Order of Saint Sava (TWS)

Established by the decisions of the Holy Bishops' Council of the Serbian Orthodox Church on May 24 and 26, 1985 , in memory of the 800th anniversary of the birth of St. Sava , to be awarded for services to the Serbian Orthodox Church. The statute of the order was approved on May 22, 1986 . The decision on awarding is made by the Holy Synod and approved by the Serbian Patriarch .

The Order marks outstanding achievements in the spiritual, educational, and humanitarian fields. The Order may be awarded to both spiritual and secular persons, as well as groups and organizations. ^[one]

Order is divided into 3 degrees. Badges of the order are worn on the neckband. The degrees of the order differ from each other in the color of the badge and ribbon of the order.

• The badge of the order 1 degree of white , worn on the tape of white.
• The badge of the Order 2 degrees of red , worn on the tape of red.
• The badge of order 3 degrees of blue , worn on the tape of blue.

The badge of the order is a gold (gilded) enameled cross with flared ends. At the ends of the cross are gold balls. In the center of the cross is a round medallion with a wide rim covered with enamel. In the center of the medallion is an image of Saint Sava, repeating the image on a fresco in the Mileshev monastery . On the reverse side of the sign in the center of the medallion is the emblem of the Serbian Orthodox Church. Between the sides of the cross are placed the golden Serbian double-headed eagles .

The 1st degree cross is covered with white enamel, the 2nd degree - with red enamel, the 3rd degree - with blue enamel.

The cross is suspended from the golden patriarchal miter, which is fastened to the ribbon through the ring.

Ribbon Order silk moire. The color of the 1st degree ribbon is white, the 2nd degree is red, the 3rd degree is blue.

I degree

• 1994 - Alexy II , Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia ^[2]
• 2003 - Sergei Kujugetovich Shoigu , Minister, Army General - for his services in providing humanitarian assistance to Serbian refugees from Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo and Metohija ^[3]
• 2004 - Alexander Isaevich Solzhenitsyn , the writer - for the tireless testimony of truth, good, repentance and reconciliation as a single way of salvation ^[4]
• 2004 - Yury Mikhailovich Luzhkov , Mayor of Moscow ^[5]
• 2005 - Vladimir Ivanovich Yakunin , President of Russian Railways, Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Foundation of the Holy Apostle Andrew the First-Called, for his contribution to the development of friendship, social and cultural ties between the Russian and Serbian peoples, and for the assistance of the Serbian Orthodox Church and the Serbian population in Kosovo ^[6]
• 2008 - Alexander Nikolaevich Alekseev , Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation to Serbia - for the worthy representation of the people of Russia in Serbia, for the shown love for the Serbian Orthodox people and constant concern for the fair decision of the status of Kosovo and Metohija ^[7]
• 2009 - Dmitry Anatolyevich Medvedev , President of the Russian Federation ^[8]
• 2010 - Nikolai Petrovich Burlyaev , People's Artist of Russia ^[9]
• 2010 - Boris Igorevich Kostenko , General Director of the Spas-TV channel ^[10]
• 2011 - Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin , Chairman of the Government of the Russian Federation ^[11] .
• 2012 - Alexander V. Konuzin , Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Ambassador of the Russian Federation in Serbia ^[12] .
• 2014 - Gela Abrekovich Valiev, representative of the Military Orthodox Mission in Slovenia, head of the construction company "Rosslav" - for the sacrificial service and charitable assistance of the Serbian Orthodox Church ^[13] .

II

• 2006 - Djordzhe Popovic, an engineer, a parishioner of the courtyard of the Serbian Orthodox Church under the Most Holy Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia - for significant merits in the improvement of the church and the representation of the Serbian Orthodox Church ^[14]
• 2010 - Malyshev, Dmitry Evgenievich , Advisor to the President of JSC Gazprom Neft , Chairman of the Board of Directors of NIS JSC (Serbian Oil Industry) for his contribution to strengthening friendship between the Russian and Serbian peoples and developing relations between Russia and Serbia ^[15] .
• 2012 - Tabachnik, Dmitry Vladimirovich , Ukrainian politician and statesman, Minister of Education and Science, Youth and Sports of Ukraine - for his active love for the Serbian Orthodox Church, manifested in the courageous and selfless defense of the Orthodox shrines and the Serbian people of Kosovo and Metohija ^[16]

III

• 1994 - Bishop Eugene (Reshetnikov) ^[17]
• 2001 - Khoroshkov Vladimir, a cadet of the Military University of the Morphine Federation, “for courage in defending the monastery in Kosovo”
• 2009 - Svetlana Luganskaya, translator of the Serbian spiritual literature - for significant contribution to the development of cultural and spiritual ties between Russia and Serbia ^[18]

• The Statute of the Order of St. Sava of the Serbian Orthodox Church (Serbo Horv.) . The appeal date is March 24, 2011. Archived April 11, 2012.