljevo, which at the time was part of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia. He was buried at the monastery by Velimirović. Dabović's remains were transferred to Jackson in 2007.[12]

The Serbian Orthodox Church

Holy Assembly in Belgrade on May 30, 2015.[1]

Dabović was awarded Order of Saint Sava and Order of Prince Danilo I.[13]

Writings

  • The Lives of the Saints (1898)[14]
  • The Holy Orthodox Church (1898)[15]
  • Preaching in the Russian Church (1899)[16]

References

  1. ^ a b "Communique of the Holy Assembly of Bishops of the Serbian Orthodox Church". Serbian Orthodox Church. May 30, 2015. Retrieved August 19, 2021.
  2. ^ "The New Saints of Serbian Church in America who studied in Russia and were the clergy of the Russian Orthodox diocese in North America. : Orthodox Canada".
  3. ^
    ISBN 978-0-89141-192-5
    .
  4. ^ Tarasar, Constance J. (1975). Orthodox America, 1794-1976: Development of the Orthodox Church in America. Orthodox Church in America, Department of History and Archives.
  5. ISBN 978-0-73919-326-6
    .
  6. ISBN 978-1-44224-432-0
    .
  7. ^ a b Vujanov, Ivana (June 1, 2015). "Севастијан Џексонски, отац српског православља у САД" [Sevastijan of Jackson, the father of Serbian Orthodoxy in the United States]. Dnevnik (in Serbian). Retrieved August 19, 2021.
  8. ISBN 978-1-55546-133-1
    .
  9. ^ Living Church Quarterly. Young Churchman Company. 1900.
  10. ^
    ISBN 9781136314841
    .
  11. ^ Petrovic, Sreko (July 11, 2021). "Spiritual character of a Serbian genius". Serbian Orthodox Church. Retrieved August 19, 2021.
  12. ^ "Archimandrite Sevastijan Dabovic pass away yesterday at the Zica monastery (First Colum, Second Bloc part)". Politika. December 2, 1940. Retrieved August 18, 2021.
  13. ^ Acović, Dragomir (2012). Glory and honor: Decorations among Serbs, Serbs among decorations (in Serbian). Belgrade: Službeni Glasnik. p. 569.
  14. ^ Dabovich, Sebastian (1898). The Lives of the Saints: And Several Lectures and Sermons. Murdock Press.
  15. ISBN 978-0-89981-030-0
    .
  16. ^ Dabovich, Sebastian (1899). Preaching in the Russian Church, Or Lectures and Sermons by a Priest of the Holy Orthodox Church. Cubery.

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